The Girl Who
Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill is a good one. My two eldest
daughters enjoyed it thoroughly as well. Definitely appropriate for
readers from 10 (possibly younger if they read and comprehend well)
and up.
Basically, this
story is about a witch who saves babies because of a city that
believes they must sacrifice them in order to stay safe as a result
of lies they've been told by another powerful person who desires to
maintain power. Normally, she saves them and feeds them magically
as she brings them to their new home. Inadvertently, though, she
feeds the main character with the light of the moon instead of the
stars and the result is a magical little girl that the witch decides
to raise since she, herself, knows that it's like to be magical and
can teach the girl how to use the power she has. I want to share
more, but it would be a bit of a spoiler to do so as far as the
premise is concerned.
I appreciate how the
main character is basically kept from self-knowledge until she's a
teen and then begins to learn in a very fast and uncomfortable way
who she really is. All set in a fantastic sort of reality with magic
and dragons and other fantastic sorts of things.
This was an
enjoyable read for me as well as my daughters. I do highly recommend
it for any reader. Very good conversation starters herein as well.
Have you read The
Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill? What did you think?
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