The Farthest-Away Mountain

Lynne Reid Banks First published 1976

About this book

Once upon a time, in a village nestled in a mountain valley, lived a girl named Dakin. Dakin wants three things more than anything else: to visit the farthest-away mountain, to meet a gargoyle, and to marry a prince. Everyone in her village thinks she's crazy, especially since no one has ever been to the farthest-away mountain. But one day, when she is nearly 15, she hears the mountain calling her. Dakin sets off on a tantalizing journey that will change her life, and the lives of others, forever.

Subjects

  • children's fiction
  • children's stories
  • fairy tales
  • fantasy fiction
  • fiction
  • fiction, action & adventure
  • girls, fiction
  • mountains