The girl who drank the moon / Kelly Barnhill.

Summary:

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 author of the highly acclaimed, award-winning novel The Witch's Boy has written an epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to be a modern classic.

Record details

ISBN: 9781616205676
ISBN: 1616205679
ISBN: 9781338167016
ISBN: 1338167014
ISBN: 9781616207465
ISBN: 9781616206567
ISBN: 161620656X
ISBN: 9780605956926
ISBN: 0605956928
ISBN: 9781537911137
ISBN: 1537911139
ISBN: 9781848126473
ISBN: 1848126476
Physical Description: 386 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:	640L Lexile 640L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader 4.8. Reading Counts! 4.7. Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 12 183878. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 4.8 12.0 183878. Lexile 640L.
Awards Note:	Newbery winner, 2017. Andre Norton Award Nominee for Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, 2016.