{"id":8902,"date":"2017-07-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8902"},"modified":"2017-07-11T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:40:01","slug":"mapmakers-must-race-to-the-end-of-the-world-by-a-l-tait-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8902","title":{"rendered":"Mapmakers must Race to the End of the World, by A. L. Tait (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookUnseen lands, unknown dangers,
\ncommanded to map the whole world<\/a> –
\nain’t on the farm now!<\/p>\n

Quinn’s family has kept his amazing memory<\/a> a secret so he’s not accused of witchery and attacked, as friend Aysha’s mother was, But the King has discovered it and wants the youngest son to compete at the new mapmakers’ school!<\/p>\n

Ask for this first book in the Mapmaker Chronicles, an Australian series now published in the USA by Kane Miller Books, at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When have you been called upon to go the extra mile?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0 Race to the End of the World (Mapmaker Chronicles, book 1) \/ A.L. Tait. Kane Miller, 2017. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [series site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Chosen to train as a mapmaker because of his lightning-quick memory, Quinn finds himself on a perilous quest to create a map of all the world for the King of Verlandia.<\/p>\n

Youngest of many brothers on his family farm, the 14 year old keeps quiet about his ability to memorize anything he sees or hears – a priceless skill for a mapmaker.<\/p>\n

Can Quinn help enslaved captain Zain win his freedom?
\nWho is the stowaway, discovered when the Libertas is well at sea?
\nWhat monsters and dangers will the crew face as they seek uncharted shores?<\/p>\n

First in The Mapmaker Chronicles series from Australian author A.L. Tait, three ships are in a Race to the End of the World, striving to bring the most complete world map to their King and earn their dearest wish! (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unseen lands, unknown dangers, commanded to map the whole world – ain’t on the farm now! Quinn’s family has kept his amazing memory a secret so he’s not accused of witchery and attacked, as friend Aysha’s mother was, But the King has discovered it and wants the youngest son to compete at the new mapmakers’ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,19,50,30,51],"tags":[22,4,75,11,45,20,5,70,37,16,18,44,43,49,31,256,193,15,21,66,35,33,3,6,28],"class_list":["post-8902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-fiction","category-historical","category-legends","category-mystery","tag-behavior","tag-belonging","tag-brothers","tag-communication","tag-competition","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-memories","tag-non-us-author","tag-ocean","tag-prejudice","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-series","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-travel","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapmaker-race_1.png?fit=274%2C428&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8902"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8911,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8902\/revisions\/8911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}