THE CARTOGRAPHER – Michael McGhee (Launch Pad)
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| Title: | THE CARTOGRAPHER |
| Logline: | After a young girl is transported to a magical world within her grandfather’s maps, she must combine two halves of a torn map in order to reunite her grandparents and save this new land from falling apart. |
| Pitch: | THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA meets THE WIZARD OF OZ |
| Writer: | Michael McGhee |
| Genre: | Adventure | Family | Fantasy |
| Why to Read: | A beautifully written work of children’s literature and a pure joy to read, this manuscript is a dazzlingly captivating work of pure imagination. The author captures the scope, vibrancy, and magic of fantasy worlds specifically as experienced through the lens of a child’s wild-eyed innocence, immersing the reader immediately with cinematic detail and poetic prose. The strength of the writing continues into the elegant dialogue, which flows off the tongue and helps to paint a rich canvas full of colorful and larger-than-life characters. A massive, high- stakes adventure with a grounded family story at its core, this novel will appeal to kids and remind their parents what it’s like to see the world as an intricately beautiful and surprisingly magical place. |
| Request: | CLICK HERE TO REQUEST THE MANUSCRIPT |
