The Girl Who Drank The Moon

By (author) Barnhill Kelly
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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 Mail

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest.

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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 Mail

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 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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A fairytale with a difference, this is about finding your power and what is means to belong, captured in a richly textured prose in a beautifully realised fantasy world.
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Impossible to put down . . . The Girl Who Drank the Moon is as exciting and layered as classics like Peter Pan or The Wizard of Oz
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A gorgeously written fantasy about a girl who becomes "enmagicked" after the witch who saves her from death feeds her moonlight.
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[Barnhill''s] next middle grade sensation...With compelling, beautiful prose, Kelly Barnhill spins the enchanting tale of a kindly witch who accidentally gives a normal baby magic powers, then decides to raise her as her own.
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Guaranteed to enchant, enthrall, and enmagick . . . Replete with traditional motifs, this nontraditional fairy tale boasts sinister and endearing characters, magical elements, strong storytelling, and unleashed forces.
Biographical note:
Kelly Barnhill lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children. She is the author of four novels, including 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.
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An enchanting and unforgettable modern fable
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Over one million copies sold across US and UK editions around the world
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The winner of the Newbery Medal - the most prestigious children''s book award in the US, along with the Caldecott
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A No 1 New York Times Bestseller (18 weeks on the NYT Bestseller list) that also featured as a Best Book of 2016 for Amazon, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews and the New York and Chicago Public Libraries
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The US edition is up to its 10th reprint, with 223,000 copies of the hardback in print
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Fox Animation have bought the film rights: a hybrid live action/animation film is in development, to be produced by veteran director Ca