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 on 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 on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. This Newbery Honor book features magic, adventure, friendship, and even a dragon who can't fly!
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Q:what color was the villiage?A:the color was faded brown.
ReplyDeleteQ:why was Minli not faded brown like the rest of the village?A:the stories her father told.
Q: why did Minli go on her journey. A: she wanted to change her family's fourtne.
ReplyDeleteQ: why could dragon not fly. A: the ball on his head was weighing him down.
Q: why did Minli want to change her fortune. A: because she had not a lot of food and money.
ReplyDeleteQ: why did Minli listen to her fathers story. A: because she wanted a good fortune.
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ReplyDeleteQ:Why was Minli not faded brown like the rest of the village? A:Because the stories her father told her made her happy.
Q:Why did Minli want to see the old man of the moon?
A: because the old of the moon can answer anything and she wanted to ask him how to change their fortune.
Q1: did the fish Minli got talk talk?
ReplyDeleteQ2: yes the fish did talk.
Q2: what color was the village?
A2: the color was faded brown
Q: How did Minli and the dragon get through the forest without being attacked by the monkeys?
ReplyDeleteA: They set up a trap with rice in it and they caught the monkeys in the net.
I like when Minli's parents find Minli and how the goldfish tells them Minli's story.
Q:why couldn't the dragon fly? A because he was born as a painting and the painter painted him without wings.
ReplyDeleteq: how did minli know how to get to the never ending mountain? A: because a goldfish told her.
ReplyDeleteQ According to the young lion statue, how old is he?
ReplyDeleteA 700 to 800 years old.
What does Minli tell the kids over and over again at the end?
ReplyDeleteHer story of how she got her fortune
Who was the guy that could change Minlis fortune?
The old man of the moon
Q:why did Minli run away from home?
ReplyDeleteA:because she was trying to find the old man of the moon
Q: What is so special about the page torn from the book of fortune that makes the King rename the city "The City of Bright Moonlight?"
ReplyDeleteA: You can only read the page when you are under the moonlight and it changes every time.
Q: What is the name of the evil person in the stories Minli's father says?
A: Magistrate Tiger
Q: What was the ball on dragon's head?
ReplyDeleteA: A Dragon pearl.
Q:Where was painter Chen's ink stone from?
A: It was from the fruitless mountain.
Q:Who poisoned Dragon in the cave?
ReplyDeleteA: The green tiger poisoned him.
Q:How did Minli get up the Never-Ending mountain?
A:The borrowed line made a rope bridge to get up.
Q: Why does Minli leave her house?
ReplyDeleteA: She wanted to meet the Old Man of the Moon (the maker of fate) and ask him to change her family's fortune.
I think that Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a great book because the plot of the story shows that you have to be determined to achieve your goal, and then you can do it. This book motivated me to work hard to achieve my dreams.
Q: How much longer did the Old Man Of The Moon lengthen the goldfish mans life?
ReplyDeleteA: 80 years
Q: What was the green tiger?
A: The magistrate tiger's spirit.