
The Geomancer’s Compass by Melissa Hardy
Melissa Hardy’s YA fantasy novel, The Geomancer’s Compass, is a nice blend of Canadian history and Chinese mythology. The short book follows two inventive Chinese-Canadian cousins on a quest to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to recover something that is lost, and break the curse of bad luck that haunts their wealthy family.
Miranda Liu is a brilliant computer whiz and a bundle of nervous tics. At sixteen, she is on her way to making a name for herself in the world of computer generated Augmented Reality, when a frantic phone call from her mother in Vancouver brings her home. Her grandmother is dying. She gives Miranda an antique feng shui compass and a mission to save the family.
Miranda is hyper-rational and says she doesn’t believe in curses, but the evidence of her family’s bad luck is pretty hard to refute. While the Lius are very wea... Read More