From bestselling author Grace Lin comes the companion to the Newbery Honor winnerWhere the Mountain Meets the Moonand the National Book Award finalistWhen the Sea Turned to Silver.The moon is missing from the remote Village of Clear Sky, but only a young boy named Rendi seems to notice! Rendi has run away from home and is now working as a chore boy at the village inn. He can't help but notice the village's peculiar inhabitants and their problems.
But one day, a mysterious lady arrives at the Inn with the gift of storytelling, and slowly transforms the villagers and Rendi himself. As she tells more stories and the days pass in the Village of Clear Sky, Rendi begins to realize that perhaps it is his own story that holds the answers to all those questions.
Newbery Honor author Grace Lin brings readers another enthralling fantasy featuring her marvelous full-color illustrations.
Starry River of the Skyis filled with Chinese folklore, fascinating characters, and exciting new adventures.
Grace Linis the award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator of
Starry River of the Sky,
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,
The Year of the Dog,
The Year of the Rat,
Dumpling Days, and
Ling & Ting, as well as pictures books such as
The Ugly Vegetablesand Caldecott Honor book
A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Grace lives with her husband and daughter in Western MA, where they get plenty of winter snow. Her website is www.gracelin.com.
ABooklistEditor's ChoiceAPublishers WeeklyBest Book of the YearAnAtlantic WireBest Middle Grade Book of the Year* This companion novel to Lin's Newbery Honor-winningWhere the Mountain Meets the Moonsurpasses that book in both plot and prose, again using interspersed stories that neatly circle around one another. The message that anger distorts while forgiveness transforms runs throughout the novel, lc)
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