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Leyla : the black tulip Cover Image Book

Leyla : the black tulip / by Alev Lytle Croutier.

Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944- (Author). Sano, Kazuhiko, (illustrator.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 1584857498
  • ISBN: 9781584857495
  • ISBN: 1584858311
  • ISBN: 9781584858317
  • Physical Description: 196 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Middleton, Wis. : Pleasant Co., [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"American Girl."
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Georgia 1 -- 2 First Tulips 5 -- 3 Growing Tulips 9 -- 4 Strangers 14 -- 5 Daring Choice 21 -- 6 Voyage to Istanbul 27 -- 7 City of the World's Desire 39 -- 8 Poet's Gift 46 -- 9 Master Hyacinth 53 -- 10 Beyond the Gate of Felicity 58 -- 11 Leyla 67 -- 12 Mistress of the Gardens 76 -- 13 Harem Life 80 -- 14 Winter 91 -- 15 Royal Halvet 96 -- 16 Most Beautiful Clothes 114 -- 17 Hall of the Sultan 118 -- 18 Secret Paintings 125 -- 19 Dark Prison 133 -- 20 Princess Fatma 140 -- 21 Anticipation 147 -- 22 Miracle 155 -- 23 Heart's Desire 168 -- Then and Now 183.
Target Audience Note:
810L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 5 72264.

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Slavery > Turkey > Juvenile fiction.
Harems > Juvenile fiction.
Tulips > Juvenile fiction.
Queens > Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Turkey > Fiction.
Harems > Fiction.
Tulips > Fiction.
Kings and rulers > Fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey) > History > 18th century > Juvenile fiction.
Turkey > History > Ahmed III, 1703-1730 > Juvenile fiction.
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Turkey > History > Ahmed III, 1703-1730 > Fiction.
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