#1 international bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher and co-author Jessica
Freeburg brilliantly reimagine the classic Pied Piper legend as a powerful graphic novel about
loneliness love and vengeance. Fans of Neil Gaiman and Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
will devour this eerie atmospheric retelling. A moving graphic novel about isolation love
and retribution this dark version of a familiar tale will remain with readers long after the
last page is turned. School Library Journal Long ago in a small village in the middle of a
deep dark forest there lived a lonely deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because
of her disability her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for
inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love. When Maggie meets the
mysterious Piper it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound Maggie falls hard
for him and plunges headfirst into his magical world. But as she grows closer to the Piper
Maggie discovers that he has a dark side. The boy of Maggie s dreams might just turn out to be
her worst nightmare With striking illustrations from Eisner-nominated artist Jeff Stokely
mixed with Jessica Freeburg's work on historic and legendary horrors Piper is an exciting new
departure for Jay Asher that deftly touches on the same themes of truth guilt and redemption
that made Thirteen Reasons Why a beloved bestseller.
