Kelly Regan Barnhill

A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the 2017 Newbery Medal2017 Booklist Youth Editors' ChoiceOn seven Best Book ListsEvery 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.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

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Moonlight, however. That is a different story.

“Babies, babies, babies, BABIES!” Fyrian continued. “Oh, how I love babies!” He had never met a baby before, at least not that he could remember, but that did not stop the dragon from loving them all to bits.

What was a name, anyway? You can’t hold it. You can’t smell it. You can’t rock it to sleep. You can’t whisper your love to it over and over and over again.

Compassion or revenge? Sometimes the two were the same.

“Knowledge is powerful, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden. Today, knowledge is for everyone."

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