Kelly Barnhill 3 Books Collection Set - Ages 9-12 - Paperback

Titles In This Set:

1. The Witch's Boy
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
3. The Ogress and the Orphans

Description:

The Witch's Boy
Quiet, stuttering Ned lives with his mother, Sister Witch, the village keeper of an ancient store of magic.It is unruly magic that only she can tame - until the day the Bandit King comes to steal the magic, and it bolts out of its pot and into the wide world beyond.

Thrown into a wild adventure, Ned must venture into the enchanted forest that borders his village, where he meets Aine, the Bandit King's daughter. Can she help him find his voice, and a way to speak to the magic?

A word, after all, is a kind of magic. Words call the world into being. That is power indeed. And Ned is not-yet- a powerful boy...

The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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 in fact a good witch who 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 . . .

The Ogress and the Orphans
Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the townsfolk to lose their library, their school, their park, and all sense of what it means to be generous, and kind. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least, no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever orphans of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how dire the town's problems are.

When one of the orphans goes missing from the Orphan House, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The orphans, though, know this can't be: the Ogress, along with a flock of excellent crows, secretly delivers gifts to the people of Stone-in-the-Glen. But how can the orphans tell the story of the Ogress's goodness to people who refuse to listen? And how can they make their deluded neighbours see the real villain in their midst? The orphans have heard a whisper that they will 'save the day', but just how, they will have to find out ...

Titles In This Set: The Witch's Boy The Girl Who Drank the Moon The Ogress and the Orphans Description:The Witch's BoyQuiet, stuttering Ned lives with his mother, Sister Witch, the village keeper of an ancient store of magic.It is unruly magic that only she can tame - until the day the Bandit King comes to steal the mTitles In This Set: The Witch's Boy The Girl Who Drank the Moon The Ogress and the Orphans Description:The Witch's BoyQuiet, stuttering Ned lives with his mother, Sister Witch, the village keeper of an ancient store of magic.It is unruly magic that only she can tame - until the day the Bandit King comes to steal the m