Throughout her travels, Minli encounters unique characters who each share valuable life lessons as they help her to complete her mission. Along the way, she meets a dragon and a king, she tricks some monkeys, fights a Green Tiger, visits a village where seeds rain from the sky, and climbs to the heavens on a staircase made of thread.
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Without telling anyone, Minli goes in search of Never-Ending Mountain so that she can ask the Old Man of the Moon how to change her fortune.
The fish is just the beginning of Minli’s plan. Will it work, or as her mother says, is she wasting time on impossible dreams? One day, a goldfish man comes to town, and Minli uses one of her family’s only two coins to buy a fish which the salesman claims will bring fortune into her home. In fact, “What kept Minli from becoming dull and brown like the rest of the village were the stories her father told her every night at dinner.” But that doesn’t seem to be enough for Minli’s mother who sighs all day and seems to find little joy in the world. All they really have are the stories that Minli’s father tells them. They work hard in the fields all day and still have little to eat and no money. Life for Minli and her parents isn’t easy. White Read-Aloud Honor book, and a NY Times bestseller.
In the “Behind the Story” segment at the back of the book, Grace Lin shares her inspiration for these tales.Although based on traditional Chinese folktales, those told in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon were created by the author.The story moves back and forth between Minli’s adventure and a series of captivating folktales.Minli, a young girl from a poor village in China, embarks on a journey with the hope of changing her family’s fate.The inspirational tale of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin is great story of family and the bond they share.
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