95 pages 3 hours read

Kelly Barnhill

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

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Chapters 36-40Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 36 Summary: “In Which a Map Is Rather Useless”

Luna and the crow escape from Sister Ignatia. Luna suddenly experiences a flood of knowledge that she doesn’t remember learning as memories come pouring back. Luna remembers being frozen during one of her blanked-out moments and hearing Xan tell Glerk how Xan lies to Fyrian and Luna to protect them both. Glerk disapproves of the lies and worries about Luna falling into these trances. Xan confesses she sensed something dangerous in the woods and thought it was the Sorrow Eater, but she was mistaken. Glerk wants Xan to tell Fyrian the truth about Luna. Xan refuses because if he slips up and mentions Xan is a witch, Luna will drop into a trance every time she sees Xan. Luna learns that she was enmagicked, and that Xan will soon be gone. Now Luna knows the truth: She is a witch.

Luna realizes that she remembers all the words and lessons Xan taught her while she was tranced. She knows she needs to find Xan. Luna instinctively uses her magic to create a scrying device. She tells it to show her Xan. Instead she sees

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