Author: | Melissa Hardy | ISBN: | 9781770493650 |
Publisher: | Tundra | Publication: | November 13, 2012 |
Imprint: | Tundra Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Melissa Hardy |
ISBN: | 9781770493650 |
Publisher: | Tundra |
Publication: | November 13, 2012 |
Imprint: | Tundra Books |
Language: | English |
This futuristic novel has all the elements YA fiction needs to draw critical attention from reviewers, and to elicit award-nominations. It is thematically interesting, culturally diverse, well-written, futuristic, and very funny.
Set in the year 2021, this fantastic YA novel explores the tension between a young woman's future building infrastructure for Augmented Reality, and the commitment she makes to her dying grandmother to honour ancient Chinese magic. The Geomancer's Compassimagines a world in the near future while exploring the Chinese immigrant experience and the expanding, elastic and shifting nature of reality.
This futuristic novel has all the elements YA fiction needs to draw critical attention from reviewers, and to elicit award-nominations. It is thematically interesting, culturally diverse, well-written, futuristic, and very funny.
Set in the year 2021, this fantastic YA novel explores the tension between a young woman's future building infrastructure for Augmented Reality, and the commitment she makes to her dying grandmother to honour ancient Chinese magic. The Geomancer's Compassimagines a world in the near future while exploring the Chinese immigrant experience and the expanding, elastic and shifting nature of reality.