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The Crowns of Croswald
The Crowns of Croswald
The Crowns of Croswald
In Croswald, the only thing more powerful than dark magic is one secret...For sixteen years Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind an enchanted boundary that separates the mundane from the magical. When Ivy crosses the border, her powers awaken. Curiosity leads her crashing through a series of adventures at the Halls of Ivy, a school where students learn to master their magical blood and the power of Croswald's mysterious gems. When Ivy s magic and her life is threatened by the Dark Queen, she scrambles to unearth her history and save Croswald before the truth is swept away forever.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 8 - 12
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You enter a very descriptive fantasy world that is so similar to Harry Potter at Hogwarts…

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could live in a magical world? When sixteen-year-old Ivy Lovely crosses a magical border that awakens her magical powers, it sends her on a wild adventure that will keep you reading.

Ivy begins at the Halls of Ivy magic school, where she makes friends and deals with obstacles to find out who she really is. Ivy's magical reality is jeopardized by the Dark Queen - read to find out what happens. 

 
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The Crowns of Croswald is based on the story of Ivy Lovely - a sixteen-year-old slurry girl, the lowest of the low, who works as a kitchen maid at Plums Castle. When Ivy crosses the enchanted boarder and the magic within her awakens, her life will never be the same again.

The Crowns of Croswald is an exciting book about Ivy Lovely, a girl who has yet to discover her magic and history. Ivy has grown up taking care of the castle scaldrons, one of the lowliest jobs at The Castle Plum. Ivy has only day dreamed about magic, she has no idea she actually has magical ability until her dwarf friend, Rimbrick tells her. Even then, the events that follow leave her astounded.

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Ivy Lovely has been a scauldrony maid in a castle surrounded by slurry for as long as she can remember until one day she is unexpectedly fired. As soon as she leaves the castle and reaches the end of the slurry fields, she is taken by a scout for the Halls of Ivy, a school where students are taught to master their magical blood or stones.

The Crowns of Croswald is about a girl named Ivy Lovely who is a maid in a castle. She is not well liked by her boss. She learns from a friend who is a dwarf that she has magical abilities. He gives her a few books from an author named Darwin Edgar Night, and they become her most prized possessions. One day she steps out of the boundaries of the Castle Plum and meets a man who works at the Halls of Ivy. The Halls of Ivy is a magical school where royal and non-royal children go to harness their magical abilities and become Scriviners.

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