Can I read The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) on EtoBox?

The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) by Kelly Regan Barnhill; Algonquin Young Readers is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) about?

The beloved, Newbery Medal–winning classic is now in paperback! With more than a million copies sold,The Girl Who Drank the Moonis a must-read for fans of timeless fantasy fables. Every 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. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the 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 girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge—with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth’s surface. And the woman with the Tiger’s heart is on the prowl .

Who reads The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)?

Author

Kelly Regan Barnhill; Algonquin Young Readers

Publisher

Algonquin Young Readers;Algonquin Of Chapel Hill

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781616207465

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fantasy, Fiction

Rating

4.7 / 5 (25,971 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14