The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Author: Kelly Barnhill

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/09/2016


Synopsis

With more than a million copies sold, Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables.

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 …

About Kelly Barnhill

Kelly Barnhill lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children. She is the author of four novels, most recently The Girl Who Drank the Moon, winner of the 2017 John Newbery Medal. She is also the winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Parents' Choice Gold Award, and has been a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award, the SFWA Andre Norton Award, and the PEN/USA literary prize. Visit her online at kellybarnhill.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @kellybarnhill.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Regan on June 09, 2023

4.5 Really enjoyed!......more

Goodreads review by Lala on November 22, 2020

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Goodreads review by Hannah on March 19, 2024

I have a new BookTube channel! Come find me at Hello, Bookworm📚🐛 Click here to watch a video review of this book on my (old) channel, From Beginning to Bookend. The people of the Protectorate leave a baby deep in the forest each year, a sacrificial offering made to a witch to deter her from terror......more

Goodreads review by Anne on August 31, 2016

Look at that beaut' of a cover guys! How could anyone walk past this in a bookstore and NOT want to read it?! And then the blurb: witches, tiny dragons, swamp monsters, lunar magic...this book had all the ingredients for me to drop everything and just read! Which is why it turned out to be even more......more

Goodreads review by Debra on May 17, 2019

Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016 Named to KirkusR......more