Leyla, the black tulip, by Alev Lytle Croutier
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Leyla, the black tulip, by Alev Lytle Croutier
Language
eng
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illustrations
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Leyla
Oclc number
51306238
Responsibility statement
by Alev Lytle Croutier
Series statement
Girls of many lands
Sub title
the black tulip
Summary
While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms and offers her unexpected opportunities during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the early 1700's
Target audience
pre adolescent
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