When the Sea Turned to Silver
core novel 2016 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.36 (6,712 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316125949 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and the other villagers. But the peace is shattered one night when soldiers of the Emperor arrive and kidnap the storyteller, and Pinmei, the storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother from the Tiger Emperor. A breathtaking, full-colour illustrated fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore, a fast-paced adventure and a companion novel to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and Starry River of the Sky, it was a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Award finalist.
Where it sits
- Universe: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
- Series: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Grace Lin
Awards (verified)
- National Book Award (Young People's Literature), 2016: finalist
Notes
- From the series record (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon): Grace Lin's three companion fantasies inspired by Chinese folklore.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: position 3 of 3: previous Starry River of the Sky (2012)
Sources
- Bookroo (series page)
- Loveland Public Library catalogue (series descriptions)
- Westchester Library System catalogue (publisher description)
- High Five Books (Little, Brown edition record)
- Little, Brown (publisher description, via Apple Books)
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