The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights

by Cameron Dokey

Book Overview

"ONCE UPON A TIME"IS TIMELESS

In a faraway kingdom, a king has been betrayed. Deeply hurt and bitterly angry, he vows never to be deceived again. Unfortunately, the king's plan to protect himself will endanger all of the realm's young women, unless one of them will volunteer to marry the king -- and surrender her life.

To everyone's relief and horror, one young woman steps forward. The daughter of a legendary storyteller, Shahrazad...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416937765
• ISBN13: 9781416937760
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Beautifully written

There are wonderfully written stories within the story! Finished it in one day!

It will leave you breathless.

This is one of the best books that I have ever read, and everyone I have let borrow it agrees with me. This is a book that you come away from wowed. The truths Cameron Dokey expresses in the story about love and selflessness are exceptionally well-put. The story is so well-written that you are drawn to the end without stopping for a breath. Bravo, Cameron Dokey! (Incidentally, her other fairy tale retellings are not as good, but they are still pleasant reads. Those stories call to young minds, whereas this book captures the hearts of all ages.)

Awsome!

i thought this book awsome! i loved all the actual story and the stories that were told within it. i just loved it! and i thought it was really cool how it ended. READ IT!!

The Storyteller's Daughter

This magical story was the inspired by the folktale Arabian Nights. King Shahrayar, a just and loved king, turns his own heart to stone when betrayed by his queen. His people's love turns to hate when he makes a terrible procliamaiton: every night of the full moon, he will take a new wife-- only to kill her the next morning. Shahrazad, the wise blind seventeen-year-old daughter of the the blind storyteller, Maju, and the king's vizier, plans to complete her destiny and reach the king's heart. After telling her tales, a bond of love forms between Shahrazad and Shahrayar that neither can deny or admit. But in order to break the former queen's dying curse, Shahrazad must learn to surrender her heart, and Shahrayar to let his free. This is a truly amazing tale whose magic lingers long after the book is finished.