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Ivy's Ever After

by Dawn Lairamore
311p. 978-0-82342-261-6.
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Gr 4—6—Princess Ivory has grown up in the isolated kingdom of Ardendale as the only child of an absentminded king. Per the Dragon Treaty, she is locked in a tower when she turns 14, there to languish until the nefarious prince from a neighboring land kills her dragon guard and marries her. But as Ivy has no intention of marrying this prince, she escapes from the tower with the help of the dragon (a runty and peaceful creature named Elridge) and goes off with him to discover a way to foil the prince's plan to destroy Ardendale. They have many perilous adventures and meet some intriguing characters, including a romance-prone fairy godmother named Drusilla and an adorable but hideously grumpy miniature goat named Toadstool. Their fates being intertwined, Ivy and Elridge hit it off right away, and by the end of the story they are clearly best friends forever. This is a fun and entertaining fairy-tale-based fantasy with a nice balance of character development and action. Give it to fans of Donna Jo Napoli's The Prince of the Pond (Puffin, 1994) or Diane Zahler's The Thirteenth Princess (HarperCollins, 2010).—Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
A generations-old treaty lands fourteen-year-old Princess Ivy in a tower to await a prince who can slay the dragon that guards it. Disliking the arrangement, plucky Ivy befriends the unusually shy dragon and chooses to battle the status quo. Supporting characters including a fairy godmother, some quirky relatives, and conniving villains round out the story.
Reviewed by Eva Mitnick , Aug 01, 2010

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