"Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant" -Tony Cliff

I came across this book twice before I finally read it. It was a fun, funny, easy read.

Delilah Dirk is an adventurer with skills ranging from sword fighting to dancing to piloting in situations ranging from polite society to the jungle to tough cities. She takes up with Selim, a Turkish Lieutenant with a taste (and nose) for tea, accidentally in Constantinople. They face a lot together, come to understand each other, and even sacrifice for each other until they stumble upon a friendship they built. It's a happy story considering all the bloodshed...

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Shannon Hale's Rapunzel's Revenge and its sequel Calamity Jack are very similar in attitude, writing style, and even artwork. Very funny and exciting!

The "Asterix" series by Iscenko & Goscinny.

Stewart Ross wrote a set of 4 Beginner Reader graphic novels set during Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and China. Although, they are not funny.

"The Shadows of Ghadames" -Joelle Stolz

And to make myself feel better about taking so long with that last book, I read this one in less than 3 hours!

This was a short tale about a girl learning about becoming a woman in a Muslim city. The "shadows" are the women who live in their world, separate from the men. The story covers a brief period of time when a wounded man is taken into the world of the women. It's a beautiful story.

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An out-of-print book by Madys Lee Chastain, Emmy Keeps a Promise is also a story of a girl who learns about her world. I love this book and have read it at least 3 times.