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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon Hardcover - 2016

by Kelly Barnhill


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Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal
The New York Times Bestseller 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 KirkusReviews' Best Books of 2016
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 . . . The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch's Boy.

From the rear cover

"There is magic in starlight, of course. This is well known. Moonlight, however. That is a different story. Moonlight is magic. Ask anyone you like."

PRAISE FOR THE WITCH'S BOY:

"Barnhill is a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman."
--Minneapolis Star Tribune

"[The Witch's Boy] should open young readers' eyes to something that is all around them in the very world we live in: the magic of words."
--The New York Times

"This spellbinding fantasy begs for a cozy chair, a stash of Halloween candy and several hours of uninterrupted reading time."
--The Washington Post

Details

  • Title The Girl Who Drank the Moon
  • Author Kelly Barnhill
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Algonquin Young Readers, Chapel Hill
  • Date 2016-08-09
  • ISBN 9781616205676 / 1616205679
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.5 in (21.08 x 14.99 x 3.81 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 640
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Magic
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016006542
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2016, Page 68
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2016, Page 0
  • Foreword, 01/23/2017, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2016, Page 101
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2017, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2016, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/06/2016, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/2016, Page 32
  • Shelf Awareness, 08/09/2016, Page 0
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2016, Page 0

About the author

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 Newbery Medal. The Witch's Boy received four starred reviews and was a finalist for the Min­nesota Book Awards. Kelly Barnhill has been awarded writing fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation. Visit her online at kellybarnhill.wordpress.com or on Twitter: @kellybarnhill.
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