From award-winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the MoonGrace Lin comes a gorgeously illustratedstory about a lion cub and a girl who must open a portal for the spirits, based on Chinese folklore.

Jin is a Stone Lionone 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 isnt 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 Jins 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 homeand into the human world as the gate closes behind him.

Stuck outside the gate, Jin must find help from unlikely allies, including a girl whocan hear a mysterious voice and a worm who claims he is a dragon. Together, theymust find the sphere and return it to the world beyond the gateor risk losingeverything.

Award-winning and bestselling author Grace Lin returns with another gorgeously illustrated adventure story about duty, love, and balanceexpertly written in the vein of the Newbery Honor winner and modern classic Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.