The Resource The Cartographer
The Cartographer
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The item The Cartographer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The Cartographer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Set in the 1950s, a 10-year-old boy witnesses a murder when he is spying through a window of a strange house. In the following weeks he comes to map out all the significant adventures he has in the labyrinthine city trying to make sure he doesn't cross the path of the murderer, who he believes wishes to silence and dispose of him. Comics and superheroes inform his strategies for avoiding the bogeyman, and remembering his twin brother, Tom, who recently died in a tragic accident. THE CARTOGRAPHER is a touching novel for readers captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Mark Haddon, Craig Silvey, and Markus Zusak
- Language
- eng
- Isbn
- 9780730493808
- Label
- The Cartographer
- Title
- The Cartographer
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Twohig
- Subject
-
- trueSecret identity
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSuperheroes
- trueMaps
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueMelbourne, Victoria -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueBoy explorers
- trueBrothers -- Death
- trueLiterary Fiction
- trueCity life -- Melbourne, Victoria
- trueMurder witnesses
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueHistorical Fiction
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueHiding
- trueBoys
- trueSuperhero stories
- trueEleven-year-old boys
- trueCriminals -- Melbourne, Victoria
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Set in the 1950s, a 10-year-old boy witnesses a murder when he is spying through a window of a strange house. In the following weeks he comes to map out all the significant adventures he has in the labyrinthine city trying to make sure he doesn't cross the path of the murderer, who he believes wishes to silence and dispose of him. Comics and superheroes inform his strategies for avoiding the bogeyman, and remembering his twin brother, Tom, who recently died in a tragic accident. THE CARTOGRAPHER is a touching novel for readers captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Mark Haddon, Craig Silvey, and Markus Zusak
- Summary
- Set in the 1950s, a 10-year-old boy witnesses a murder when he is spying through a window of a strange house. In the following weeks he comes to map out all the significant adventures he has in the labyrinthine city trying to make sure he doesn't cross the path of the murderer, who he believes wishes to silence and dispose of him. Comics and superheroes inform his strategies for avoiding the bogeyman, and remembering his twin brother, Tom, who recently died in a tragic accident. The cartographer is a touching novel for readers captivated by the stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, Mark Haddon, Craig Silvey, and Markus Zusak.
- Award
- Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10103074
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Twohig, Peter
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Literary Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Cartographer
- Control code
- BORROWBOX:HCP_066497
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
- http://library.link/vocab/inputERC
- True
- Isbn
- 9780730493808
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
- Label
- The Cartographer
- Control code
- BORROWBOX:HCP_066497
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
- http://library.link/vocab/inputERC
- True
- Isbn
- 9780730493808
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
Subject
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBoy explorers
- trueBoys
- trueBrothers -- Death
- trueCity life -- Melbourne, Victoria
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueCriminals -- Melbourne, Victoria
- trueEleven-year-old boys
- trueHiding
- trueHistorical Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary Fiction
- trueMaps
- trueMelbourne, Victoria -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueMurder witnesses
- trueSecret identity
- trueSuperhero stories
- trueSuperheroes
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