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001 933272468
003 OCoLC
005 20170316132858.0
008 160224t20162016cou c 000 1 eng c
010 _a2016006542
020 _a9781616205676
020 _a1616205679
040 _aCoCr/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
042 _alcac
_apcc
050 0 0 _aPZ7.B26663
_bGi 2016
082 _aFIC BAR
100 1 _aBarnhill, Kelly Regan,
_eauthor
245 1 4 _aThe girl who drank the moon /
_cKelly Barnhill
300 _a388 pages ;
_c22 cm
500 _a"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso
520 _aEvery 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 and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian. 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. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this enmagicked girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. To keep young Luna safe from her own unwieldy power, Xan locks her magic deep inside her. When Luna approaches her thirteenth birthday, her magic begins to emerge on schedule -- but Xan is far away. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. 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
521 1 _aAges 10-14
521 2 _a4 to 6
650 0 _aWitches
_vJuvenile fiction
650 0 _aChild sacrifice
_vJuvenile fiction
650 0 _aAbandoned children
_vJuvenile fiction
650 0 _aMagic
_vJuvenile fiction
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650 0 _aFriendship in children
_vJuvenile fiction
655 7 _aFantasy fiction.
_2lcgft
_91903
655 7 _aFantasy fiction.
_2fast
_91903
655 7 _aFiction.
_2fast
655 7 _aJuvenile works.
_2fast
942 _2ddc
_cFIC-LS
999 _c57455
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