Rose is deaf, and Ben also loses his hearing, during a lightning strike. The second, told entirely in richly shaded pencil drawings, opens in 1927 as a young girl, Rose, gazes at a newspaper clipping. The first, set in 1977, is told in text and follows Ben, who is grieving the sudden loss of his mother when he stumbles upon clues that point to his father’s identity. The beautifully crafted structure includes two stories set 50 years apart. Following the Caldecott Medal–winning The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), Selznick offers another visual narrative, one that feels even better suited to his inventive style.
Opening Selznick’s new book is like opening a cabinet of wonders-the early museum display case “filled with a nearly infinite variety of amazing things” that is so central to this story.
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