Leyla: The Black Tulip by Alev Lytle Croutier

From the Girls of Many Lands Series, Turkey, 1720

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Leyla: The Black Tulip - Soft cover edition by Alev Lytle Croutier
From the Girls of Many Lands Series - Set in Turkey during 1720.

Quoted from the book flap: "Life in the Topkapi Palace harem follows its own rules and rhythms, and twelve year old newcomer Leyla has much to learn about this hidden world of women. When she reveals her skills as a gardener, Leyla is assigned to work with the Mistress of the Flowers. In the harem gardens, Leyla secretly plants the tulip bulbs she has brought from her home in the Caucasus Mountains - a reminder of the life she's left behind. If the bulbs are discovered, will there be trouble?"

Brief book description:

After her artist father goes off to war, 12-year-old Leyla must help her family earn enough money to survive. She makes a deal with marriage brokers, but discovers too late that she has sold herself into slavery instead. Her journey as a slave takes her to faraway Istanbul, into the harem of the sultan. There she finds her kismet, or destiny.

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208 pages 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"

PB 1-58485-749-8

Intermediate Fiction