During the Middle Ages people with afflictions were generally outcasts as is Salz who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Follows the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and what really happened to the town of Hamelin
A retelling of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin, from the point of view of a boy who is afflicted with cystic fibrosis, and is unable to keep up with the other children when they are spirited away by the Pied Piper who has not been paid for clearing the town of its plague of rats. About 5th-6th grade reading level