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retold by Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.

110 pages :

colour illustrations.
Based on the German folktale.
Summary: In the town of Hamelin, the rich and greedy live like kings and queens while the poor and sick scavenge rubbish tips for scraps. A lame orphan boy tells the classic tale of how a plague of rats take over the town and how a fantastic piper offers to rid Hamelin of its rats for a single gold coin, then lures away the town's children when the greedy mayor breaks his word. (Publisher).