Plot Summary

This story is about a boy named Hugo Cabret. Hugo steals a blue wind-up mouse from the toy booth run by Georges Melies. He steals the mouse because he needs the parts to fix his automaton. Hugo then works for the Georges to pay off his debt for all of the toys he has taken over some period of time. After Hugo finished fixing the automaton he noticed Isabelle was wearing a key that would fit into the back of the automaton to make it work. He takes the key from her and that leads her to find out his secret of his automaton. Hugo and Isabelle are both together when Hugo turns the key and they find out what the automaton was meant to draw. When it is done drawing it signs with Papa Georges name. Isabelle then steals the drawing to show Mama Jeanne and to confront Papa Georges on it. Shortly after Rene Tabard and Etienne show up at Georges house to reconnect him with his past. Georges sends Hugo to go and retrieve the automaton from the train station but is captured by the Station Inspector. Georges and Isabelle come and retrieve him from the cell in the Station Inspector's office and they decide to adopt him.