The Girl Who Drank the Moon

The New York Times Book Review - Diana Wagman Many books we read when we're young want to teach us lessons about life. True, the things we learn in them can stay with us forever. But lessons can be so dull. Luckily, Kelly Barnhill's wonderful fourth novel…educates about oppression, blind allegiance and challenging the status quo while immersing the reader in an exhilarating story full of magical creatures and derring-do…A chase, a quest, an arranged murder: The story is so well plotted the pages fly by. Barnhill's language is lyrical and reminiscent of traditional fairy tales, but never childish or stereotypical…The Girl Who Drank the Moon is as exciting and layered as classics like Peter Pan or The Wizard of Oz. It too is about what it means to grow up and find where we belong.