This is the new illustrated novel by Brian Selznick (creator of the Caldecott Medal winner, The Invention of Hugo Cabret). I am including it here because the story has a Minnesota connection. Ben and Rose are the main characters, and both are hearing impaired. Ben is 12, and lives in a cabin along the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota. Rose is also 12, but her story takes place 50 years earlier in New Jersey. Ben's story is told in prose; Rose's in black and white pencil illustrations. Both children have a missing parent, and both run away to New York City in search of that person. The two stories begin to converge at the American Museum of Natural History; but I won't reveal the mystery behind their connection. Read and enjoy it for yourself! Not only is the artwork a feast for the eyes (just like Hugo was); the amount of research behind the book (described in the acknowledgements) shows that this wasn't a book hastily thrown together. I enjoyed it just as much as Hugo, and I hope you will too.
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