![]() ![]() The acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy has created another epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to become a modern classic. 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. ![]() Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule-but Xan is far away. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. ![]() 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. A gorgeously written fantasy about a girl who becomes enmagicked after the witch who saves her from death feeds her moonlight. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is as exciting and layered as classics like Peter Pan or TheWizard of Oz. ![]() But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. A young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon must unlock the dangerous magic buried deep inside her in this epic coming-of-age fairy tale from the highly acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy. ![]()
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