Windswept

From Newbery Honor-winner Margi Preus, a gripping middle-grade fantasy about a girl who must save the children of her world from being "e;windswept"e; In Tag's world, children are disappearing. "e;Youngers"e; who venture Outside are windswept-vanishing in the swirling snow-Tag's sisters among them. Many have tried to find the lost children; all have failed. And since the Other Times, the Powers That Be seem intent on keeping it that way.Little remains from those times: snippets of songs, heaps of plastic trash, and a few banned texts-including a book of fairytales.An unlikely crew of Youngers join forces-Boots, who can climb anything, Ant, who will eat anything, Ren, who will say anything, and Tag, who doesn't appear to have any talent whatsoever. With their dubious skills, the fairytales, a possibly magic ribbon, and an unwillingness to accept "e;that's impossible,"e; they set off to rescue their windswept siblings in this spellbinding fantasy from Newbery Honor winner Margi Preus.