Kelly Barnhill

Broschiertes Buch

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Beschreibung

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby for the witch in the forest to keep her from terrorizing their town. But Xan is kind. She nourishes the babies with starlight and delivers them to welcoming families. Until she accidentally feeds a baby moonlight, filling her with extraordinary magic that will emerge with dangerous consequences.

Autor

Kelly Barnhill is a bestselling author of books for children and adults, including The Girl Who Drank the Moon, winner of the Newbery Medal; The Ogress and the Orphans, a National Book Award finalist; and the highly acclaimed novels for young readers The Witch’s Boy, Iron Hearted Violet,  and The Mostly True Story of Jack. She is also a winner of the World Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, the Andre Norton Nebula Award, and the PEN America Literary Award. Kelly lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children, and she invites you to visit her online at kellybarnhill.com or on Bluesky @kellybarnhill.bsky.social.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gale, a Cengage Group
• Seitenzahl: 454
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 137mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9798885794022
• Artikelnr.: 68475775

Rezensionen

A fairytale with a difference, this is about finding your power and what is means to belong, captured in a richly textured prose in a beautifully realised fantasy world. The Bookseller