Told through full-page charcoal sketches, text and storyboards, this imaginative novel brings to life the adventures of a young orphan on the streets of Paris in the 1903s. Unfolding like a silent movie with pages of illustrations alternating with text, the dramatic tale, full of suspense and mood, was inspired by the life of George Melies, the French director of A Trip to the Moon (1902). Geared for ages 9-12.  (FRN731, $22.99)