The Ogress and the Orphans: The magical New York Times bestseller

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Pub Date 8 Mar 2022 | Archive Date 8 Mar 2022
Bonnier Books UK | Piccadilly Press

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Highly anticipated follow-up to Kelly Barnhill's NYT bestselling and Newbery Medal winning THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON

Highly anticipated follow-up to Kelly Barnhill's NYT bestselling and Newbery Medal winning THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON


Advance Praise

"This beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant and entertain. And there's a teeny, tiny dragon, too"

- Daily Mail, praise for THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON


"A poignant, humorous fantasy with glints of Margaret Mahy, Neil Gaiman and Robin McKinley. It features a village that sacrifices its children and a witch who saves them, a swamp monster who speaks in mellifluous poetry and a girl growing up perilously powerful, without knowing why. This is a gorgeously stratified and satisfying novel, full of archetypal, bone-deep fairytale resonances."

- Guardian, praise for THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON

"This beautifully written, darkly funny coming-of-age story will enchant and entertain. And there's a teeny, tiny dragon, too"

- Daily Mail, praise for THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON


"A poignant, humorous...


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ISBN 9781800783027
PRICE £6.99 (GBP)
PAGES 400

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I absolutely loved this book, I loved the narrative and the narration of the book. I absolutely loved this opening sentence as it made me chuckle “She is not who you might think she is.
(But really, is anyone?)”
A beautiful written book with themes of friendship and acceptance. This book is absolutely pure magic.

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What a truly delightful book this was! It was just so heartwarming and full of love and light and life. There were some dark moments, seeing how the people of Stone-in-the-Glen fell away from each other when their strange Mayor arrived and their towns buildings and trees were burned to the ground, but the story overall was a message of how kindness can prevail, how good it is to be good and how the littlest thing can make a difference to someone's life.
I couldn't put the book down, and read it pretty much in one sitting. I loved it from start to finish. Highly recommended!

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We are actually starting to look forward to the stormy weekends (almost) as we have nothing to disturb us reading our favourite authors . We enjoyed The girl who drank the moon and thought perhaps this might be just as good. Actually we enjoyed this MORE. The story and the characters are a delight, the younger children enjoyed it , the older ones just as much and myself - I loved it. Kelly Barnhill just keeps delivering great stories.

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This is a story about how a kind ogress who people are afraid of without getting to know her and a group of orphans forgotten by a previously loving community save their village and the people in it.
Its a story of manipulation by a single nasty individual and the havoc that can wreak on a mass of people, turning selflessness into selfishness, kindness into suspicion and dividing what was once a close knit community. This is a story of special children with special gifts that should not be ignored.
I loved this book. This is a story where the library, the knowledge it contains and the stimulus it provides to the community is a reminder of how books enrich our lives. There is an element of fantasy with the ogre and the specialness of the books within the library and talk of dragons. But most of all, it is a special reminder of how people’s actions form the quality of the world we live in, be it for good and for bad. In a world full of misinformation, uneasy relationships and clashes over beliefs, this is a reminder of how seeds of goodness and kindness can win through.
Will appeal to fans of Kate DiCamilo

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