Where The Mountain Meets The Moon
Grace Lin
Subjects
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
- Fairy Tales - myths, legends and folklore from way back
Average rating
In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. While her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man in the Moon, Minli’s mother chides him for filling her head with stories. But inspired by these stories, Minli spends one of her precious copper pennies on a beautiful goldfish, which is said to be able to change the fortune of the owner. Her mother reprimands her for the silly purchase, but, it pays off when the goldfish talks and offers to show her the path to fortune and wealth! Minli is eventually joined by a dragon who can’t fly, and together they set out to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him to fulfill their dreams. Fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, with timeless elements of the classic The Wizard of Oz mixed in, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a wonderous story of adventure, devotion, and friendship. Grace Lin has once again written a charming, engaging book for young readers.
Reviews
I really enjoyed this book because it was a magical adventure story and reminded me a bit of The Wizard of Oz.
Commander Cornetto Satellite 01.09.2024
I really enjoyed
Commander Cornetto Satellite 01.09.2024
Loved Minli's adventure and how she asked he one question that really mattered to her-why Dragon can't fly
Anonymous 15.11.2020
Dragons can't fly? That doesn't sound right. Let' read on and see. Can the dragon fly after exploring and trying to find out why not? Minli goes on an adventure with Dragon and tries to see if she can improve her fortune. But does she like her friend Dragon more than she loves her family? Follow Minli in her adventures.
Princess Aphrodite Bouncy-castle 11.09.2020
An amazing book where her story is combined with other stories fabulous
Professor Octopus Casserole 20.08.2020
I liked Minli because she wanted fortune for her family but at the end she could only ask one question and she decided to ask the dragons question and I thought that was a really nice thing to do because she realised that she already had fortune and that was her parents and her village I would recommend this to someone else
Dame Cupcake Rollercoaster 03.07.2020
It gives you information about characters and what is going on. Everything is linked together through traditional Chinese stories.
Anonymous 23.07.2017
