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

from Octjillery

“And the more they asked, the more they wondered. And the more they wondered, the more they hoped. And the more they hoped, the more the clouds of sorrow lifted, drifted, and burned away in the heat of a brightening sky.” Reading YA as an adult can, admittedly, sometimes be hit or miss. I do it i...

from foggidawn

There is a witch in the woods. Every citizen in the Protectorate knows it, just as they know the horrific price they pay for their safety. Once a year, the youngest child in the Protectorate is left in the woods, a sacrifice to the witch. This is the story of one such child. I'm always excited on...

from electrascaife

Gorgeous. Magic and dragons and witches and wizards and bog monsters who love the world and good and evil and happiness and sorrow. And, most importantly, and most wonderfully, powerful women in all shapes and sizes. I LOVE it. LOVE. IT.

from ToriC90

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill was magical and made me cry in the most touchingly beautiful way. Why was this book so gooooooood?!? As a note, it is a young reader/children's/YA(?) but even if you don't read young reader stuff - it's SO good. This book reminded me of every childh...

from khaddox

I received this book as an uncorrected digital proof from the publisher, via Edelweiss.The citizens of the Protectorate have learned to accept that every year the youngest child in the village has to be sacrificed to the witch who lives in the bog. They have been taught that the witch protects th...