Shadow Spinner
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–13 · 1998

Shadow Spinner

By Susan Fletcher, Dave Kramer (Illustrator)

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

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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?

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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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Format
Paperback
Pages
219
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
710L
Themes & topics
Books about storytellingBooks about facing fearsBooks about cultureBooks about disabilitiesBooks about places and regions
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.5
F&P level
~Q
Publication
Published
November 1, 1999
First published
May 1, 1998
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780689830518

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