
Poison Ivy
Kindle Edition
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
| Bullying | 68% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up | 40% |
| School Stories | 32% |
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