Shadow Spinner

Name: Shadow Spinner
Author: Susan Fletcher
ISBN: 0439115507

by Susan Fletcher (1999)

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About this book

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, Marjan is forced to undertake a dangerous and forbidden mission: sneak from the harem and travel the city, coaxing strangers to tell her stories and bringing them back to Shahrazad. But as she searches the city, a wonderful thing happens. Marjan, who had been just a quiet spinner of tales when the story began, becomes the center of a story more surprising than she ever imagined.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreShadow Spinner Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Young Adult (YA)Juvenile fiction Fiction Scheherazade (Legendary character)Interpersonal relations Storytellers Modern Era

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