Larsen, Reif

Twelve-year-old cartographer T.S. Spivet, who can map anything, wins an award from the Smithsonian and travels from his family's ranch in Montana to the museum while drawing maps, charts, and illustrations of his adventures and slowly learning that some human emotions are difficult to depict.

"A young chart maker faces a challenge when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home"--Provided by publisher.