![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She reaches the foot of the mountain in short order, the first to do so for as long as anyone can remember, only to find it covered in dangers mundane and magical, from jagged slopes and a treacherously narrow mountain path to a giant of an ogre and a witch who has cursed the snow itself. Her family teases her about the impossibility of all three, but when the mountain itself seems to call her and nod, she sets off to fulfill her dreams.Īs she crosses the river at the edge of her village and enters the forbidden pinewood forest just beyond, things get strange immediately as the bronze statue she brought with her comes to life. The Farthest-Away Mountain is a 1976 fantasy novel by Lynne Reid Banks that takes a fairy tale-inspired format and shakes a few things up.Ī girl named Dakin who has come of age refuses to settle down until she has accomplished three things in life: visit the Farthest-Away Mountain, meet a gargoyle, and find a prince to be her husband. However long you travel toward it, it always stays in the distance. ![]()
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