Natalie Babbitt's award winning novel for kids concerns the screen in a lavish version from Walt Disney Pictures. Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is a girl in her early teens growing up in the little rural town of Winesap in 1914. Winnie's parents (Victor Garber and Amy Irving) are loving but overprotective, along with Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.