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  • The Girl Who Drank the Moon

  • Written by: Kelly Barnhill
  • Narrated by: Christina Moore
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (181 ratings)

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Written by: Kelly Barnhill
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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Publisher's Summary

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.

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 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 girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. When Luna approaches her 13th 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.

The acclaimed author of The Witch's Boy has created another epic coming-of-age fairy tale destined to become a modern classic.

©2016 Kelly Barnhill (P)2016 Recorded Books
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Beautiful, imaginative tale

This will stay with me. The world building was great. KB’s voice and humour sustained my interest even as the tale lost momentum a bit in the middle; but the ending was immensely satisfying.

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Amazing!

this was a great book that I enjoyed with my 9 year old daughter. I just finished it today and already want to go back to the start and listen again!

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was a wonderful story

loved it and all the sass
the ending is both sad and hard warming.
it is fantastic fairy tale

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Magic

This book was excellent! I enjoyed listening to it with my 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter. The reader was wonderful to listen to and the story was magic!

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Beautiful and Soothing

A beautiful story that probably won't grab many as it lacks the excitement of a Percy Jackson or Harry Potter but it rings of a Miyazaki film. It is another world crafted, gorgeous imagery from the writer and once I started I couldn't stop/

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enjoyed

I liked this book, the characters were enjoyable and a good easy listen, very clean. The narration was good as well

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enticing and greatly written

My kids love this book they could not get enough of it. They want to listen to it again that is how much they loved the story!! I will definitely keep this book and listen to it again with the kids

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Captivating

What an exceptional story and narrator! My boys (7, 9, 10) loved it as much as I did. The messages woven into the story are profound and we certainly discussed them throughout. Highly recommend!

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And now for something completely unexpected

Kelly Barnhill has taken all the elements of classic and modern fairy tales and turned them on their heads. At the same time, she has created a thrilling tale that kept me in suspense at the expense of necessities such as food and sleep. I am very impressed.

This book is intended for younger readers. I'm turning 70 and I could not put it down.

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Excellent reading!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The narrator did a great job with the different voices and the story was very out of the ordinary but was very believable. Well done!

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