Twelve-year-oldMallieknowsbetterthantodream.InCoalTop,youlivethestoryyou’regiven:boystoilintheminesandgirlsworkasservants.Malliecan’tbeartheideaofthatkindoflife,butherfamilyiscountingonherwagestosurvive.Itwasn’talwaysthisway.BeforetheDustcame,thepeopleofCoalTopcouldweavestarlightintocloth.They’dwearthesedreamingclothestosleepandwakeupwiththecouragetoseekadventure...orthepeacetohealabrokenheart.ButnownothingcanpenetrateCoalTop’sblanketofsorrow.SowhenMallieischosenforadangerouscompetitioninwhichdaring(andideally,orphaned)childrentrainflyinghorses,shejumpsatthechance.Maybeshe’llchangeherstory.Maybeshe’llevenfindthemagicsheneedstodreamagain.ButthesituationprovesevenmoredangerouswhenMallieuncoversasinistermysteryattheheartofCoalTop’sstruggles--amysterysomepowerfulpeoplewilldoanythingtoprotect.
