Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The following day, Minli then sets out, freeing the goldfish so as not to burden her parents further, and leaves the village to find 'the old man of the moon'. According to the goldfish, the wise man can answer Minli's question on how to bring good fortune to her family and the village.

When she does so, the goldfish tells her directions to Never-Ending Mountain, where a wise immortal known as the Old Man of the Moon lives. She decides to let it go because of how bitter it made Ma. It turns out the goldfish can talk when people want to hear it.

Much to the displeasure of Ma, Minli spends her precious money on a goldfish. Plus, there is barely enough rice to feed the people there, causing Minli to develop a wish for good fortune. Minli's mother, Ma, instead despises the stories that Ba tells, feeling that they are simply 'nonsense.' Also, she is full of bitterness and resentment due to their poverty.Īll of the villagers, along with Minli's family, are also very poor, as farming is difficult in the hard and dry land due to Fruitless Mountain being the broken and lonely heart of the immortal Jade Dragon, a dragon that once brought rain to the Earth. However, what she especially enjoys are her father Ba's stories, which are often told at the dinner table. Minli is a young ten-year-old girl with a fast and eager spirit, and is constantly ready for adventure. Plot īy a bare mountain, where the Jade River runs through, lies a poor, mud-covered village known as the Village of Fruitless Mountain, where the protagonist, Minli lives. It has been translated into Chinese, French, Hebrew, Romanian, Korean and Slovene. The novel received a 2010 Newbery Honor and the 2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. It was written and illustrated by Grace Lin and published in 2009. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a fantasy- adventure children's novel inspired by Chinese folklore. 2009 fantasy-adventure children's novel inspired by Chinese folklore

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin