Bibliograph

Leyla, the black tulip, by Alev Lytle Croutier ; [illustration by Kazuhiko Sano]

Type

Label

Leyla, the black tulip, by Alev Lytle Croutier ; [illustration by Kazuhiko Sano]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Leyla

Oclc number

51306238

Responsibility statement

by Alev Lytle Croutier ; [illustration by Kazuhiko Sano]

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 1720's

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification