Shadow Spinner

Written by Susan Fletcher · Illustrated by Dave Kramer

A girl must find new stories to save a storyteller's life.

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219 pages· 710L

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Bookroo's summary

Marjan must help Shahrazad find fresh tales to keep the Sultan's interest and save her life. Venturing beyond the harem, Marjan embarks on a forbidden quest through the city, gathering stories from strangers. As she weaves these tales, Marjan finds herself at the heart of an unexpected adventure, where her own story becomes more thrilling than she ever imagined. Will she succeed in her mission, or will the Sultan's patience run out?

From the publisher

Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day – providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights, Shahrazad is running out of tales. And that is how Marjan’s story begins…. It falls to Marjan to help Shahrazad find new stories – ones the Sultan has never heard before. To do that, the girl is forced to undertake a dangerous and forbidden mission: sneak from the harem and travel the city, pulling tales from strangers and bringing them back to Shahrazad. But as she searches the city, a wonderful thing happens. From a quiet spinner of tales, Marjan suddenly becomes the center of a more surprising story than she ever could have imagined.

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