 | | 書 名 | The girl who drank the moon / | | 作 者 | Kelly Barnhill | | 出 版 項 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina :; Algonquin Young Readers,; 2019 | | 稽 核 項 | 386頁; 21公分 | | 標 題 | Witches | | 標 題 | Magic | | 標 題 | Friendship in children | | 附 註 項 | Includes an excerpt from "The Witch's Boy" by KellyBarnhill | | 摘 要 註 | Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby asan offering to the witch who lives in the forest. Theyhope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing theirtown. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is kind. Sheshares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a PerfectlyTiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them towelcoming families on the other side of the forest,nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. Oneyear, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead ofstarlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinarymagic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom shecalls Luna, as her own. As Luna's thirteenth birthdayapproaches, her magic begins to emerge - with dangerousconsequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorateis determined to free his people by killing the witch.Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. Avolcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath theearth's surface. And the woman with the Tiger's heart ison 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. -- Fromdust jacket | | ISBN | 978-1-61620-746-5 | | ISBN | 978-1-61620-567-6 | | ISBN | 1-61620-746-9 | | 版 次 | 1st pbk. ed |
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