THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER'This beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant and entertain' Daily MailEvery year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offeringto the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keepher from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, isin fact a good witch who shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster and a Perfectly TinyDragon. Xan rescues the children and delivers them to welcomingfamilies on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies withstarlight on the journey.One year, Xan accidentally feeds ababy moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child withextraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom shecalls Luna, as her own. As Luna's thirteenth birthday approaches, hermagic begins to emerge - with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a youngman from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killingthe witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. Avolcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth's surface.And the woman with the Tiger's heart is on the prowl . . . The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch's Boy.