Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen; Adam Stemple
	List Price:   $5.99 Unit Price:   $4.79 You Save:   $1.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0765350416 ISBN-13:   9780765350411 Publisher:   Tom Doherty Associates; Starscape Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   June 2006 Pages:   192 Format:   Paperback; Mass Market paperback
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
A rock ‘n’ roll band to die for…. When fourteen year old Callie McCallan scores a backstage pass to interview the lead singer of the famous band Brass Rat, she’s thrilled. Peter Gringras is so cool. When he plays his flute, it’s as if he has some kind of hypnotic power. But there is something strange about him, something Callie can’t quite put her finger on. Then, on Halloween night, Callie’s little brother Nicky disappears, along with all the other children in town. It’s crazy, but Callie thinks she knows where the children have gone—and who took them. To prove it, and to rescue Nicky and the other children, Callie must journey to a mythical world filled with fantastical creatures. A world from which there may be no return…. “Jane Yolen, a mistress of fantasy, has teamed up with her rock-and-roll musician son to develop a series crossing classic tales with contemporary music. This debut effort is a thriller.”—The Washington Post on Pay the Piper “Veteran storyteller Yolen works with her musician son on this new interpretation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin story that will intrigue those…who enjoy retellings of familiar stories or are lured by tales of the Faerie realm.”—VOYA on Pay the Piper “A rollicking good riff on the Pied Piper…. An entertaining as well as meaty read.”—Booklist on Pay the Piper “This swift and entertaining read…skillfully blends ancient magic with music and contemporary teen life.”—Kliatt on Pay the Piper 'This debut effort is a thriller.' 'A rollicking good riff on the Pied Piper.. An entertaining as well as meaty read.' 'This swift and entertaining read.skillfully blends ancient magic with music and contemporary teen life.' Pay the Piper At last Gringas turned, grinned, and winked at Callie. “Now, do you have any questions for me, young lady?” “Um…” she said. It was not a good beginning “Did you ever get enough money for your wife?” Nick asked suddenly. Callie flushed. Not because it was a stupid question. In fact it was on her own mental list. But to ask it so baldly. And in that way. And the implication that—since Nick was her little brother—she wanted to know the answer especially was too much. “Nicky,” she said, her voice low, “shut up or go away. Or both.” Gringas looked at her a moment, and it was as if only the two of them existed in all the world. His voice was soft, musical, low. “Be careful what you wish, my lady, for it might come true. And then you will have many years to rue it.”