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{{Infobox character
|image = Image:Ivylogo.jpg
|imagewidth = 250px
|nickname = Poison Ivy
|gender = Female
|born = February 28, 1966
|serieslocation = San Francisco, CA
|first appearance = [[Meet Julie]]
|father = Mr. Ling
|mother = Marilyn Ling
|siblings = Andrew Ling
Missy Ling
|grandparents = Gung Gung
Po Po
|Row 1 title = Friends
|Row 1 info = [[Julie Albright]]
|uncle = Uncle Lee|aunt = Hannah}}
: ''"Ivy" redirects here. For the doll, see [[Ivy Ling (doll)]].''

'''Ivy Ling''' was the fourth [[Best Friend]] released; she is the "Best Friend" of [[Julie Albright]].

In May 2014 [[American Girl]] announced that they would [[Retirement|archive]] Ivy's [[Ivy's Collection|entire collection]]; she and her collection were later archived in August 2014. [[Good Luck, Ivy|Ivy's book]] remains available for purchase.

Like all other Best Friend characters, it is unlikely that the Ivy doll or collection will ever be available again.

==Personality and Facts==

Ivy Ling (nicknamed "Poison Ivy" by Julie) is a ten-year-old Chinese American girl who wants to make her family proud. She loves gymnastics and hates to mess up in front of a crowd. Although Ivy seems to have a deep connection to her Chinese heritage, Chinese school is somewhat boring to her and she doesn't like to eat Chinese food every single day. But by the end of her book, [[Good Luck, Ivy]], Ivy learns the value of having Chinese background. Ivy has a larger family than Julie. Ivy often doesn't understand Julie's bouts into trying to change the world.

American Girl characterizes her as "talented" and "lucky."

==Family and Friends==

===Family===

* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (H-R)#Mr. Ling|Mr. Ling]]: Ivy's father.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (H-R)#Marilyn Ling|Marilyn Ling]]: Ivy's mother.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (H-R)#Andrew Ling|Andrew Ling]]: Ivy's older brother.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (H-R)#Missy Ling|Missy Ling]]: Ivy's little sister .
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-G)#Gung Gung|Gung Gung]]: Ivy's grandfather.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (H-R)#Po Po|Po Po]]: Ivy's grandmother.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (H-R)#Uncle Lee|Uncle Lee]]: Ivy's uncle from Long Beach.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-G)#Henry Fong|Henry Fong:]] Ivy's great uncle.
* [[Minor Characters in Julie's Series (A-G)#Hannah Fong|Hannah Fong]]: Ivy's new aunt and Henry Fong's wife.

===Friends===

* [[Julie Albright]]: Ivy's best friend.

==Book==
''[[Good Luck, Ivy]]''

==In [[List of Julie's Books|Julie's Series]]==

Ivy plays a major role in most of Julie's books, the most prominent being [[Happy New Year, Julie!]], [[The Puzzle of the Paper Daughter]], and [[Lost in the City]].

===[[And the Tiara Goes To...]]===

Ivy is portrayed by '''Grace Liu'''.

===[[Ivy and Julie 1976: A Happy Balance]]===
Ivy is portrayed by '''Nina Lu'''.

==Doll==

{{Main|Ivy Ling (doll)}}
[[File:Ivydollface.jpg|thumb|200px|The Ivy doll.]]
*[[Face Mold]]: [[Jess Mold]] (slight modifications at eyes)
*Skin: Light
*Hair: Black, straight, shoulder length, bangs
*Eyes: Decal Brown
: Ivy has decal brown eyes, which are different from the standard brown used on most dolls. The only other dolls that these have been used on are [[Samantha Parkington]] and [[Claudie Wells]].

==Collection==

: ''See: [[Ivy's Collection]]''

==Trivia==

* Ivy was the first Asian character from the [[Historical Characters]] line, but not the first Asian character to have her own doll; [[Chou Spring Pearl]] (of the [[Girls of Many Lands]] line) and [[Jess McConnell]] (of the [[Girls of the Year]] line) preceded her.
* Like Julie, Ivy is the only best friend character to wear pants with her Meet Outfit due to the cultural shift in acceptable casual women's wear.
* Ivy's hair is long at the start of Julie's series and is cut short in [[Happy New Year, Julie!]]; American Girl gave the doll shoulder-length hair.
* Ivy has a very small collection compared to the other dolls, only having two additional outfits. She has no pajamas as most of the historical dolls do, and did not receive a [[Mini Dolls|mini doll]] until 2011.
* While it is never stated what Chinese dialect Ivy's family speaks with, much of the romanized terminology used in Julie's series points to Taishanese as it was the predominant variant of the Cantonese dialect of 19th- and 20th-century immigrants.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/18/MNGPCO6T5H1.DTL Young Americans find roots in China]; sfgate.com, referenced December 26, 2010.</ref>

==References==

{{refs}}

{{BestFriendList}}

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[[Category:Ivy Ling]]
[[Category:Julie Albright]]
[[Category:Historical Characters]]
[[Category:Best Friends]]

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