Leyla: The Black Tulip

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’s 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.

Intermediate Fiction, Juvenile and Children’s Fiction