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The girl who drank the moon / Kelly Barnhill.

Author/creator Barnhill, Kelly Regan author.
Other author/creatorAlgonquin Young Readers, publisher.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2016.
Copyright Notice ©2016
Description386 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Abstract "An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract 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. -- From dust jacket.
Local noteLittle--305131069733+
Audience 640L Lexile.
Audience Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) Lexile.
Study program note Accelerated Reader
Study program note Reading Counts!
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
Study program note Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Study program note Lexile
Awards noteNewbery winner, 2017.
Awards noteAndre Norton Award Nominee for Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, 2016.
Genre/formYoung adult fiction.
Genre/formJohn Newbery Medal book award: Winner 2017.
Genre/formFantasy.
Genre/formFantasy fiction.
Genre/formFantasy fiction.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formFantasy fiction.
Genre/formFantasy fiction.
LCCN 2016006542
ISBN9781616205676 (hardback)
ISBN1616205679 (hardback)
ISBN9781616206567
ISBN161620656X
ISBN9780605956926
ISBN0605956928
ISBN9781537911137
ISBN1537911139
ISBN9781848126473
ISBN1848126476
ISBN9781338167016 (paperback)
ISBN1338167014 (paperback)
Stock number4603016 Proquest Ebook Central

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Joyner TRC Fiction F B2659G ✔ Available Place Hold