The Shadow Spinner is about a girl called Marjan who lives during the time of the Arabian Nights. For those of you who don't know about the Arabian Nights, a king called the Sultan was betrayed by his wife. He killed his wife and married another woman, only to kill her the next morning because he was angry at all women for his original wife's sins. After killing many women, he married a girl called Sharazad who told him a story the night he married her. The Sultan wanted to hear another story the next night so he didn't kill her. After 980 nights of stories, Sharazad is still living, but running out of new stories. So she hires Marjan to help her get stories.
Marjan's first task is to find the end of a story she heard the beginning to only once before, and many years before the main events of the book. What had seemed to be an easy job becomes a life risking adventure involving a troubled king, a paranoid Khutan(Queen), an old outlaw, the safety of all the girls in Persia, Marjan's past, and a single story of vital importance.
Will Marjan save the lives of herself and her friends? Or will all the women in Persia be doomed to a fateful marriage?
By sushirox17
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Great summary-I really enjoyed teaching the book and working with the group that read it. Nice work!
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