Somebody Stop Ivy Pocket (Ivy Pocket Series #2)

by Caleb Krisp

Overview

Are you ready for Ivy Pocket? The wickedly funny, completely unreliable maid of no importance returns—this time as a coffin maker’s daughter—in this action-packed sequel to Anyone but Ivy Pocket. School Library Journal says, “Fans of . . . Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events will love Ivy Pocket’s zany adventures.” Featuring extensive black-and-white interior art by Barbara Cantini throughout.

Everyone seems to want a piece of Ivy Pocket. Her adoptive parents keep trying to get her to clean the funeral home, even though Ivy’s certain she’s already the picture of a perfect daughter. A beautiful heiress named Estelle wants Ivy to uncover the dark truth behind her brother’s death. Her new friend, Miss Carnage, keeps asking Ivy the most curious questions (the poor, clueless dear). To top it all off, Ivy must protect the Clock Diamond from the evil Miss Always, who seems to be lurking around every corner! A fast-paced and hilarious follow-up to Anyone but Ivy Pocket, which Booklist praised as “a droll chapter book with a Victorian setting and a one-of-a-kind protagonist.” This is the second of three books about Ivy Pocket!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062364395
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/16/2024
Series:	Ivy Pocket Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	421
Sales rank:	612,437
Lexile:	680L (what's this?)
File size:	38 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Caleb Krisp lives in an abandoned cottage deep in the woods. For many years he has devoted himself to writing about a twelve-year-old lady's maid of no importance. His only communication with the outside world is via Morse code or kettledrum.

Editorial Reviews

Everyone’s favorite maid of mass destruction is back, so baddies beware! …Krisps’s writing also proves to be as hilarious as ever …After this book, readers will demand to know more about Ivy’s background, even as they clamor for her next outing. Please, nobody stop Ivy Pocket.” — Kirkus Reviews

“The writing has moments of brilliance and plenty of entertainment value. Dauntless, ruthless, and clueless (a dangerous combination), Ivy ricochets from one escape to the next in book two of the Ivy Pocket series.” — Booklist

“This story is chock-full of ridiculous pratfalls and thrilling escapes, sure to leave any reader eager to persevere. …The brash and riotous character of Ivy will delight readers through another gripping and laugh-out-loud adventure.” — School Library Journal

From the Publisher

The writing has moments of brilliance and plenty of entertainment value. Dauntless, ruthless, and clueless (a dangerous combination), Ivy ricochets from one escape to the next in book two of the Ivy Pocket series.

Booklist

The writing has moments of brilliance and plenty of entertainment value. Dauntless, ruthless, and clueless (a dangerous combination), Ivy ricochets from one escape to the next in book two of the Ivy Pocket series.

Booklist

04/01/2016
Gr 4–6—In this sequel to Anyone but Ivy Pocket, Ivy's life has taken a turn for the macabre. Not only has she been recently adopted by a pair of shady coffin makers, she is also seeing ghosts on the streets of Victorian London. Ivy learns her recently deceased friend Rebecca is not actually dead; rather, she's stuck in a limbolike world that happens to be just around the corner. Ever dauntless, Ivy magics her way into this world, only to discover she's fallen into a nefarious trap. If that weren't enough adventure, she has also been enlisted by a pretty stranger to find her missing brother. Krisp takes his time to weave these seemingly disparate mysteries together, and their progress can sometimes sag with the book's hefty page count. However, this story is chock-full of ridiculous pratfalls and thrilling escapes, sure to leave any reader eager to persevere. Observant readers may well anticipate the perils around each corner Ivy turns, but that will not detract from their enjoyment of watching her fall straight down to the bottom. VERDICT The brash and riotous character of Ivy will delight readers through another gripping—and laugh-out-loud—adventure.—Anna Murphy, Berkeley Carroll School Library, Brooklyn

School Library Journal

2016-02-17
Everyone's favorite maid of mass destruction is back, so baddies beware! Like Oliver Twist but with decidedly more delusions of grandeur, former maid Ivy Pocket (last seen in Anyone but Ivy Pocket, 2015) finds herself newly adopted by a pair of nefarious coffin makers. Not that Ivy, impervious to hints and clues, is capable of noticing their dire deeds, even though she's surrounded by villains on every side (a malicious ghost, a familiar face in disguise, and a vengeful sister). Ivy has two remarkable possessions; a magical Clock Diamond that allows wearers to travel between dimensions and a trademark hubris that lends her a strange sort of invincibility. When she discovers that an old friend is trapped in another world, it's Ivy's headstrong bravery that is both her downfall and her salvation. Ivy's self-delusions have become more comforting than annoying in this second adventure. Though she is drugged, hunted, and trapped in a madhouse, nothing leaves so much as a mark on her chipper worldview. Krisp's writing also proves to be as hilarious as ever ("I…began thrashing the carpet as if it were a wayward son who had just lost the family estate, and quite possibly his pants, in a rather thrilling game of checkers"); his and Cantini's 19th-century London appears to be largely white. After this book, readers will demand to know more about Ivy's background, even as they clamor for her next outing. Please, nobody stop Ivy Pocket. (Fantasy. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews