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" Cora&amp;#039;s family seems like it&amp;#039;s shutting down in the months after the tragic death of her brother Nate. Her father barely speaks and her mother is unbearably over-protective. Shut in her room, Cora longs for escape as she draws exquisite maps of the faraway places she dreams of visiting. The start of high school only promises more challenges, now that the stigma of Nate&amp;#039;s death seems to follow her every move. With the help of the new art teacher and an unlikely friend, Cora discovers that her drawings could help her start to understand her brother&amp;#039;s death, and maybe even take her on the adventure she wants so badly. A Map of the Known World is the fourth novel by Lisa Ann Sandell, who loves to sculpt and ride her bike. Buy a copy here and check out the awesome map of the author&amp;#039;s favorite places in NYC at her website. Have you read anything by Lisa Ann Sandell? Tell us what you think! Get more summer beach reads here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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