Piper - Jay Asher Jessica Freeburg Kartoniert (TB)

#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 d eaf 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.