The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Name: The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Author: Kelly Barnhill
ISBN: 9781616205676

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon won the 2017 Newbery Award, was a New York Times bestseller, and was named to the New York Public Library Best Books of 2016, Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2016, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2016, School Library Journal Best Books of 2016, Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2016, and 2017 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna's thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge--with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth's surface. And the woman with the Tiger's heart is on the prowl.

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