The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

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The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

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ISBN: 9780099535171
author: Reif Larson
publishing house: Vintage Books London
publication date: 2010
price: 8.99
number of pages: 374

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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 20 years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his 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 12 years old.
So begins T.S.`s life-changing adventure, travelling 2000 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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contents

PART 1: THE WEST
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
PART 2: THE CROSSING
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
PART 3: THE EAST
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14

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