Cypess, Leah. The Piper’s Promise. Delacorte Press, 2023. 978-0-593-17891-1. 281 p. $16.99. Grades 3-5.

The Piper’s Promise follows Clare whose brother is the pied piper who stole the children of Hamelin. Clare shows up to the town in order to offer her help to rescue and return the children. The mayor of Hamelin agrees, but insists that Clare must take his daughter Anna with her. As Clare and Anne go off on this adventure into the Faerie Realm, nothing is as it seems and the girls will encounter traps and try to stay away from the Rat Prince in order to accomplish their mission. But Clare knows there has to be a good reason why her brother took the children, and she is determined to find that out!

THOUGHTS: This is the third book in the Sisters Ever After series, but I think this can be read as a stand alone. There isn’t a ton of fantasy/world building within this book, so it’s extremely approachable for younger readers.

Fantasy