Winner of the 2017 Newbery Award
The New York Times Bestseller
An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016
An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016
Named to KirkusReviews’ Best Books of 2016
2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice
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. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the 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. As Luna’s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge-with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth’s surface. And the woman with the Tiger’s heart is on the prowl . . .
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슬픔을 이겨내는 마음에 관한 가장 아름답고 환상적인 이야기 『달빛 마신 소녀』. 고요하지만 위험한 숲속에 해마다 아기가 버려진다. 또한 매년 그런 아기를 구하러 오는 마녀가 있다. 그런데 이상하다, 마녀 잰은 유독 이번 아기에게 눈길을 빼앗기는데… 그러다가 그만 실수로 아기에게 달빛을 먹이고 만다! 사실 달빛에는 어마어마한 마법이 깃들어 있다. 잰은 어쩔 수 없이 분화구 가장자리 늪에 있는 자신의 집으로 아기를 데려간다. 그렇게 마법 아기 루나는 기억을 꽁꽁 감추고 사는 마녀 잰, 시를 사랑하는 늪 괴물 글럭, 망상 속에 사는 용 피리언과 함께 이상한 가족의 일원이 된다. 마법이 무엇인지도 모른 채 온갖 말썽을 부리며 자라는 루나와 그런 루나에게 무한한 사랑과 우정을 보여주는 가족들. 하지만 루나는 점차 자신의 정체성에 혼란을 느끼고 이런저런 의문에 시달린다. 또한 미쳐서 탑에 갇힌 한 여자의 환영에 아련한 향수마저 느끼는데…
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달빛 마신 소녀
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저자 : Barnhill, Kelly
Kelly Barnhill lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children. She is the author of four novels, most recently The Girl Who Drank the Moon, winner of the Newbery Medal, and the short story collection for adult readers, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories. The Witch's Boy received four starred reviews and was a finalist for the Min-nesota Book Awards. Kelly Barnhill has been awarded writing fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation. Visit her online at kellybarnhill.com or on Twitter: @kellybarnhill.
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“There is magic in starlight, of course. This is well known. Moonlight, however. That is a different story. Moonlight is magic. Ask anyone you like.”
PRAISE FOR THE WITCH’S BOY:
“Barnhill is a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman.”
-Minneapolis Star Tribune
“[The Witch’s Boy] should open young readers’ eyes to something that is all around them in the very world we live in: the magic of words.”
-The New York Times
“This spellbinding fantasy begs for a cozy chair, a stash of Halloween candy and several hours of uninterrupted reading time.”
-The Washington Post
