Shadow Spinner

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/1999
ISBN: 9780689830518
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.16w x 0.62d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Nominee
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 28438 / Shadow Spinner
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8