Cody, Matthew The
Peddler’s Road (Secrets of the Pied Piper 1), 355 pgs. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
$17.99. Language G; Mature
Content G; Violence G.
Carter, and his older sister, Max, are staying in the
legendary village of Hamelin, Germany, where the pied piper was said to have
taken all the village children hundreds of years ago. When rats mysteriously appear, the children
are transported to the Summer Isle, where they meet up with those lost
children. In an effort to get home, they
set off on the Peddler’s Road to get to a black tower that has mysteriously
appeared on an enchanted map since their arrival. Max and Carter may be part of a prophecy that
will allow the lost children of Hamelin to return home, but there are a lot of
dangers along the Peddler’s Road.
Warning: since this book is the first in a trilogy, the
ending is quite abrupt. There are some
interesting characters and twists. The
most fleshed out character is Carter, who has a club foot and wears a leg
brace, which allows for some insight on how he feels about being different from
others as well as how others treat him.
What Max and Carter find in along their journey and at their destination
leads directly into the 2nd book, and manages to hold the reader’s
attention throughout. This is a likeable
book that adds new dimensions to the Pied Piper tale.
EL/MS: ADVISABLE.
Michelle in the Middle
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