“The Ballad of Perilous Graves” by Alex Jennings is described by the author as “a Blaxploitation Pippi Longstocking adventure, where nine songs have escaped from Professor Longhair's Magic Piano, and my Pippi character and her friends have to capture the songs and return them before the city they live in ceases to exist.”  It features a magical New Orleans overlaying our own that is driven by music.  There are haints, zombies, streetcars in the air, living graffiti, and the Storm.  New Orleans is as much a character in this book as anyone else, and it’s a delight to read a love letter to the city.  It combines folk tales, blues and jazz, smart ass kids saving the world, and a trans MC.  It represents some of the best aspects of this golden age of SFF and it’s a whole lot of fun.