Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944-

Leyla : the black tulip - Middleton, Wis. : Pleasant Company, c2003. - 196 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm. - Girls of many lands .

"American Girl." "Turkey"--Cover.
Istanbul, 1720"--Back cover.
Includes historical information and photographs.

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.

ISBN: 1584857498 (pbk.) 1584858311 (hc.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--Turkey--Juvenile fiction.
Tulips--Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers--Juvenile fiction.
Istanbul (Turkey)--History--18th century--Juvenile fiction.
Turkey--History--Ahmed III, 1703-1730--Juvenile fiction.