Children's Book Club

Friday 22 August 2014

The Piper by Danny Weston ****

Andersen Press
9781783440511, £6.99

The cover immediately caught my attention and after reading the blurb I couldn't wait to get hold of a copy. I wasn't disappointed. 

Peter and his little sister Daisy are evacuated to an isolated farm during World War II and taken into care by a very peculiar and reserved family. Immediately you sense there is something very sinister going on, it is up to Peter to discover the secrets and keep Daisy safe. There’s the creepy pipe music that plays in the evening, the ghostly girls lingering outside the farm, the mysterious stories surrounding the old marsh, and not to mention the eerie china dolls, they were the worst! Weston’s writing is spookily enchanting and familiar; even though it was freaking me out a little I just couldn't stop reading. Don’t miss out on this one, totally creepy and completely brilliant.