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    Poison Ivy

    By Amy Goldman Koss

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    "IwithVY: I told Ms. Gold about how The Evil Three have been after me, feeding off me since fourth grade.
    MARCO: It isn't a very pretty story, so if you're looking for 'nice,' you better ask someone else.
    ANN: We just have to come up wiht some witnesses for our side. Think! Does anyone owe you any favors?
    BRYCE: I figure, Dude, why not make a little spare change on the side? A buck a bet. All's I has to do was explain that liable was civil for guilty, and they swarmed like flies."

    Eight first-person narrators give different versions of the same event. Lessons about the inner workings of the judicial system pale beside the insights into human nature. With pathos and a great deal of humor, Amy Goldman Koss keeps you turning pages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 14, 2015
    ISBN9781626723825
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    Poison Ivy
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    Amy Goldman Koss

    Amy Goldman Koss is the author of several highly praised teen novels including Poison Ivy, Side Effects, and The Girls, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Picks Top Ten selection, and an IRA Young Adult Choice. She lives in Glendale, CA.

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    • 4/5
      This is the story of Ivy, a girl who has been bullied all her life. In American Government class, the teacher decides to do a mock trial, a civil one that includes a real life scenario. Somehow it is decided Ivy is the plaintiff taking on the three bullies who made her life especially traumatic. Her attorney is a shy girl who does her more harm than helps. One defendant represents herself while the other two have a more competent classmate on their side. It is an interesting and quick read, combining the judicial system with bullying with an unexpected outcome. The legal aspect could have and should have been done better.
    • 2/5
      When a girl who has been bullied for years decides to bring the three tormenters to their government class for a trial, the case exposes the frailties of justice when the class is made to participate.

      The good: with short chapters and easy to understand language, this is a good book for reluctant readers who find the premise intriguing. It's a fast read, more middle grade fare with YA subject matter. The set up premise makes sense as well. Victimized Ivy never really makes herself sympathetic and is mostly passive, which helps in setting up the reasonableness of how this longstanding abuse has gone on and why so many classmates turn a blind eye to it. The chapters alternate between different POVs, showing how the personal desires and motivations can interfere with truthful findings.

      The bad: for those who wanted a more nuanced or complex story hinted from the premise, you will find the set up promising but most of the characters behind them as one-note: the space case, the painfully shy one, the self-preservationist, the upstanding serious one. The plot hinges on a lot of failures of the kids, who are either ineffective or sycophantic (and the only one who takes it seriously sounds too much like an adult to be realistic, not to mention being conveniently removed from pulling a Twelve Angry Men with the jury pool). The continued sham of a trial compiles these problems, bringing with it a suspension of disbelief that never holds enough sympathy or character development to bring about a satisfactory resolution, guilty or innocent.
    • 3/5
      Since she was 9 and moved to this town, Ivy has been bullied by her classmates. Ann, Sophie, and Benita have been calling her "Poison Ivy" for so long, she doesn't even think of herself as just plain Ivy anymore. Now things have come to a head, and their Government teacher kicks off a mock civil trial, bringing the Evil Three up on charges. Students are chosen as lawyers, judges, jury, and other positions, the trial commences. If the Evil Three are found liable for the harassment, they'll need to apologize in writing and leave Ivy alone. But their liability hinges on Ivy's lawyer's ability to prove what everyone knows.

      This is really more about the trial--and mistrial--and the quest for justice than it is the bullying, but it's still a worthwhile conversation-starter. I'll be including it in my short list of Potential Titles for 8th Grade Summer Reading.

      [Warning: there are THREE bad words in the book, and I'll confess they're gratuitous--a kid called "pin-dick," plus one "ass" and one "dick." Not an issue to me, but the middle school administration might feel differently.]
    • 3/5
      An interesting look at bullying -- a mock trial is dreamed up by a suprisingly ineffectual/non-sympathetic social studies teacher, and students shuffle along going through the motions in this short book. The ending was very abrupt, and the whole book felt like it was revealing just the tip of an iceberg as far as characters and circumstances were concerned. You really got the feeling of being a partial observer, which was frustrating at times but very effective within the context of the story. A great book for class or small group discussion, for sure.
    • 2/5
      Schoolteacher holds a mock-trial over the popular girls versus the class geek. Not nearly as sympathetic towards either side as I was expecting, but an interesting read, and fast.