Publisher's Synopsis
A girl who runs. A boy who dreams.Every year, a witch's enchanted music draws the children of the seven villages into the forest. Some never return. When her twin brother, Joseph, follows the call, thirteen-year-old Alice refuses to accept that he is lost forever.The mysterious and powerful free words may be her only way to save him, but when she escapes over the mountains she is pursued by the witch, who is determined to keep her from rescuing Joseph.Accompanied by Gilbert, a boy who sees the future in his dreams, she must race against time to learn how to use the free words before her brother is lost forever.But how far does the music reach, and can anyone truly escape it?
