Haven't read it yet, but I will soon!
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
By Kelly Barnhill
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 5 - 9 | Grade 5 | n/a | 4.8 | n/a |
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.
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.
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781616207465
ISBN-10: 1616207469
Published on 6/18/2019
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
Book Reviews (55)
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It's awesome!!!
This book is about a town next to a volcano. Every year the townspeople leave the youngest child on a stump in the middle of a forest. They do this so the witch will not haunt their town, but the witch (Named Xan) is actually nice. Each year she saves the baby and brings it to a free city across the forest. The baby’s are called star children. But one year she feeds a star child moonlight, and moonlight is magic. Can raises the child with the help of the kind swamp monster Glerk, and The Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. The child she names Luna, And this book is of her adventures, her magic growing from within as a restless volcano wakes and a young man determined to save the doomed baby’s.
This book is awesome!! If you didn’t read it, check it out
Ah so good! *Dances and accidentally chucks kunai knife into bush*
It sounds really interesting I can't wait to read it!
Its a good book
I aIready read this book and l think it's amazing!
i love this book i own it and when i read it it felt like i was in side the book and i did not whant to put it down.
This book seems really cool! I want to read it!