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Grace Lin
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About this author
"A beautiful flower is incomplete without its leaves."
-Chinese Proverb
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
— published 2009 — 15 editions |
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The Year of the Dog
— published 2005 — 11 editions |
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Starry River of the Sky
— published 2012 — 6 editions |
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The Year of the Rat
— published 2008 — 4 editions |
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Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!
— published 2010 — 5 editions |
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Dumpling Days
— published 2012 — 5 editions |
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Dim Sum for Everyone!
— published 2001 — 6 editions |
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The Ugly Vegetables
— published 1999 — 6 editions |
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Bringing in the New Year
— published 2008 — 4 editions |
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The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale
— published 2007 |
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| This book was another great classic which has held up well. Rufus is such a likeable character and the episodic adventures were extremely fun & charming! | |
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| Wendy Mass is great writer, the characters were completely believable and fun. At first, I thought the plot was a bit too contrived until I got to the end and realized it was supposed to be contrived! The ending saved it for me and I was happily sati...more | |
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| From the size of the actual book (it's just a bit smaller than standard, perfect for smaller hands) to the characters to the storyline and vocabulary words this book is charming, charming, charming. | |
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| This book was great! One of the best MG mysteries I've read, with dimensional characters and no annoying loose ends. Really impressed and was incredibly sad when I looked up the author and realized she was deceased. | |
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“Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going to talk her into staying here forever.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“If you make happy those that are near, those that are far will come.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
“She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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What book do you feel should win the Newbery Medal?
(I tried to include all the books we have read, along with the books mentioned on our "the others good and up" thread, and a few on the Newbery 2010 list on goodreads. If, however, I have not included a book you want to vote for just send me a message or write a comment. I will add it to the list.)
(I tried to include all the books we have read, along with the books mentioned on our "the others good and up" thread, and a few on the Newbery 2010 list on goodreads. If, however, I have not included a book you want to vote for just send me a message or write a comment. I will add it to the list.)
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Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| Mock Newbery 2014: November Poll | 4 | 58 | Nov 11, 2009 04:51pm | |
| Mock Newbery 2014: December Read - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | 11 | 76 | Jan 10, 2010 11:24am | |
| Mock Newbery 2014: Results | 11 | 148 | Jan 22, 2010 11:39am | |
| Mock Newbery 2014: Local Mock Newbery Results | 10 | 192 | Jan 25, 2010 05:39pm | |
| The Newbery Award...: 2010 Honor - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | 1 | 7 | Feb 08, 2010 10:08am | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: July WINNERS: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and Leviathan by Scott Westerfield | 47 | 88 | Aug 07, 2010 12:49pm | |
| Young Adult Reade...: What Have You Been Reading Lately? | 143 | 205 | Jan 08, 2011 04:46pm | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: * The Brutal Book Pushing Folder of Torture and Doom | 91 | 330 | Feb 01, 2011 09:16am |
