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A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights
Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi’s wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.
She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all.
Kindle Book
- Release date: May 12, 2015
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780698185890
- File size: 3001 KB
- Release date: May 12, 2015
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780698185890
- File size: 3741 KB
- Release date: May 12, 2015
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Languages
English
Levels
ATOS Level:5.3
Lexile® Measure:690
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:3-4
A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights
Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi’s wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.
She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all.
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Publisher:
Penguin Young Readers Group
Kindle Book
Release date: May 12, 2015
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9780698185890
File size: 3001 KB
Release date: May 12, 2015
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9780698185890
File size: 3741 KB
Release date: May 12, 2015
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Creators
- Renée Ahdieh - Author
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Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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Levels
ATOS Level: 5.3
Lexile® Measure: 690
Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty: 3-4
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