the girl who drank the moon summary
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Warning: May contain spoilers. Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. They hope this sacrifice. / Patience does not run / Nor blow, nor skitter, nor falter. Sign up to get a pre-publication copy in exchange for a review. This enmagicks the baby. Digital audio narrated by Christina Moore. It begins on the Day of Sacrifice when the youngest infant in the Protectorate is abandoned in the woods to appease a vicious witch. The acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy has created another epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to become a modern classic"--. 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. Love. ). 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. I. The language is rich and delicious. Kelly Barnhill's book The Girl Who Drank the Moon was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers. 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. The Girl Who Drank the Moon-Barnhill Audio performance by Christina Moore 4 stars The first chapter of this book was very dark. No current Talk conversations about this book. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. This year, Xan rescues a baby girl with a crescent moon birthmark on her forehead. 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. Reason, beauty, poetry, and excellent conversation were his preferred tools for settling disputes. (p. 135-136), Xan closed her eyes and pressed her feet to the ground and felt the magic flow through her fragile bones. Perhaps it is something else entirely.
Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule--but Xan is far away. This year, Xan discovers a baby with a crescent moon birthmark. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own.
Unusually dark, for a story that seemed directed toward middle grade (10 to 12 year old) children. Or become the Beast. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. 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. 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. This. Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town.
There was a time when her feet fit neatly on the curve of the earth ... (p. 127-128), "'Patience has no wing,'" Glerk recited as she walked. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. / Patience is the swell of the ocean; / Patience is the sigh of the mountain; / Patience is the shirr of the Bog; / Patience is the chorus of stars, / Infinitely singing.'" Or become the Bog. She takes her time traveling with the baby, and after 10 days accidentally feeds the baby moonlight. (p. 357). Perhaps she will find the Beast. (p. 226), ... Glerk, who felt that violence, while sometimes necessary, was uncouth and uncivilized. 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 … References to this work on external resources. 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. Maybe it's too dark for its audience. Perhaps it was the poem that will end it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a 2016 fantasy novel for middle school readers by American author Kelly Barnhill. The story follows a young girl named Luna , who is accidentally enmagicked as a baby. 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. Once upon a time, the Witch received a poem from the Beast of the Bog. She felt herself become light and small and keen. The longer journey also means that the moon waxes and enlarges into a full moon. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. All I know is that the Witch keeps it safe in a locket under her cloak. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Perhaps it was the poem that made the world. 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. Only stories. The characters are so real feeling.
Or become a Poem. Bright eyes, agile toes, a sharp, sharp mouth.
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. 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. Glerk's spirit, in its essence, was as serene as a bog - life-giving and life-sustaining. Book. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our, "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. They are all the same thing, you know. 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. 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. If this book were a person, I might be tempted to marry it. Or become the world. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest.
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.
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