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Ivy
By Hearn, Julie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-41692-506-4
- Publisher
- Seo Atheneum
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 9-Up In true Dickensian manner, this atmospheric, richly detailed story takes readers from the slums to the upper-class locales of mid-1800s London. Ivy is a victim throughout much of the book, trying to escape villains who seek her demise. Orphaned and living with uncaring relatives, she runs away at the age of five, after bad experiences duri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
With its nineteenth-century London setting, orphans, invalids, thieves with names like "the Muck Snipe," and memorably descriptive chapter headings, Ivy may lead readers to expect a standard variation on the Dickensian model. But Hearn (The Minister's Daughter, rev. 9/05) transcends expectations with a refreshingly original novel that is both a kind of homage to Dante Gabriel Rossetti's wife/muse, Lizzie Siddal, and a send-up of the Victorian art world. At age five, slum denizen Ivy Jackson,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Five-year-old Victorian slum denizen Ivy acts as a shill. When we next meet her, she's fifteen and addicted to laudanum. A "stunne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
