Poison Ivy by Amy Goldman Koss

Poison Ivy

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Amy Goldman Koss

Square Fish · Ebook · October 28, 2008

When three popular girls go on trial in Government class for their ruthless bullying of a girl named Ivy, it seems like the misfit will finally get her revenge.

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Who it’s for
Eight first-person voices make a classroom trial about bullying a study in competing loyalties.
Themes
Bullying, Loyalty, Justice and legal process
Genres
Bullying, School Stories, Growing Up

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When three popular girls go on trial in Government class for their ruthless bullying of a girl named Ivy, it seems like the misfit will finally get her revenge.

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Eight first-person narrators give different versions of the event: Ivy—this victim doesn't want revenge, she just wants to be left alone; Ann—she's the beautiful, but infamously cruel, leader of the bullies; Marco—he may be the only person involved who has any morals, but he's also the target of Ann's persuasive affections; Daria—Ivy's painfully shy lawyer doesn't stand a chance; Bryce—the goofy court reporter knows all the real dirt, even if he doesn't care; Cameron—he sleeps through the proceedings but might wake up just in time to make a difference; Wayne—a true devotee of the legal process, too bad he's on the sidelines; and Faith—as the only witness for the prosecution, it all comes down to her. But where do her loyalties lie?

Many Sides, One Trial

Eight first-person voices make a classroom trial about bullying a study in competing loyalties.

Come here for

  • A shifting chorus of students, each with a different stake in the proceedings
  • The uneasy overlap of peer pressure, cruelty, and conscience

Expect

  • Conflicting accounts rather than one tidy verdict
  • A bullying story that resists the expected revenge arc

Where it sits

Bullying68%
Growing Up40%
School Stories32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • School Stories
  • Bullying
Authors
Amy Goldman Koss
Publisher
Square Fish
Published
October 28, 2008
Format
Ebook
Theme
Bullying · Loyalty · Justice and legal process
Reading lane
School Stories