The+Author's+Questions

These are questions Brian Selznick thought would be good to ask as part of a book club discussion. From Brian Selznick via Scholastic:


 * Why is the story told partly with pictures?
 * How is the book like a silent movie?
 * Is it ok to steal if you feel you have no other choice?
 * Which characters do you relate to most?
 * Hugo's special skill is fixing machines; do you have a special skill?
 * Can you think of other fictional stories that are based on historical facts (almost everything about Melies in the book is true).
 * It might also be fun to find a DVD of //A Trip to the Moon// and watch it with the book club. Flicker Alley made a great collection of all his surviving films (almost 300). You can buy them, Netflix them, or check them out from a library. Melies is the star of the movie, as well as the director and designer. That might be fun to talk about as well.