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Playing with the form he created in his trailblazing debut novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick once again sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey.

Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.

1977年，美国尼苏达州。小男孩班沉浸在丧母的悲痛中。一天，班在妈妈房间里意外发现了有关爸爸的线索，循着它，班只身前往纽约市的美国自然历史博物馆……
　　1927年，美国纽泽西州。小女孩罗丝开始崇拜一位神秘的女演员，罗丝将她的各种信息分类收藏，逐一粘贴在剪贴簿里，并循着女演员的足迹抵达纽约市美国自然博物馆……时间整整比班早了五十年。
　　从1927到1997，隔离五十年光阴，班与罗丝会有怎样的交集？两段追寻自我归属的旅程会带给他们和我们怎样的惊喜？一部精彩绝伦的大师之作将带给世人怎样的心灵惊奇？
　　与《造梦的雨果》一样，作者布莱恩．赛兹尼克在本书中双线并行，用精简的文字和超过230幅的精美素描画向读者展示寂静之美，再现出那段惊心动魄的寻爱之旅。