where the mountain meets the moon

When I was planning out summer camps last winter, I noticed our favorite theater group was studying Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin - one of the amazing honor books from my Newbery year. Of course, I had to sign E up!
And what a week it was. Each day, the director read a portion of the book and the actors would work out the scenes themselves. They made up the props and costumes and put on a sweet, sweet show on Friday. There were too many scenes to fit in the performance, but E got to be Pa, the assassin (!), and the goldfish seller. One night on the way home from camp, he told me, "I'm really proud of my roles." I am too. I am too.


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