I wanted to share a new children’s book with you called The Gate, The Girl, And The Dragon by Grace Lin I received in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase, I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
The Gate, The Girl, And The Dragon is a book for Middle School Students but anyone who loves Dragons will enjoy the story and that includes David. The story has a tad bit of humor which Charlie and David enjoyed.
Alternating between a modern-day Chinatown and the legendary land of the Gongshi, this story draws together an unusual cast of characters with an urgent mission. How can they unlock the gate between the worlds and bring the Gongshi back to their proper roles? Which will keep people on the edge of their seats and make you not want to put the book down once you begin reading the story.
All three of us feel in love with the illustrations. We also loved how before each chapter is a picture that will have you wondering how it ties into the story. This is the first book of Grace Lin we’ve read but it will not be the last book.
About the book:
A New York Times and IndieBound bestseller!
From award-winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin comes a gorgeously full-color illustrated story about a lion cub and a girl who must open a portal for the spirits, based on Chinese folklore.
Jin is a Stone Lion—one of the guardians of the Old City Gate who is charged to watch over humans and protect the Sacred Sphere. But to Jin, those boring duties feel like a waste of time.
What isn’t a waste of time? Perfecting his zuqiu kick, scoring a Golden Goal, and becoming the most legendary player of all the spirit world.
But when Jin’s perfect kick accidentally knocks the Sacred Sphere out through the gate, he has no choice but to run after it, tumbling out of the realm he calls home and into the human world as the gate closes behind him.
Stuck outside the gate, Jin must find help from unlikely allies, including a girl who can hear a mysterious voice and a worm who claims he is a dragon. Together, they must find the sphere and return it to the world beyond the gate…or risk losing everything.
Award-winning and bestselling author Grace Lin returns with another gorgeously illustrated adventure story about duty, love, and balance—expertly written in the vein of the Newbery Honor winner and modern classic Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Based on Chinese Folklore, beautiful novel features ten full-page pieces of stunning full-color art, as well as intricate chapter header illustrations.
Meet the Author: Grace Lin
Hello! Thanks so much for your interest in me and my books!
I grew up in Upstate NY with my parents and 2 sisters, whom are featured in many of my books, including “Dim Sum For Everyone!” and my novels, “The Year of the Dog” and “The Year of the Rat.” My mother and I were the star characters in my first book, “The Ugly Vegetables”–I cut both my sisters out of that story! They were quite upset with me and made me promise never to cut them out again. And since then, I haven’t…yet.
While many of my books highlight my family, not all of them do. My Newbery Honor-winning novel “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,” is an Asian inspired fantasy that some people call a Chinese ‘Wizard of Oz,’ and my early reader “Ling & Ting” is inspired by the old ‘Flicka, Dicka & Ricka’ books I read when I was young.
I hope you enjoy my books. Please visit my website: www.gracelin.com for more info about them (behind the scene stories and pictures) as well as other amusing anecdotes!
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David cates
