{"id":12357,"date":"2022-01-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12357"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T17:40:41","slug":"follow-the-piper-they-must-graphic-novel-by-jay-asher-art-by-jeff-stokely-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12357","title":{"rendered":"Follow the PIPER, they must! Graphic novel by Jay Asher & Jessica Freeburg; art by Jeff Stokely (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overrun by rats<\/a>!
Leaders at wits’ end!
Help, help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Made deaf as a child by bullies, Maggie tries to avoid Hameln town. The young woman is content to stay in Agathe’s cottage and write far-fetched tales with the older woman for their own amusement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the leaders of Hameln aren’t smiling as the rat population thrives, eating their stored grain and biting people (especially after the ratcatcher’s poison kills all the cats instead).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along comes a piper in mismatched clothes who promises to rid the town of rats\u2026 for a price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie is a bit enchanted by the piper, even if she cannot hear him playing. She shares with him the story of her family’s downfall at the hands of powerful locals whose evildoings are always hushed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can the piper really save Hameln?
What if the town leaders renege on their deal?
Skilled this piper is, so very skilled\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A well-imagined and wonderfully drawn graphic novel retelling of the Pied Piper story<\/a>! (yes, by that Jay Asher)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What other retellings of favorite tales do you recommend?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info: Piper \/ Jay Asher & Jessica Freeburg; illustrated by Jeff Stokely; inks by Gideon Kendall; colors by Triona Farrell; lettering by Ed Dukeshire. Razorbill, 2017. [Jay’s site<\/a>] [Jessica’s site<\/a>] [Jeff’s site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Personal collection; cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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