"Conlin best performs the stories the story girl tells; in these her voice and demeanor come
alive with natural enthusiasm."AudioFile

Sara Stanley is only fourteen, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. In the charming town of
Carlisle, children and grown-ups alike flock from miles around to hear her spellbinding tales. And when Bev
King and his younger brother Felix arrive for the summer, they, too, are captivated by the Story Girl. Whether
she's leading them on an exciting misadventure or narrating timeless storiesfrom the scary "Tale of the
Family Ghost" to the fanciful "How Kissing Was Discovered" to the bittersweet "The Blue Chest of Rachel
Ward"the Story Girl has her audience hanging on every word.