Book Review: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Written by Grace Lin
reviewed by Jeani Carruthers, age 10
Where
the Mountain Meets the Moon
is a book written by the award-winning author,
Grace Lin.
This
book is about a girl named Minli who lives in a village by Fruitless
Mountain. It is called Fruitless Mountain because nothing can grow on
it.
Minli loves the
many stories her father tells her, but she is so curious that she
lets the stories get to her. Minli wants to change her family’s
fortune. She thinks that if she visits the Old Man in the Moon from
her father’s story, she can accomplish her goal.
One
day Minli meets a mysterious old man who is selling goldfish in the
village and decides to buy a fish with one of her only coins. Her
parents are angry and think that she wasted her money, but when she
sets the goldfish free, she discovers it can talk!
Minli
starts her adventure after the goldfish tells her to go see the Old
Man in the Moon. She meets a dragon, a powerful king, and a Buffalo
Boy on her mission to change her family’s fortune. Will she
succeed? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
I
didn’t think the book was all that fun. But I still think this
would be a good book for 5th
and 4th
grade because it has challenging words and every story teaches a
different life lesson.
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