I imagined a twinkle in Grace Lin’s eye as she wrote Where
the Mountain Meets the Moon. There’s a dragon afraid of monkeys. Oh, he
can’t fly either, like a proper dragon should. No-don’t start thinking about
the the Wizard of Oz. No
wizard sends Minli on a quest, it’s a goldfish. Now do you see why I was
intrigued? Minli sets out to find the Old Man of the moon. Can he help her find
happiness for her family?
The full-page artwork was beautiful and made it more
kid-friendly, too. It also reminded me that I wasn’t in North Carolina anymore.
(Oops, another Wizard of Oz allusion…but I think you’ll enjoy this book
in the same way you did Oz.)
PS This was a Newbery Honor Book
PPS The companion novel Starry River of the Sky is
out.
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