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* Newbery Honor 수상도서
* NY Times Bestseller
* Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy for Youth
* Parents' Choice Gold Winner
* IndieBound Bestseller
* Bank Street College of Education Josette Frank Award 수상도서
* 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards Finalist For Middle Reader Book of the Year
* Al Roker's TODAY Show Kid's Book Club Pick
* Mythopeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature 수상도서
* Starred Kirkus Review
* Starred School & Library Journal Review
* Starred Booklist Review
* 2010 CCBC Choices List
* EB White Read-Aloud Award Honor 수상도서
* Massachusetts Book Award for Children/Young Adult Literature


어린 소녀 민리는 과실이 열리지 않는 산 가까이에 있는 가난한 마을에서 매일 힘겨운 노동을 하면서 살아가고 있습니다. 민리에게는 밤마다 아버지가 들려주는 비취의 용과 달의 노인에 관한 이야기가 큰 희망을 심어줬습니다. 어느날 민리는 이 세상의 모든 이치에 대해 다 알고 있는 달의 노인을 만나서 가난을 벗어나는 방법을 물어보기로 하고 먼 길을 떠납니다. 그리고 머나먼 여정 중에서 말하는 금붕어, 막강한 힘을 지닌 왕, 날 수 없는 용과 같은 평범하지 않은 친구들을 사귀게 되고...

판화 형식의 아름다운 삽화 그림들이 책을 읽는 재미를 더해줍니다.

총 48개의 Chapter로 구성되어 있습니다.






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Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0316038636
ISBN-13: 978-0316038638
책 크기: 19.2 cm x 13.3 cm



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Book Description
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.


School Library Journal *Starred Review*
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, Minli's 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 everyone's destiny. Determined to change her family's fortune, Minli sets out to find the Old Man of the Moon, urged on by a talking goldfish who gives her clues to complete her journey. Along the way she makes new friends including a flightless dragon and an orphan and proves her resourcefulness when she tricks a group of greedy monkeys and gets help from a king. Interwoven with Minli's quest are tales told by her father and by those she meets on the way. While these tales are original to Lin, many characters, settings, and themes are taken from traditional Chinese folklore. The author's writing is elegant, and her full-color illustrations are stunning. Minli's determination to help her family, as well as the grief her parents feel at her absence, is compelling and thoroughly human.


Booklist *Starred Review*
In this enchanted and enchanting adventure, Minli, whose name means “quick thinking,” lives with her desperately poor parents at the confluence of Fruitless Mountain and the Jade River. While her mother worries and complains about their lot, her father brightens their evenings with storytelling. One day, after a goldfish salesman promises that his wares will bring good luck, Minli spends one of her only two coins in an effort to help her family. After her mother ridicules what she believes to be a foolish purchase, Minli sets out to find the Old Man of the Moon, who, it is told, may impart the true secret to good fortune. Along the way, she finds excitement, danger, humor, magic, and wisdom, and she befriends a flightless dragon, a talking fish, and other companions and helpmates in her quest. With beautiful language, Lin creates a strong, memorable heroine and a mystical land. Stories, drawn from a rich history of Chinese folktales, weave throughout her narrative, deepening the sense of both the characters and the setting and smoothly furthering the plot. Children will embrace this accessible, timeless story about the evil of greed and the joy of gratitude. Lin’s own full-color drawings open each chapter.


Kirkus Reviews *Starred Review*
To change her family's fortunes, a poor Chinese girl embarks on a fantastical quest to discover she already has everything she needs to be happy. Minli and her parents live in the shadow of Fruitless Mountain, where they toil endlessly. Bitter and resentful, Minli's mother complains when her husband fills Minli's imagination with enchanting tales of Never-Ending Mountain and the Old Man of the Moon. "Eager for adventure," Minli sets out alone seeking advice from the Old Man of the Moon. En route she befriends a dragon who joins her quest. Together they encounter a talking goldfish, a boy with a buffalo, a king, a fierce green tiger and laughing twins before scaling Never-Ending Mountain. Lin deftly incorporates elements from Chinese folk- and fairy tales to create stories within the main story and provide context for Minli's quest. With her "lively and impulsive spirit," Minli emerges a stalwart female role model who learns the importance of family, friendship and faith during her amazing journey. Richly hued illustrations reinforce the Chinese folk theme.