The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in For 9 Year Olds, For 10 Year Olds, and Fantasy.
Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal The New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016 Named to KirkusReviews Best B...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in For 9 Year Olds, For 10 Year Olds, and Fantasy.
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Saladin Ahmed
“I just spent a couple weeks of bedtimes reading THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON to my kids and I don?t know if I can explain to you how iconically good it is. Absolutely up there with Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy. Yes, really. One of the best books I?ve read in years.”
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