by Margi Preus
First published 2022
Tag watches children disappear from her world. The Youngers who go Outside get windswept, caught up in swirling snow and lost forever. Her own sisters have vanished this way. Many people have searched for the missing children. None have succeeded. The Powers That Be work to keep things this way since the Other Times ended. Only fragments remain from before: song pieces, plastic waste, and forbidden books including fairy tales. Tag teams up with three other Youngers. Boots climbs everything. Ant eats everything. Ren speaks without filter. Tag believes she has no special abilities. They gather their questionable talents, the fairy tale book, a ribbon that might hold magic, and their refusal to accept defeat. Together they venture out to find their lost siblings and bring them home.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, adventure, fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Outside
Period: Other Times
304 pages · Kindle Edition · Amulet Books