The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)

Description

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. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Algonquin Young Readers; First Edition (August 9, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1616205679
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 76
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 – 12 years, from customers
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 640L
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 – 9
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.9 x 1.25 x 8.5 inches