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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 (178 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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Magical

This was the first audible book I’ve listened to and while I intended it for my oldest child, once I started it I had to finish and have listened to it ever since. It has a way of transporting your mind entirely into a magical place.

I recommend this book especially because the narrator is absolutely perfect for this story.

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Beautiful story

What a wonderful tale of love, friendship, and magic. I really enjoyed how it was written. Makes me long for more of these characters. Do yourself a favour and let this story take you away for a little while.

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10 Stars!

Wow. This was so much fun. We are taking our 11 year old grandson on a road trip this summer, and this book is perfect. There is no swearing or sex. This is simply a great fun story with fabulous characters. And the narration is beyond great. Each character is instantly recognizable. Despite the fact that I thought this would be great for a kid, I could hardly wait to hear what happens next.

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This was awesome

I listened to this story every day and it was just amazing I look forward to listening to this author more often

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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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Not For Me

This was a weird mix between middle grade and adult, but didn't do either justice. I thought the pacing was really off and if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook, I probably wouldn't have finished this. There was a lot of potential in this one and I would have liked those aspects explored (magic from mother nature, dragons!!, interactions between the characters) rather than being subplots to other things. I just think there was a lot of aspects in this that could have given us more than what we got.

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Absolutely wonderful story!

The narrator did an amazing job with this story. The story itself was perfect. It was intriguing and kept me hanging on all the way to the very end. No regrets here at all.

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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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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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