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Pay the Piper

Jane Yolen;Adam Stemple (2005)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesRock 'n' Roll Fairy Tales #1
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.37
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Child HarmKidnapping

Positive tags

AdventureMysteryCourageFriendship

Heroine archetypes

Journalist

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Tropes

Missing ChildrenUrban FantasyPied Piper RetellingHalloweenRock BandQuestDangerous Search

Themes

Good vs EvilDanger and RescueMusic and MagicModern Fairy TaleCourageFriendship

Synopsis

When Callie interviews the band, Brass Rat, for her school newspaper, her feelings are ambivalent, but when all the children of Northampton begin to disappear on Halloween, she knows where the dangerous search must begin.

Tags

Contemporary FantasyMysteryFairy Tale RetellingMusic