Author: Kelly Barnhill
Published: 2016 Every year on the Day of Sacrifice, the newest baby is taken to the forest by the Elders (the leaders of the town) and left to be sacrificed to the evil witch to keep her happy. This sacrifice is to keep the witch from getting angry and killing the whole town. Usually the families who give up their babies are sad, but they always give up their child in order to save the rest of the people in the town. On this Day of Sacrifice, he and the Elders go to the house of the woman who has the newest baby. However, this time the woman refuses to give up her baby girl. She screams and runs and tries to hide. She is the first one who has decided to fight for her child. The Elders get the girl away from her, and they send the woman to the Tower to be imprisoned because they believe she is crazy. They bring this child to the forest and leave her there for the witch. Xan, the witch, comes to take the child. She doesn't know why the town leaves a baby to die in the forest on the same day every year, but she believes it is up to her to rescue the child. She always delivers the children to places on the other side of the forest where they will be taken care of and loved. She picks up this new baby just like any other. She usually feeds the children the stars to keep them nourished and strong for the journey. This time, she accidentally feeds the child the moon, which gives the child magical powers. Xan decides she must raise this child as her own. The town has very different ideas about who the witch is and what she's like. They are wrong about what she does with their children. There are some mysterious and dark powers at work in this town. Who is the real witch? Why do the Elders insist they need to sacrifice children? This book has such an interesting plot. It reminds me of books like The Hunger Games where children are at risk of dying in order to save the rest of society. This book kept me interested until the very end!
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