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|title=The Piper

|sort=Piper, The

|publisher=Andersen Press

|date=October 2014

|summary=A gripping horror story, tension filled from start to finish. A few small things let it down but still makes for a great read.

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Peter and Daisy are evacuated on the eve of World War Two to The Grange at Romney Marsh. Something seems wrong from the moment they get there: there are children dancing in the garden and strange music that plays at night. When Peter realises that Daisy might be in danger he’s willing to do anything he can to fill the promise he made to his mother, keep his sister safe.

The other main reason for the lowered rating was the fact that Weston split the book into three parts but didn’t use it fully. To my mind, if you split a book into sections or parts, I would expect those parts to either be in a different perspective or to have a large jump in time, or some other good reason. When I was reading this book, I could not find any reason why it needed to be split up and so I was more irritated that it wasn’t left as a whole because that would’ve flowed a bit better.

If this book appeals to you, then you might enjoy [[My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick]].

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