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// Where the Mountain Meets the Moon // by Grace Lin

In which book…


 * 1) was there a black mountain with no plants and animals? p. 1
 * 2) was there a girl whose name meant “quick thinking?” p. 2
 * 3) did a wife try to discourage her husband from telling stories? P. 10
 * 4) did a girl leave home to change her family’s fortune? P. 32
 * 5) was there a talking goldfish and a dragon that couldn’t fly? P. 28, p. 48
 * 6) did a grandmother prevent her grandson from dying on his 19th birthday? Pp. 64-66
 * 7) did two characters trick monkeys with rice and a net? Pp. 77-78
 * 8) did a magistrate want a family’s secret to happiness? P. 82
 * 9) did a girl need to ask a king for a “borrowed line?” p. 89
 * 10) did a girl follow the buffalo boy home because she had no where else to go? P. 101
 * 11) is the plot told through a series of short stories?
 * 12) was a boy befriended by a pretty girl who wove and spun thread for her grandfather? P. 110
 * 13) was a boy happy and content with the friendship of a girl, without knowing much about her? P. 114
 * 14) did a mother and father stop looking for their missing child? P. 116
 * 15) did a man have conversations with a goldfish? P.
 * 16) did a king disguise himself as a beggar? P. 120
 * 17) did a girl buy a peach for a hungry man? P. 121
 * 18) was a magistrate angered by the idea of his son marrying a grocer’s daughter? P. 137
 * 19) was the statement, “You only lose what you cling to,” torn from a book and later handed down through the generations? P. 140
 * 20) was a red string believed to be a string of destiny? P. 148
 * 21) was a woman never happy with her life?
 * 22) did a girl leave through a secret door? P. 154
 * 23) was a bowl and a needle used as a compass? P. 157
 * 24) did a girl, who was seeking more, begin to feel guilty about leaving behind what she had? P. 159
 * 25) did a brother and sister outwit a tiger? P. 174
 * 26) were twins often called by one name? p. 180
 * 27) did a grandfather nurse a sick creature back to health using a special tea? P. 181
 * 28) did a village receive rain from the moon? P. 187
 * 29) did a wife laugh for the first time in years at her husband when his ear was dripping wet? P. 191
 * 30) was a girl so exhausted that she slept the whole day? P. 193
 * 31) did a tea made from a flowering tree work as an antidote or cure for a tiger’s poison? P. 194
 * 32) a character want two children sacrificed each month in exchange for peace? P. 199
 * 33) was a special coat given to a girl to keep her warm on her journey? P. 207
 * 34) was a string changed into a bridge? P. 222
 * 35) was there a man who always wanted more and as a result was given a lesson to learn patience and contentment? P. 243
 * 36) was a character allowed to ask just one question, even though she had two? P. p. 248
 * 37) did a character realize that she already knew the answer to her question? P. 250
 * 38) in which book was it discovered that the secret to happiness is thankfulness? P. 250
 * 39) did a woman realize that by always wanting more, she had nearly lost everything? P. 254
 * 40) was a dragon unable to fly due to a heavy ball on his head? P. 257
 * 41) could one question be asked and answered every 99 years? P. 258
 * 42) did a character learn a new meaning for the word fortune? p. 259
 * 43) did a family and village prosper from a dragon’s pearl? P. 268
 * 44) was a dragon reunited with his mother? P. 269