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 Compass imagines a world in the near future while exploring the Chinese immigrant experience and the expanding elastic and shifting nature of reality.