Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher
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What if, every night, night after night, your life depended on the story that you told?
Shahrazad, the Sultan’s newest wife, is saving her own life and the lives of the kingdom’s young women. She is holding the interest of the Sultan night after night with her stories. Before Shahrazad, the Sultan had been killing each of his wives after one night to make certain that they would not betray him. Marjan, a young orphan with a crippled foot who loves to tell stories, idolizes Shahrazad and is amazed when Shahrazad enlists Marjan’s help to find a story that the Sultan has never heard before. Marjan’s quest for a specific story becomes a thrilling story in itself. The quest helps her uncover the story of her own past, making the book like a rich fabric of interwoven stories. It kept me breathless and made me cry.
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