Sometimes books are called children’s books because the title character is a child. But, many of them are books that a person of any age should find and read.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill is one of them. It won the 2017 Newberry Medal awarded for the “most distinguished American children’s book” but it’s much more than that. It’s a tale of love, memory, regret, self-determination, and connection.