"There is no happy ending and no message, just the heartrending drama of Pearl's struggle to change and search for home. Give this to fans of Katherine Paterson's classic The Great Gilly Hopkins."

"Moonpie and Ivy is a winner..."

"In this touching, emotionally honest novel by the author of Me and Rupert Goody, O'Connor's gritty descriptions of the characters and scenery not only vividly evoke the environment as Pearl experiences it; they show that neither the people nor the place need be perfect to be a whole lot better than what Pearl's used to."