The Cartographers

Peng Shepherd’s "The Cartographers" will take you on a fantastic journey with its story of enchanted maps!

 

Nell Young has always lived her life around maps, as her father, Dr. David Young was one of the most esteemed cartographers. He is now found dead – perhaps murdered- at the New York Public Library in his office. Nell and her father stopped talking to each other after he fired her over an argument over a at first glance ordinary and mass-produced highway roadside map that is now being destroyed. But why is someone destroying these maps? To found out Nell seeks out on a dangerous journey that will reveal her deepest family secrets and the true power of maps.

 

"The Cartographers" by Nell Young is a spellbinding novel with an original plot about the history, art and science behind the world of maps.