The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48
Themes
All Themes Family and Love Storytelling, Censorship, and Control Memory, Forgetting, and the Future Sorrow vs. Hope
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Characters
All Characters Luna Xan Sister Ignatia/The Sorrow Eater Antain The Madwoman/Adara Glerk Grand Elder Gherland Fyrian Ethyne Zosimos The Parent Antain’s Mother The Crow
Terms
All Terms Enmagic
Symbols
All Symbols The Witch Paper Birds
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

by Kelly Barnhill
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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
  • Chapter 28
  • Chapter 29
  • Chapter 30
  • Chapter 31
  • Chapter 32
  • Chapter 33
  • Chapter 34
  • Chapter 35
  • Chapter 36
  • Chapter 37
  • Chapter 38
  • Chapter 39
  • Chapter 40
  • Chapter 41
  • Chapter 42
  • Chapter 43
  • Chapter 44
  • Chapter 45
  • Chapter 46
  • Chapter 47
  • Chapter 48
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Family and Love Theme Icon
    Family and Love
  • Storytelling, Censorship, and Control Theme Icon
    Storytelling, Censorship, and Control
  • Memory, Forgetting, and the Future Theme Icon
    Memory, Forgetting, and the Future
  • Sorrow vs. Hope Theme Icon
    Sorrow vs. Hope
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Luna
  • Xan
  • Sister Ignatia/The Sorrow Eater
  • Antain
  • The Madwoman/Adara
  • Glerk
  • Grand Elder Gherland
  • Fyrian
  • Ethyne
  • Zosimos
  • The Parent
  • Antain’s Mother
  • The Crow
Terms
  • All Terms
  • Enmagic
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • The Witch Symbol Icon
    The Witch
  • Paper Birds Symbol Icon
    Paper Birds
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The process of making a person, usually a child, a magical witch or wizard. This happens by feeding a child moonlight, which a witch can gather on her fingers from the sky. Enmagicked children are… read analysis of Enmagic
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