But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. This enmagicks the baby. Or become the Bog. She felt herself become light and small and keen. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule--but Xan is far away. Perhaps it was the poem that will end it. This year, Xan rescues a baby girl with a crescent moon birthmark on her forehead. Or become the Beast. The story doesn't go where you'd expect it but still feels right and whole. Only stories. As Luna grows, she struggles to recover important things she has lost: her memories, her mother, and her magic. This. Perhaps she will find the Beast. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. (p. 357). She belongs to us, but one day her magic will fade and she will wander back into the Bog and we won't have a witch anymore. No current Talk conversations about this book. Digital audio narrated by Christina Moore. The Girl Who Drank the Moon takes a probing look at social complexity and the high cost of secrets and lies, weaving multiple perspectives, past and present, into one cleverly unfolding fairy tale. The story follows a young girl named Luna , who is accidentally enmagicked as a baby. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. Sign up to get a pre-publication copy in exchange for a review. They are all the same thing, you know. 24 August 2017 THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. Reason, beauty, poetry, and excellent conversation were his preferred tools for settling disputes. I know that could be a negative in a middle years book - even though I've been reading a lot of them lately, I'm not sure exactly how middle years kids would react to this sort of thing, but as an adult reading it, it's endearing. "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. Unusually dark, for a story that seemed directed toward middle grade (10 to 12 year old) children. She shook her wings, felt so deep within herself the need to fly she thought she might die of it, and with a high, sad cry of loneliness and missing Luna, she fluttered into the air and slid over the fringe of trees. Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books. If this book were a person, I might be tempted to marry it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a fabulous work of fantasy pulling strongly on the art of storytelling and richly imbued with inte Luna is enmagicked as a baby by being fed the silvery honeyed moon beams. She takes her time traveling with the baby, and after 10 days accidentally feeds the baby moonlight. Book. / Patience does not run / Nor blow, nor skitter, nor falter. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Chapters 11-15 Summary & Analysis Chapter 11 Summary: “In Which a Witch Comes to a Decision” Xan keeps Luna “paused” in her magical cocoon while she experiments with spells to contain Luna’s magic. 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. This year, Xan discovers a baby with a crescent moon birthmark. I. The characters are so real feeling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon takes a probing look at social complexity and the high cost of secrets and lies, weaving multiple perspectives, past and present, into one cleverly unfolding fairy tale. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. Perhaps it was the poem that made the world. Perhaps it is something else entirely. Or become a Poem. (p. 226), ... Glerk, who felt that violence, while sometimes necessary, was uncouth and uncivilized. All I know is that the Witch keeps it safe in a locket under her cloak. I very much enjoyed this book. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a 2016 fantasy novel for middle school readers by American author Kelly Barnhill. The The Girl Who Drank the Moon Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and … Barnhill crafts wonderfully imperfect characters with poetic prose, warmth and wit. About halfway through I had to check the spine to make sure that yes, it is a middle years book and not a teen book, because it's pretty dark and sorrowful - not surprising for a book that's about sorrow but I really enjoyed that about this book. The acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy has created another epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to become a modern classic"--. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. Locus Award Finalist (2017.4|Young Adult Book, 2017), Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year (2017.4d|*Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Fantasy, 2017), Bank Street CBC Best Children's Book of the Year, Outstanding Merit (2017.4d|Twelve to Fourteen, Fiction, Fantasy, 2017), CCBC Choices (2017.15|Fiction for Children, 2017), BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2016.1|Fiction, 2016), ALA Notable Children's Book (2017.2|Middle Readers, 2017), (Click to show. Barnhill crafts wonderfully imperfect characters with poetic prose, warmth and wit. (p. 135-136), Xan closed her eyes and pressed her feet to the ground and felt the magic flow through her fragile bones. I am absolutely in love with this book. She finds herself drawn to the baby, and Xan takes a much longer route than usual because she wants to spend time with the child and show her everything there is to see in the forest. 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. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising.

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