Cat's cradle / Rioux, Jo-Anne

Dreaming of one day taming monsters, orphan street urchin Suri finds her self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serve her well when a mysterious new wagon holding something monstrous joins her merchant camp.

Dreaming of one day taming monsters, orphan street urchin Suri finds her self-confidence, cleverness, and ambition serve her well when a mysterious new wagon holding something monstrous joins her merchant camp.

An orphan girl named Suri, who earns her keep with a traveling merchant camp but desires to be a monster tamer, is successful in taming a mysterious monster, but when she attempts to explain her accomplishment to a customer, he runs away, dropping a ball of golden twine.