Anyone But Ivy Pocket

Caleb Krisp

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Jan 14, 2016 - Adventure stories - 321 pages

A darkly whimsical and wickedly funny tale about a twelve-year-old maid who finds herself at the very heart of a conspiracy involving mischief, ghosts, and intrigue. Just right for fans of Lemony Snicket and Neil Gaiman, Anyone but Ivy Pocket is the first book in a four-book series and is illustrated throughout.

Ivy Pocket is a walking disaster, at every turn enraging and appalling the fancy aristocrats she works for. But our protagonist doesn't see herself that way at all. In fact, she's convinced she's rather wonderful, perfectly charming, and extremely talented. When Ivy finds herself abandoned and penniless in Paris, she has no idea how she will get back to England. Fate intervenes when Ivy is called to the sickbed of a dying duchess and is charged with delivering a spectacular (and possibly cursed) diamond necklace to Matilda Butterfield on her twelfth birthday. From that moment on, Ivy Pocket is propelled towards her remarkable destiny in a surprising adventure full of villains, mayhem, and misunderstandings.

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LibraryThing Review

User Review  - deslivres5 - LibraryThing

Part Amelia Bedelia/ part Pippi Longstocking lady's maid Ivy Pocket is tasked by a duchess to deliver a magical diamond necklace from Paris to England to the granddaughter of the duchess' friend. Adventure and suspense ensue.

ANYONE BUT IVY POCKET

User Review  - Kirkus

If Amelia Bedelia stumbled into a particularly wacky episode of Dr. Who, this book might be the result. Self-deluded and self-important, with a propensity for chaos that boggles the mind, 12-year-old ...

About the author

Caleb Krisp was raised by militant librarians who fed him a constant diet of nineteenth century literature and room-temperature porridge. He graduated from the University of Sufferance with a degree in Whimsy and set out to make his mark in the world as a writer. Years of toil and failure followed, until, following a brief stint working in a locked box, Caleb moved to an abandoned cottage deep in the woods and devoted himself to writing about the adventures of a twelve-year-old lady's maid of no importance. Caleb has a strong dislike of pastry chefs and certain domesticated rabbits. His only communication with the outside world is via morse code or kettle drum. He trusts no one.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anyone But Ivy Pocket; Volume 1 of Ivy Pocket, Caleb Krisp
• Author: Caleb Krisp
• Illustrated by: John Kelly
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016
• ISBN: 1408858649, 9781408858646
• Length: 321 pages