Alice B. reviewed on 4/23/2019 + 3559 more book reviews

Leyla is a beautiful 12 year old girl from Georgia south of Russia in 1720.. Her father disappears in in a war.He is the most famous artist in Russian.They are muslim, but he does a lot of Christian art. HE has trained Leyla and her brother well as artists. Leyla's mom, brother, a twin toddler brothers have run out of food when she sells herself as a princess. On the way to Istanbul, Turkey she finds out that she has sold herself as a slave.Fortunately, she is sold to the Sultan of Turkey's home and is treated well. Soon she comes to know the favored children of the Sultan.Her ability to grown tulips and draw-and paint as an artist become known and she finds her dad and persuades him to be released but the Sultan's palce will not let her go.

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