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Synopsis
Holly feels rejected. Her cool, remote mother has dumped the thirteen-year-old on an aunt and uncle she barely knows, at a farm in southern England. Holly takes her flute to her aunt and uncle's old barn, and the notes of her instrument set off a mysterious hum from the back of the building. Perhaps she shouldn't have gone to investigate the sounds. Maybe she shouldn't have moved the pile of broken-down farm implements that blocked her path. But how else was she going to get that ancient-looking door open? Besides, somehow Holly can't help herself.
Is When Night Eats the Moon (Northern Lights Young Novels) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A thirteen-year-old girl dealing with feeling abandoned by her mother discovers a magical portal in her aunt and uncle's barn. Expect mild peril and fantasy adventure appropriate for middle grade readers.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include abandonment.
Who'll love this
A lonely girl finds a mysterious magical door in an old barn that leads to an adventure in another world.