Book rec

My boyfriend got me a book for Christmas (well, he borrowed it for me at the library) and he really knows me well, because I love this book beyond reason. It's called The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen. It's about a twelve-year-old boy who draws scientific maps and pictures and diagrams of everything. He lives on a ranch in Montana, and his dad is a rancher and his mom is an entomologist. A friend of his mom sends in his illustrations to the Smithsonian and various magazines, and they use it for exhibitions and stuff. So then he wins a prize and is invited to talk there, but they don't actually know that he's only twelve years old, and he jumps onto a freight train to try to get to Washington DC.

The books is full of his illustrations and maps and diagrams in the margins. He has a fascinating and deeply geeky way of observing the world around him, but he's still unmistakably a child, and he's an awesome character. Yes, I might possibly identify with him a little. Or more than a little. *g*

Anyway, you should definitely read this book!