A Map Of The Known World

Ever since her reckless older brother, Nate,died in a car crash, Cora has felt suffocatedby her small town and even smaller highschool. She seeks solace in drawing beautiful,elaborate maps, envisioning herself in exoticlocales. When Cora begins to fall for Damian,the handsome, brooding boy who was in thecar with Nate the night he died, she uncoversher brother’s secret artistic life and realizesshe had more in common with him than sheever imagined. This is the lyrical tale of onegirl’s journey through the redemptive powersof art, friendship, and love—and a reminderthat sometimes, the most thrilling worlds canbe found within ourselves.

Lisa Ann Sandell studies sculpture, is re-learning to play the trumpet, and, like Cora, has always found art and writing to be a driving force in her life. She is the author of THE WEIGHT OF THE SKY, which was named one of the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age, and SONG OF THE SPARROW, which was a BookSense Summer 2007 pick and which Publishers Weekly called "unique and eloquently wrought" in a starred review. Lisa works as a children’s books editor and lives in New York City with her husband, the author Liel Leibovitz, and their dog, Molly. Please visit her online at www.lisaannsandell.com