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

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

810L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Leyla

Responsibility statement

by Alev Lytle Croutier ; illustration by Kazuhiko Sano

Series statement

Girls of many lands

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.6, 5.0, 72264

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

juvenile

Classification