The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
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A whimsical coming-of-age adventure about a brilliant young cartographer's cross-country journey to claim recognition, blending wonder and melancholy with Americana charm.
A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
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