Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
core novel 2009 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.32 (54,515 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316038638 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man of the Moon and ask him how she can change her family's fortune: she buys a magical goldfish and joins a dragon who cannot fly on the quest, in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River. A Newbery Honor book, a fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore and illustrated in full colour by the author.
Where it sits
- Universe: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
- Series: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Grace Lin
Awards (verified)
- Newbery Medal (Newbery Honor), 2010: nominated; Newbery Honor book, per the publisher.
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 1 of 3: next Starry River of the Sky (2012)
Sources
- Bookroo (series page)
- Loveland Public Library catalogue (series descriptions)
- Little, Brown (publisher description, via Apple Books)
- Wikipedia (Grace Lin bibliography)
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