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Mapmaker

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Grace P.

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Grace P., Teen Board Member
Mark Bomback's MAPMAKER is a young adult mystery and suspense novel about Tanya, a high schooler who has a genius sense of direction. Her father died before the book started, during a frenzy of mapping the entire world. At the start of MAPMAKER, Tanya gets an internship at MapOut ---  the company owned by her father and his best friend ---  for the summer. This story follows Tanya as she works to clear up the mysteries surrounding MapOut and her father. Romance, adventure, mystery and suspense ensue!
 
"I liked Tanya, as she was very intelligent and I agreed with her decisions for the most part. The plot was pretty realistic until we got the explanation...."
 
This book sucked me in a lot more than I thought it was going to. I found myself reading it very fast, but in the end I was not extremely satisfied with how things wrapped up. I expected it to be fast-paced, but it was just a little too short. I felt like it was over before it began. I liked Tanya, as she was very intelligent and I agreed with her decisions for the most part. The plot was pretty realistic until we got the explanation; it didn’t really fit the direction of the story. I think it lacked the natural flow that makes a novel great. The book doesn’t really fit in its genre either. I wasn’t even sure what it was going for until I looked it up. I do think the author was successful in the goal of making it fun and enjoyable to read, but it just didn’t meet my expectations.
 
I would recommend this book to anyone who thinks the premise sounds interesting. Even if I didn’t love it, I think some people will, and I recommend you give it a shot!

Teaser

 

When Tanya Barrett takes an internship at MapOut, a digital mapping company her dead father cofounded, she expects emotional landmines. Her father’s business partner and his son, Connor, welcome her to the job with open arms. And being with Connor turns out to be the only thing that makes Tanya feel normal again. But when they sneak into her father’s old office late one night, they stumble across a deadly secret.

Promo

When Tanya Barrett takes an internship at MapOut, a digital mapping company her dead father cofounded, she expects emotional landmines. Her father’s business partner and his son, Connor, welcome her to the job with open arms. And being with Connor turns out to be the only thing that makes Tanya feel normal again. But when they sneak into her father’s old office late one night, they stumble across a deadly secret.

About the Book

When Tanya Barrett takes an internship at MapOut, she expects emotional landmines. Her father cofounded the digital mapping company, and he died for it --- on a cartographic expedition he didn’t even need to take. Her father’s business partner and his son, Connor, welcome her to the job with open arms. And being with Connor, an old childhood friend, turns out to be the only thing that makes Tanya feel normal again. 

Soon she’s spending every moment she can with Connor. But when they sneak into her father’s old office late one night, they stumble across a deadly secret. The next day Connor disappears.

Tanya isn’t just bereft; she’s terrified. It’s clear that people at MapOut are willing to kill for what she and Connor discovered. Alone again --- and on the run --- Tanya must rely on her wits to find out what happened to him and stay a step ahead of MapOut. But in the world they envision, no one stays lost for long.

"Mapmaker expertly brings the paranoid thriller into the age of surveillance, and the result is both moving and chilling."
—D.B. Weiss, co-creator, writer, and producer of Game of Thrones