4.27 AVERAGE

adventurous hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Excellent narrative
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

This sequel to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon shared many characters with the original, and it was enjoyable and surprising to make the various connections to stories, plot points and characters from the previous book. I read this with my 9yo daughter and she especially loved pointing out the different connections and discovering where the twists and turns of the plot were taking us. I enjoyed the weaving of the stories throughout, and the way that the author tied together seemingly disparate threads at the end. 

i love this book.

just absolutely beautiful. i must say the stories are my favourite parts of the books grace lin writes.

Read for class. Another great middle-grade novel. Highly recommend.
adventurous hopeful relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous medium-paced

What a beautiful story, of life, of love -not romantic, but true- of immortality and story. A folktale itself, this tale weaves together many other folktales, connecting them to each other. In those connections, the reader is reminded of the reasons that similar folktales appear in many different cultues; while people and cultures vary, the stories that touch on universal truths touch us all. Grace Lin not only crafted this beautiful tale, but also created gorgeous artwork to illuminate her words, both in woodcuts to begin each chapter and with periodic full-color plates.