Leyla
the black tulip
by Alev Lytle Croutier
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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, and 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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Harems, Tulips, Slavery, Fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, History, Harem, Juvenile fiction, Kings and rulers, Historical fiction, Queens, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Flowers, fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction, Turkey, fictionPlaces
Istanbul (Turkey), TurkeyTimes
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Leyla: The Black Tulip (Girls of Many Lands)
September 2003, American Girl
Hardcover
in English
1584858311 9781584858317
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Leyla: The Black Tulip (Girls of Many Lands (Paperback))
September 2003, Rebound by Sagebrush
School & Library Binding
in English
0613989163 9780613989169
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Leyla: The Black Tulip (Girls of Many Lands)
September 2003, American Girl
Paperback
in English
1584857498 9781584857495
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Leyla: The Black Tulip (Girls of Many Lands)
July 2003, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Turtleback
in English
0606286160 9780606286169
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A children's historical novel from the Girls of Many Lands series by the American Girl company.
While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, and 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 1720s.
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