Ivaleena - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

By Brenda K. Thompson

Eighteen-year-old Ivy Lee wanted a life beyond The Glens.

Then a carnival man gave her a new name.

Ivaleena. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.

The crowds loved her. Ivy began to disappear.

In the Kentucky Appalachians of the 1940s, Ivy Lee longs for something beyond the mountains. She carries a sketchbook and the quiet hope that someone, somewhere, will see what she can create.

Then the Great Meridian Show rolls into Culpepper.

Soon, Ivy is standing in the lights, admired by strangers, loved by crowds, and printed on posters from town to town.

But the farther she travels from home, the harder it becomes to remember the girl she used to be.

Because the world has fallen in love with Ivaleena.

And Ivaleena was never really Ivy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKC5RXS7
• ISBN13: 9798998131936
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Brenda K. Thompson Publishing
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"