More like The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon follows Luna, raised by a witch named Xan alongside a swamp monster and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon — yet burdened with magical powers accidentally given to her that she must learn to control before time runs out. The taste it signals: enchanted coming-of-age with moral weight, worlds where magic is both gift and danger, and young protagonists who must grow into themselves rather than simply win. Readers and viewers drawn here tend to love the uncanny made tender.
About The Girl Who Drank the Moon
The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a 2016 children's book by Kelly Barnhill. The book focuses on Luna, who after being raised by a witch named Xan, must figure out how to handle the magical powers she was accidentally given before it is too late. The book received the 2017 Newbery Medal.
From the Wikipedia article The_Girl_Who_Drank_the_Moon, available under CC BY-SA.
Films like The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book
A girl finds a magical book and a dragon named Hector, gaining the power to time-travel.
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Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her hypnotism book.
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16 Wishes
A girl's long-held wishes suddenly come true and turn her carefully imagined future into chaos.
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The Irregular at Magic High School: The Girl Who Summons the Stars
A young woman with extraordinary abilities navigates a world where magic is institutional rather than inherited.
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Abigail
A girl defies authority in a sealed city to find her lost father, driven by love against a system built on fear.
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The Tit and the Moon
A child jealous of a new brother asks the moon to bring him what only his mother can give.
Series like The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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The Bureau of Magical Things
An ordinary teenager touches a magical book and is transformed, suddenly belonging to a hidden world of power.
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The Island
Six children survive catastrophe and discover supernatural powers that point toward an unexpected destiny.
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A Discovery of Witches
A witch uncovers a magical book and is pulled into a deadly mystery she can no longer avoid.
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The Worst Witch
A young witch stumbles through mishap after mishap, yet always finds her footing just before disaster lands.
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Champignon Witch
A witch named Luna whose healing potions help everyone, yet whose feared touch keeps her isolated and unknown.
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The Little Fairy
A goddess stripped of her powers must earn them back through acts of kindness in an unfamiliar mortal world.
More books like The Girl Who Drank the Moon
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A dash of magic
A twelve-year-old hunts magical ingredients to compete in a baking contest and reclaim her family's enchanted cookbook.
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When the Moon Was Ours
Two teenagers whose magical secrets threaten to surface must decide how much of themselves to reveal to the world.
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The moon's revenge
A boy angers the moon and must use the unexpected power of music to soothe the dragon that comes in revenge.
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Down Comes the Night
A young woman dismissed from the Queen's Guard for reckless magic must confront the darkness within her gift.
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The girl who never was
A girl learns on her birthday that her entire life has been an enchantment hiding her true, dangerous identity.
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Red moon and black mountain
Three children are swept into another world mid-conflict and must find their place within a struggle for power.
Frequently asked
What should I read after The Girl Who Drank the Moon?
Try When the Moon Was Ours for more lyrical magic and secrets, or The Girl Who Never Was if you loved the idea of a girl discovering she's far more than ordinary — both share that sense of hidden identity and enchantment.
Is there a TV show like The Girl Who Drank the Moon?
The Worst Witch follows a young girl navigating a world of magic she's still learning to control, and Champignon Witch features a kind-hearted witch named Luna living alone in a dark forest — both echo the book's warmth and witchy atmosphere.
What movies are similar to The Girl Who Drank the Moon?
Abigail centres on a brave girl uncovering magic in a closed, mysterious world, while Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book pairs a girl with a small dragon and a magical book — much like Luna's companions in the story.