A twelve-year-old sold into slavery finds unexpected opportunities in the Topkapi Palace harem during Turkey’s 1720s Tulip Period.
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A twelve-year-old sold into slavery finds unexpected opportunities in the Topkapi Palace harem during Turkey’s 1720s Tulip Period.
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A children's historical novel from the Girls of Many Lands series by the American Girl company.
While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, and 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 1720s.
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Harem setting with mild adult context left vague; no explicit content
Violence & gore
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Mild peril from war loss and slave-ship hardship; not graphic
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Passing Islamic Ottoman palace culture and practice references
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Background class, slavery, and Ottoman court hierarchy themes
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Child sold into slavery; slave ship and harem life are central
Other
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