The Girl Who Drank the Moon

You know a book is good when kids are pressing it into one another's hands, urging them to read it so they can discuss it. That's what happened when a neighbor friend recommended The Girl Who Drank the Moon. My ten-year-old couldn't stop talking about this mystical fantasy about people who leave their babies for an evil witch in the forest, hoping their sacrifice will keep them safe--but the witch is actually good and gives the babies to loving families. One night, she accidentally feeds a baby moonlight and gives her magical abilities, prompting her to raise the baby as her own.

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