The Farthest-Away Mountain

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Summary: Amazing!! What a treasure!!
Review: I discovered this book when I was in the Fourth grade and have read it about 5-6 times a year since then! Now that I am in my early 20's Dakin and her hopeful attitude and her high spirits always bring me comfort and courage through tough times in my life. I have shared this book with children I have met and every one of them discovered the same magic and mystery I did when I was a little girl! Lynne Reid Banks is an amazing author who puts all the hopes and fears any 15 year old girl experiences into the heart and mind of Dakin, a heroine we all truly fall in love with! This is my favorite book of all time and I will cherish it always!

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Summary: My start in Fantasy reading...
Review: I picked this book up at our elementary school book fair, at random ... I'm so glad I did! I had to write this review because of the Horn Book review, which is right up at the top of the page, and so out of touch with what works for kids. "Slight?" The illustrations "contrived?" Couldn't be more wrong. I was in the fourth or fifth grade, maybe, when I read this book, and I'm twenty now, and looking back, this book just utterly captured me. Completely consumed me, in that amazing way that books can when you're that age. I was in the story, and magic was real, and I hurt for the gargoyles, and I cheered for Dakin ... I don't know, I think you have to be a childhood book-devourer to understand what that perfect book can be to a kid. Books like that are why I want to be a writer, so that people can get lost in my worlds like I got lost in that one. And the illustrations were part of the magic. In this case, "melodramatic" worked. Kids (well, kids like me, at least) like fantasy. Honestly, I suppose if I'd read this book for the first time as a twenty year old, I might have been passive about it ... but I remember what it was to be a kid, and so open to magic and wonder and so able to lose myself in other worlds and other circumstances. I'm so glad to have picked it up and experienced it ... give yourself the opportunity, whether you're a kid or an adult (in which case, maybe you'll get to feel like a kid for a little while).

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Summary: Great Book For Young Girls
Review: Oh my gosh, how I loved this book. In third grade, I read it until the cover fell off! This unconventional fairy tale far surpassed other romantic tales in my mind. Banks shows images that are beautiful and incredibly imaginative. I would guide a girl aged around 8 to 14 to this book, depending on her reading ability, though the book is not terribly difficult. I consider this a classic and a must read for young girls. It's one of the first fairy tales where the heroine doesn't need (or particularly like) a prince coming to her rescue.

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Summary: Boring, and everything's possessed
Review: Some freaky girl who lives in a puny village gets called to a castle by a possessed mountain. She meets a posessed troll. She also meets a possessed frog. She gets scared of a possessed ogre. Then her body gets replenished by possessed gargoyles. She gets stuck in possessed snow. She finds a ring. She meets a dweeb of a prince( one of the only characters that isn't possessed). Her life goes back to normal. Whoop-dee-doo! Never read this book.

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Summary: I fund This book"The Farthest-Away Mountain"very interesting
Review: The book " The farthest-away mountain" is a very good and inriching book. I've read this book and I fell that this book is a very well-writen childs book. I have asked all my friends to read this book and they have. We all found it very interesting. I'm alway judging my books by the Illustration and how it is written. This book takes you on an adventure like no other. When I read this book, I get pulled into the story with Dakin. I love it when she kickes her way through the painted snow and how her book of poem's is always giving her help. After all I would give this book an A+ i writing. I'm in 7th grade and wish I could read more of this book. I love how you get into part in the book and then something scary or interistin happens. I love this book. I wish every kid could have the chance to read this book and be taken into the adventure!

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Summary: The Best Dream
Review: The Farthest Away mountain, is by far one of my most favorites of all time. Reading it in grade school and then again in high school, even now in college give great dreams. This fantastic tale of a young girl and her aspirations is a treasure for any age. Young and old alike have enjoyed it and found it powerful, and awe inspiring.

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Summary: A part of my childhood
Review: This book is the only book my mother ever read to my brothers and I out loud, not including picture books. I remember listening to her read it and loving the story. It's one of the few things I remember clearly about when i was very young.
Over time I forgot the title and author, and all I remembered was the story. (In fact, I went to look it up on Amazon only knowing that the title included the word "mountain".) This book is great for young readers, and it was my first serious introduction to fantasy, which I really love now. It led the way first to Ella Enchanted and then to Lord of the Rings, The Fionavar Tapestry, and more great books.

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Summary: the best book ever
Review: This is a classic fairy tale about an adventuresome little girl who is drawn to a mountain that is considered evil by the people of her village. During her journey she encounters an ogre, gargoyles, a magic pool, a frog, an evil witch, and more! The suspenseful tale captures the imagination and leaves children on the edge of their seat.

I read it every year to my second grade class. The kids LOVE this book and have (through various years) been motivated to act the story out, write their own fairy tales, discuss the elements of fairy tales, and more!

This book is not widely known. Maybe that is a good thing because then someone would want to make it into a movie, thus diminishing the use of imagination and sense of enjoyment that kids gain from hearing this story. BUT, I believe every child would benefit from hearing such a fantastic tale, and for that I am sad it is not better known and more highly regarded.

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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: This is one of my top fantasy stories. I read this amazing book when I was in junior high and could not put it down once I began. From the moment I began it until the unfortunate moment that it ended, I was completely engrossed in it. It was like watching a favorite movie, each step your character makes is a step that you take, and each moment of joy or sadness is a moment that squeezes your heart. This is a story about a girl who wakes up each morning and finds that something is missing in her life, and when the chance for adventure arrives she steps out into the world to fullfill her dreams.
Read this book! Have your child read it! You will not be disappointed!