But conditions inside the mines are equally terrible. The men and boys of the mountain are now forced to work in the Windy Valley's gold mines by the Guardians, oppressive leaders sworn to protect citizens from terrifying monsters rumored to live in the surrounding woods. Since the Dust came and darkness fell, all anyone feels is fear and sadness. The Dust is a serious problem for Mallie's people, whose livelihood once depended on gathering strands of starlight and weaving them into a cloth with the power to give sweet dreams of hope and peace to those it covers. "This is how starlight feels," says 12-year-old Mallie Ramble: "Cool like wind, soft as a feather, special as a spoken wish." In "Over the Moon," the latest fable for children by Chattanooga novelist Natalie Lloyd, Mallie and her family live in Coal Top, a mountainous land blanketed by Dust, a mysterious substance that has completely blotted out the stars. "OVER THE MOON" by Natalie Lloyd (Scholastic Press, 304 pages, $17).
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