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Gr 2-8 Shah first published this version of an 18th-century Turkish tale in his "Tales of the Dervishes" (Penguin, 1993). It is the story of Fatima, daughter of a prosperous spinner, who is involved in three disasters. When a shipwreck leaves her washed up on a beach, she is taken in by a family of weavers. She learns their trade, only to be captured by slavers, who sell her to a mast-builder. Entrusted to accompany a cargo to market, the girl survives another shipwreck off the coast of China,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More