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Barnhill, Kelly

Barnhill, Kelly

Author Biography & Works

Kelly Barnhill is an American author of children's literature, fantasy, and science fiction. Her novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon was awarded the 2017 Newbery Medal. Kirkus Reviews named When Women Were Dragons one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022.

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Books by Barnhill, Kelly

The Girl Who Drank The Moon

The Girl Who Drank The Moon

The Protectorate offers a baby in sacrifice to the witch of the woods to protect them from her wrath, but when the witch accidentally feeds the baby moonlight, which is...

When Women Were Dragons

When Women Were Dragons

In 1955, thousands of American women, wives and mothers among them, change into dragons in a single day and fly away. Alex Green is a little girl when her aunt...

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