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019 $a932577871$a953003968
020 $a9781616205676 (hbk.) :$cNT$628
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aPZ7.B26663$bGi 2016
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aBarnhill, Kelly Regan,$eauthor.
245 14$aThe girl who drank the moon /$cKelly Barnhill.
264 1$aChapel Hill, North Carolina :$bAlgonquin Young Readers,$c[2016]
264 4$c©2016
300 $a388 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent.
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia.
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier.
500 $a"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.
520 $aEvery 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 extraordinary magic. 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 on schedule -- 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.
521 1 $aAges 10-14.
521 2 $a4 to 6.
650 0$aAbandoned children$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aMagic$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aFriendship in children$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aFantasy fiction.
650 0$aWitches$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0$aChild sacrifice$xJuvenile fiction.