The Girl Who Shrink The Moon

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I feel that the story, “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” has many of the same characteristics that are found in fairy tales. For example many fairy tales have magical elements and characters that are witches. Most fairy tales have evil and good characters, and animals that talk. Fairy tales also have a clearly defined problem and something happens within a group, it could be characters or events.

I found all of these elements in this story, “The Girl Who Drank the Moon.” For example some of the main characters have magic. There are animals or things that can talk. There are good characters and evil characters found in this story, There is a major problem in the story. After finishing the book I have found that there are many similarities

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