The Girl Who Drank the Moon -

Kelly Barnhill

Algonquin Young Readers

2016

388 páginas

12h 56m

ISBN-13: 9781616205676

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 thirteenth 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.

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5 (Perfeito)

ninguém sabe o quanto o coração pode carregar

talvez uma das leituras mais lindas e bem desenvolvidas que eu já vi. ainda mais belo por ser um livro infanto-juvenil, com tantas tramas, fantasias e lições o livro foi literalmente mágico.