Donna Jo Napoli

In this re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis in the Middle Ages is an outcast. When the townsfolk of Hameln are affected by a grain mold, he survives an outbreak of madness, followed by a plague of rats.

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Jeni Enjaian

Unlike "Zel," this book was weird from the get go. The only reason I kept reading it was because it was a fairly easy read and I had already invested some time in reading it. 
Some spoilers below:

In no particular order, here are the things I found a problem with in the book. I never really identified with any of the characters. Napoli "explained" the psychotropic LSD effects but not really. Instead, the characters affected acted in creepy, disturbing ways that did not really make sense. The grandmother's death was also extremely creepy.

I did not enjoy this book at all and definitely cannot recommend it.

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