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The girl who drank the moon
Book
First edition.
"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. 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 and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan rescues the abandoned 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 extraordinarymagic. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge onschedule--but Xan is far away. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Soon, it is up to Luna to protect those who have protected her--even if it means the end of the loving, safe world she's always known. The acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy has created another epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to become a modern classic"--
Available copies
- 52 of 60 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 60 total copies.View other formats and editions
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Ardsley Public Library | J BARNHILL (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31000151136119 |
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Bedford Free Library | J FIC BAR NEWBERY 2017 (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31002100538155 |
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Bedford Free Library | J FIC BAR NEWBERY 2017 (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31002100578284 |
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Bedford Hills Free Library | J BARNHILL (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31003151392583 |
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library | J BARNHILL (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31036151022396 |
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Bronxville Public Library | J BARNHILL (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31004151584401 |
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Bronxville Public Library | J BARNHILL (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31004151601650 |
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Chappaqua Library | J BAR (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31005154328654 |
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Chappaqua Library | J BAR (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31005154357224 |
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Croton Free Library | J/BARNHILL (Text) Juvenile Fiction |
31006151571593 |
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