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The Cartographers

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The Cartographers"Arresting, heartbreaking, and meditative." ALA Booklist (starred review) "Hand this to anyone trying their best wobbling through the precarious and precious parts of life." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) "An intriguing dynamic and a twist on the typical romance arc." Kirkus Reviews Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen year old

"Arresting, heartbreaking, and meditative."--ALA Booklist (starred review)

"Hand this to anyone trying their best wobbling through the precarious and precious parts of life."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

"An intriguing dynamic and a twist on the typical romance arc."--Kirkus Reviews

Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship, philosophy, fitting in, and love from Amy Zhang, the acclaimed author of Falling into Place and This Is Where the World Ends.

Ocean Sun has always felt an enormous pressure to succeed. After struggling with depression during her senior year of high school, Ocean moves to New York City, where she has been accepted at a prestigious university. But Ocean feels so emotionally raw and unmoored (and uncertain about what is real and what is not) that she decides to defer and live off her savings until she can get herself together. She also decides not to tell her mother (whom she loves very much but doesn't want to disappoint) that she is deferring--at least until she absolutely must.

In New York, Ocean moves into an apartment with Georgie and Tashya, two strangers who soon become friends, and gets a job tutoring. She also meets a boy--Constantine Brave (a name that makes her laugh)--late one night on the subway. Constant is a fellow student and a graffiti artist, and Constant and Ocean soon start corresponding via Google Docs--they discuss physics, philosophy, art, literature, and love. But everything falls apart when Ocean goes home for Thanksgiving, Constant reveals his true character, Georgie and Tashya break up, and the police get involved.

Ocean, Constant, Georgie, and Tashya are all cartographers--mapping out their futures, their dreams, and their paths toward adulthood in this stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding the strength to control your own destiny. For fans of Nina LaCour's We Are Okay and Daniel Nayeri's Everything Sad Is Untrue.


What happens when the map you've been given for life no longer matches the territory you're in?


  • Mental Health Representation: A raw and honest portrayal of navigating depression and suicidal ideation while trying to find your place in a world that feels unreal.
  • New York City Setting: From late-night subway encounters to a city-wide blackout, Ocean explores a version of NYC that exists off the grid and between the lines of any map.
  • Art and Philosophy: A unique connection that blossoms over shared Google Docs, debating everything from physics and graffiti to the nature of reality itself.
  • First-Generation Pressures: The constant weight of an immigrant mother's love and expectations, and the enormous secret Ocean must keep to avoid disappointing her.
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