Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a young adult fiction book written by Grace Lin, the result of Lin's re-conception of Chinese stories she knew as a child in Asian-American form. The book has a unique structure since it places small stories w
Minli and her family live in a small hut in a poor, rainless village at the bottom of a mountain. Legend has it that Fruitless Mountain will only grow green again once Jade Dragon reunites with her long-lost children. Minli feels that, if only Fruitl
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a juvenile fiction novel by Grace Lin, author of The Year of the Dog. While Lin tells the tale of the courageous Minli, she also imbeds other story vignettes that weave together and connec
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49.One Sunday that September, Laila is putting Zalmai, who has a cold, down for a nap when Tariq bursts into their bungalow.“Did you hear?” he says, panting a little. “They killed him. Ahmad Shah Massoud. He’s dead.”“What?”From the doorway, Tariq tel
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