Format:
Book
Author:
Barnhill, Kelly Regan.
Title:
The girl who drank the moon / Kelly Barnhill.
Publisher, Date:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, ©2016.
Description:
388 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. 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 and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned 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 enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule--but Xan is far away. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Soon, it is up to Luna to protect those who have protected her--even if it means the end of the loving, safe world she's always known. The acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy has created another epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to become a modern classic"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Witches -- Children's fiction.
Magic -- Children's fiction.
Friendship -- Children's fiction.
Newbery Medal award winners.
Notes:
Newbery medal book 2017.
LCCN:
2016006542
ISBN:
9781616205676
1616205679
9781616207465
Other Number:
933272468
System Availability:
22
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
265268
Call Number:
JFIC Barnhil Kelly
Course Reserves:
0
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9