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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
By Lin, Grace
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31611-427-1
- Publisher
- Little
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
Gr 3-6 Living in the shadow of the Fruitless Mountain, Minli and her parents spend their days working in the rice fields, barely growing enough to feed themselves. Every night, Minlis father tells her stories about the Jade Dragon that keeps the mountain bare, the greedy and mean Magistrate Tiger, and the Old Man of the Moon who holds everyones destiny. Determined to change her familys fortune, Minli sets out ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Minli lives with her father, a storyteller and dreamer, and her disapproving mother in a poor village in the shadow of Fruitless Mountain. An encounter with a goldfish peddler prompts Minli to seek the Old Man of the Moon, who makes his home atop the forebodingly named Never-Ending Mountain, to ask him for help in changing her family's fortunes. On her arduous journey, Minli is assisted by folklore creatures, including a talking fish who points her in the right direction and a dragon...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Minli seeks the Old Man of the Moon, hoping to change her family's fortunes. Interspersed with the main story are folktales explaining past eve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
