Story Spinners

Written & illustrated by Cassandra Federman

Two sisters must unite to craft the ultimate bedtime story to calm their crying baby sister.

4.0/5 Goodreads · 190 ratings

208 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Kennedy and Devon, sisters with clashing personalities, face their biggest challenge yet: soothing their endlessly crying baby sister, Eve. With their electronics confiscated, they must unite their love of storytelling to create a bedtime tale so captivating it might just save their sanity. As they weave a wild narrative of princesses, pirates, and dragons, can they find common ground and prove they can get along, or will their differences tear them apart? Dive into this hilarious and heartwarming adventure to see if their story can bring peace to their chaotic world.

From the publisher

The Princess Bride meets Raina Telgemeier’s Sisters in this middle grade graphic novel about two sisters who must put aside their differences to soothe their new baby sister with the best bedtime story ever, proving to their parents–and each other–that they can get along. Big sister Kennedy and little sister Devon couldn’t be more different. Their shared room has a clear divide down the middle. On one, musical theater-loving Kennedy keeps things tidy. On the other, heavy metal fan Devon looks like she lives in an exploded toy store. When baby sister Eve moves in, her contribution is crying. Constant. Ear-piercing. Crying. The added stress pushes the older girls to their breaking point, and they get into their biggest fight yet. In response, Mom and Dad crack down, seizing all beloved electronics until Kennedy and Devon can find a way to get along. Now stuck together with no distractions except Eve’s screaming, the two land on a desperate solution: tell Eve a bedtime story so epic that it puts her to sleep and gets her big sisters out of trouble. Pizza aside, the only thing the girls have in common is their love of stories. But Kennedy’s fairy tales make Devon want to barf, and Devon’s nonsensical adventure stories make Kennedy want to tear her hair out. So they try to mash-up a story of true love, adventure, princesses, pirates, pirate-princesses, dragons, spiders, and…garbage trucks? That’s a lot of story to spin. Will their hilarious fairy tale remix solidify their sisterly bond or break it forever after?

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