title: The Book of Ivy (Entangled Teen)
author:  Amy Engel 
description: Gr 9 UpAfter the brutal war that decimated most of the country, Ivy Westfall's grandfather founded Westfall and envisioned a democratic nation in which everyone had a right to vote. However, after a conflict between the Westfall and the Lattimer families, the Lattimers won power and governed Westfall as a dictatorship. All of her life, Ivy has been trained to hate President Lattimer for his imposed lawsspecifically arranged marriages. When it is her turn to marry, she is assigned to Bishop, President Lattimer's son. Going into the marriage, Ivy's father and sister encourage her to kill her new husband and return the Westfall family to their rightful position. This mission becomes increasingly difficult as Ivy develops feelings for her husband. She is forced to make a decision that will alter her entire life. The Book of Ivy begins as most dystopians dowith a ceremony and the main character forced into a situation as dictated by the government. However, the novel quickly separates itself from the mediocre and presents a fantastic plot that makes readers think about the blurred lines between right and wrong. VERDICT Well-developed characters and intricate world-building combined with complex relationships, political corruption, and betrayal, leave readers begging for the second book in this series.Lindsey Dawson, Saint John's Catholic Prep, Frederick, MD
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  ALSO BY AMY ENGEL
  
  The Roanoke Girls
  
  The Book of Ivy
  
  The Revolution of Ivy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Names: Engel, Amy, author.
  
  Title: The familiar dark: a novel / Amy Engel.
  
  Description: [New York] : Dutton, [2020] |
  
  Identifiers: LCCN 2019025265 (print) | LCCN 2019025266 (ebook) 