Rendered deaf on the very day the unpaid Piper returned to Hamelin to steal the children away, 11-year-old Penelope, unable to hear the hypnotic music, is spared their fate. Now she must cross into the realm of dreams, brave a journey to the Piper's secluded fortress and set the children free. After Hamelin (Annick $19.95) is CBC broadcaster Bill Richardson's first book for children. 1-55037-629-2

[BCBW SUMMER 2001]