Description

This Newbery Honor book functions adventure, wonder, companionship, and a monster who can not travel!Within the area of Ineffective Hill, a woman called Minli lives in a ramshackle hut along with her parents. In the nights, she is regaled by her father with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man to the Moon, who knows the answers to any or all of life's concerns. Impressed by these tales, Minli sparks on an exceptional quest to obtain the Old Man on the Moon to consult him how she can alter her family's fortune. She confronts an assorted cast of enchanting animals and characters as you go along, including a monster who accompanies her on her pursuit of the best solution.