MAPMAKER

A fantastical adventure through uncharted territory in this brilliantly-imagined about a boy who draws maps... that come to life.

Walt didn't ask to move to a boring new town. But he's stuck there, with his demanding dad breathing down his neck, and his twin sister Toni as obnoxious as ever. At least he's made one new friend, Dylan, who doesn't mind Walt's weird hobby - drawing maps. Walt loves their intricate details, the worlds they outline. His favorite is the map of Rior, the fantastical world he's created on paper. It's a lot more exciting than living in this world.

But things change when Walt absently draws a forest on a map of Blackbird Bay. The forest he draws...appears... In real life. Things get even stranger when the trio meet mysterious characters who call Walt the Mapmaker. They seem to be telling Walt he needs to embrace his powers to defeat Statica, a malevolent rival in the Kingdom of Rior whose mapmaking power has spun out of control.

Walt, Toni, and Dylan transport themselves to Rior and find it's just as Walt imagined -- except that someone has altered it...for the worse. Statica's power is threatening Walt's creation, and all who live in it. If he's not stopped soon, Rior could be gone forever. And if Statica can destroy one world, who could stop him from destroying others?

Lisa Moore Ramée was born and raised in Los Angeles, and she now lives in the Bay Area of California, with her husband, two kids, and two obnoxious cats. She is the author of A Good Kind of Trouble and Something to Say.