Girl Who Drank the Moon
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THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER'This
beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant
and entertain' Daily MailEvery 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 in fact a good witch who
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.
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Kelly Barnhill ,
Templar Publishing
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Kelly Barnhill,
Templar Publishing
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