The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill · Grades 4–7
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill is on US reading lists at grades 4–7. It appears on 2 lists: 2 book-award lists. Every citation below links to the primary source.
Before you buy: Grades 4–7 · 386 pages. The button opens the paperback edition (ISBN 9781537911137). If the class uses a set edition or translation, match its ISBN first.
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
This page shows where The Girl Who Drank the Moon is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
Reading level at a glance
Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-06-20; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.
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About this book
Book facts and sources (2)
- Award won
- Newbery Medal, 2017 (source: Wikipedia)
- On award reading lists
- Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction (source: Wikipedia)
- Catalog record
- First published 2016 · 386 pages (edition lengths vary) (source: how we source book data)
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Where this book is recommended
Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction
- recommended·4th gradesource: Andre Norton Award (SFWA) winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2016 Honor
- recommended·5th gradesource: Andre Norton Award (SFWA) winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2016 Honor
- recommended·6th gradesource: Andre Norton Award (SFWA) winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2016 Honor
- recommended·7th gradesource: Andre Norton Award (SFWA) winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2016 Honor
Newbery Medal
- recommended·3rd gradesource: Newbery Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2017 Newbery Medal winner
- recommended·4th gradesource: Newbery Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2017 Newbery Medal
- recommended·5th gradesource: Newbery Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2017 Newbery Medal
- recommended·6th gradesource: Newbery Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2017 Newbery Medal
- recommended·7th gradesource: Newbery Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2017 Newbery Medal
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Common questions
- What grade level is The Girl Who Drank the Moon?
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon is listed for grades 4–7. It appears on 2 book-award lists, from grade 3 to grade 7. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read The Girl Who Drank the Moon?
- It takes about 7h 5m to read The Girl Who Drank the Moon (386 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 425 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign The Girl Who Drank the Moon?
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon appears on reading lists for Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction, Newbery Medal. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is The Girl Who Drank the Moon banned in schools?
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon has documented removals from at least one public-school district in 1 state (FL) per PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. Policies vary by district.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades 4–7 — drawn from the book-award lists citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
- Removal / banning records
- Documented as challenged or removed in 1 state per PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans — see the full banned & challenged books list.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: award-winner, read-aloud.