Despite the fact that Brian Selznick has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1991, it wasn't until the publication of The Invention of Hugo Cabret in 2007 that he truly rose to stardom in the children's literature community. Selznick's storytelling method, which is not quite a graphic novel or picture book but is still dependent on its illustrations, combines images and text in novel and exciting ways. Readers who were impressed by this method in Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck will not be let down by Selznick's most recent work, The Marvels.

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The first 400 pages of The Marvels are illustrated and tell the story of the sailing-turned-acting Marvel family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The final 200 pages are written in prose and tell the story of Joseph Jervis, a 13-year-old boy who runs away from boarding school to stay with his eccentric uncle, Albert Nightingale. Selznick slowly reveals the connections between these two stories in a way that both manages to build suspense in a way that is frustrating and completely satisfying when everything is revealed.

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It's implied (yet I'll say it in any case) that the outlines in the main segment of the book are amazing and influencing as we follow ages of the Wonder family. We start with Billy, who is the last one standing of a horrible wreck and tracks down another home and local area in the recently constructed Regal Theater, and end with Leo, who doesn't know he needs to follow his family's tradition of life in the theater. It is not a spoiler to say that this section ends on a cliffhanger because the reader is suddenly transported to London in 1990, ninety years in the future. I was so eager to find out what happened and how the current story could possibly relate to the first few hundred pages of the novel that I barely missed a beat that the effect is somewhat jarring, but the momentum and excitement from the section before it helps to power through the transition.
After the lightning-high speed of the primary segment, ages passing by in only a couple of pages, the subsequent segment is delayed to uncover its mysteries, yet definitely worth the pause. Joseph flees the boarding school in the hope of locating his friend Blink, whose father abruptly dropped him off a few months ago. Not knowing what other place to go, Joseph heads to the place of an uncle he's rarely met, and finds upon his appearance that there might be an explanation his legitimate mother never referenced her sibling Albert. With furnishings from the 1800s, Albert's house in London looks like something out of a movie, and he's not happy about a shivering runaway showing up on his doorstep. It is in your best interest to simply pick up the book and learn the rest for yourself!
This book truly enchanted me. I was completely engrossed in the narrative and captivated by its various levels. The Marvels is a fun adventure for kids, but adults who know a little more about what Albert has gone through will find it more meaningful when they read it. Selznick layers the book shrewdly and piercingly, saying to such an extent effectively in a perfectly downplayed manner. Purchase it for yourself, shed a few tears, and then give it to a child in your life. They will also adore it.