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  <title><![CDATA[Shadow Spinner]]></title>
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  <default_description>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....&lt;P&gt;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.&lt;P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">11</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1999</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Shadow Spinner (Jean Karl Books (Paperback))</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Susan Fletcher]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 29 15:14:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of Shahrazad has always puzzled me. This King kills his wives day after day and his people just let it happen? They didn't revolt? Monarchies have been tumbled for much less! Yet this slip of a girl manages to stand up to this King and save her people.<br/><br/>She has never gotten her p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72928404">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Apr 12 13:41:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I stayed up last night to finish this book (and to play Easter Bunny for Lady K). I read this one rather quickly even for a bedside book which always go fast due to more reading time available. Marjan is a crippled orphan who comes to the notice of Shahrazad, the teller of stories to the Sultan to m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51962084">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71305194">
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 15 11:24:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 03 13:17:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this book because it has a lot of adventure in it.  The sultan of the land found out that one of his wives had betrayed him, so he started killing off all of his wives.  He would marry a woman one night and then kill her the next.  Mothers started maiming their daughters so that they ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71305194">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 25 13:28:30 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although the book is based on Persian culture, I found many familir elements from Moroccan culture.  While the plot didn't always flow smoothly, the imagery of the harem and the bazaar captured another world.  A good high interest, low reading level book for young teens.]]></body>
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    <review id="40133732">
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    <body><![CDATA[My kids bought this book for me as a birthday present. I really liked it. It is about a sultan who has been betrayed and now in his anger marries and kills a wife every day. To save all the young women in the village Shaharazad offers to marry him and provides a story for him every night that she pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40133732">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49489697">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 16 15:48:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i found this to be a well-written book, although some of the themes and ideas in the book might not be suitable for the young adult audience to which the book was written.  <br/>i've heard vaguely of the tales of Shahrazad but had never read much on it.  i appreciated this author's spin on the anci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49489697">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56331274">
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  <read_at>Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent adolescent lit book based on history that takes place in Persia in that fascinating world of the Sultan's harem. The protagonist, Marjan, is a child who was maimed by her own mother to save her from almost certain death. Because of her powers as a storyteller, she is taken into the hare...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56331274">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53926408">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book and a neat &quot;spin&quot; on the Arabian Nights theme. Since a noble-women is never allowed to leave the palace harem, it's an interresting thought that Shahrazad would need to hire a servent girl to help her aquire the storys she needs to keep the king interrested, and hersel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53926408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20149698">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A unique retelling of the Arabian Nights story. Marjan is a young woman and a crippled orphan living with her aunt and uncle. She adores stories the way children love candy. She has the highest respect for Shahrazad, who is married to the Sultan and has stopped his spree of marrying and killing a wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20149698">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A unique retelling of the Arabian Nights story. Marjan is a young woman and a crippled orphan living with her aunt and uncle. She adores stories the way children love candy. She has the highest respect for Shahrazad, who is married to the Sultan and has stopped his spree of marrying and killing a wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20148387">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16853291">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The 5th-graders who were strong readers in our Mother-Daughter book group enjoyed this book.  It was too difficult for my child so I read it and then summarized it and read selected passages to her.  The imagery is beautiful if some of the historical aspects seem suspect.  Fletcher sets this adaptat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16853291">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45891422">
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  <read_count>Three!</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Definitely my favorite of Susan Fletcher's works.  No one else has really written an actual novel about the famous Sharazad's adventures, much less from the perspective of another girl.  Interesting character development, especially for Dunyazad.  Wonderful twists to the original plot.  A great read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45891422">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a quick and easy read for young readers and adults alike.  My 10 year old daughter recommended it to me and I loved it!!  I really liked the author's descriptive style of writing.  She is amazing.  This book tells the story of Shahrazad, the queen who saved her own life and the lives of many...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38672984">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58750571">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are two main characters, Sheherazade and Marjan.  Marjan was a poor woman who started working in the palace for the sultan and Sheherazade.  She sneaks out into town to find a storyteller and get stories from the storyteller and then tell them to Sheherazade and then Sheherazade tells them to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58750571">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60412448">
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this book.  It's loosely based on Sharazhad's 1001 nights that she had to tell stories to keep from getting killed by her husband.  It's fun and exciting, and touches on some some emotionally difficult facets of love and forgiveness.]]></body>
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    <review id="40685262">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Young Adult novel. Good for tweens who like historical fiction. This is the story of Marjan, a young storyteller, and how she helps Shahrazad find a new story so that the Sultan will let them all live another day.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent Book. It has been my favorite for years. It takes place in Arabia. The only down side of this book is that it isn't very complex. Even if you do like a challenging read, I would still recommend this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good book, set in the time of Sultans, this young girl has to tell stories to save her life and the lives of many others.  I really enjoyed this book.]]></body>
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