Bibliography: Barnhill, Kelly, R. The Girl Who Drank the Moon . North Carolina: Algonquin Young Readers, a division of Workman Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9781616205676 Plot Summary: A baby is sacrificed to the witch to protect the townspeople of the Protectorate. This is tradition passed down from generation to generation. The people have never seen the witch, but they are told to sacrifice the babies to keep the witch from harming the others. The witch is actually nice and caring. She gives the sacrificed babies a new home. All except for Luna, due to accidentally giving her the magic from the moon to eat. The witch, Xan, cared for the "enmagicked" Luna as if she were her very own granddaughter. Luna's magic was out of control, so Xan put a spell on Luna to make her sleep until she was thirteen. She hoped this would give Luna the time to mature before destroying the forest and everything in it. This would also prolong Xan's life to give her time to figure ou...
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