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T.S. Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog - Verywell - is going mad. T.S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks.He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old.
So begins T.S.'s life-changing adventure, travelling two thousand miles across America to reach the awards dinner, the secret-society membership and the TV interviews that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange?
So begins T.S.'s life-changing adventure, travelling two thousand miles across America to reach the awards dinner, the secret-society membership and the TV interviews that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange?
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T S Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. T S makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks.
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"An endearing and original coming-of-age story"--Margaret Reynolds, The Times
"...a wilfully original and diverting book, full of carefully penned ephemera."--Tim Adams, The Observer
"The tale of map-obsessed outcast TS Spivet is captivating but it's the intricate illustrations...that make this a rewardingly unique read"--Shortlist
"Larsen's achievement is to have created a quirky, engaging, painfully vulnerable hero... a book that's truly lovely to look at..."--Daily Mail
"...the real star of the show is Reif Larson, a first time American novelist... Some of the sly coming-of-age humour is reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn, but it is also very much a modern novel"--Sunday Telegraph
"...a wilfully original and diverting book, full of carefully penned ephemera."--Tim Adams, The Observer
"The tale of map-obsessed outcast TS Spivet is captivating but it's the intricate illustrations...that make this a rewardingly unique read"--Shortlist
"Larsen's achievement is to have created a quirky, engaging, painfully vulnerable hero... a book that's truly lovely to look at..."--Daily Mail
"...the real star of the show is Reif Larson, a first time American novelist... Some of the sly coming-of-age humour is reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn, but it is also very much a modern novel"--Sunday Telegraph
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