The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)

Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch in the forest, hoping to prevent her from terrorizing their town. However, the witch Xan is kind. She lives with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, rescues the abandoned children, and delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing them with starlight during the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. She decides to raise this girl, whom she names 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 kill the witch and free his people. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions gather nearby, a volcano dormant for centuries begins to rumble beneath the earth, and a woman with the Tiger's heart searches for Luna. Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal, this fantasy novel has sold more than a million copies.