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Leyla: The Black Tulip

by Alev Lytle Croutier

Series: Girls of Many Lands (Turkey)

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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 1720's.… (more)
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  holly3589 | Dec 2, 2010 |
Leyla ends up selling herself into slavery in order to save her family, which has been suffering ever since her father disappeared. Opportunities open up for her, however, as she is added to the harem of the Sultan in Istanbul (the harem consists of at least a thousand woman who do many different tasks). She finds a place in the gardens growing tulips and succeeds in creating a black one. She also finds a place for her talent at artwork despite being in a muslim society, and gains the confidence of a prince and princess. ( )
  t1bclasslibrary | Aug 29, 2008 |
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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 1720's.

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