This is a YOU CHOOSE story. Meaning, after the reader has read the opening fives pages of the story, the reader is given two or three choices to make at each plot turn leading up to 14 different possible endings. The plot begins when Poison Ivy : AKA- Pamela Isley has escaped from Arkham Asylum. ”  ‘She’s a toxic villain who cares more about plants than humanity… ‘ ” (p. 8) and is headed to Giordano Botanical Gardens.”Poison Ivy is too powerful in the gardens. She’s literally a force of nature there.” (p. 9)  All plants in Giordano Botanical Gardens are ‘potential weapons‘. Poison Ivy is out to steal the seeds stored there for use after a disaster.

Off Batman goes to recapture Poison Ivy. At the first junction, Batman [and the reader] must decide whether to look for Poison Ivy in the lilacs, the peonies, or in the crabapple orchard. If he chooses the lilacs, there are at least four possible paths or choices (given in blue type at the bottom of the page) until Poison Ivy eludes Batman and ends the story. BUT then the book prompts the reader “To follow another path, turn to page 7.” I did my best to follow all of the choices for the lilac routes, the peony routes, and the crabapple routes. Chasing Poison Ivy through the various gardens with Batman at the Giordano Botanical Gardens was exciting, especially when I was given such choices as: “If Batman decides that it’s safe to rush Poison Ivy now, turn to page 56.”      or       “If he uses his stealth skills to follow her, turn to page 81.” 

All of the twists and turns Batman makes along the way trying to recapture Poison Ivy are much like the vines and tendrils she orders to grow in Batman’s way to stop him.  The chase is what this book is all about! It’s fun and exhausting! Don’t tell anyone, but Batman never catches Poison Ivy in any of the scenarios.

Eleven illustrations are sprinkled throughout the book done by professional DC Comics artist Ethan Beavers.

Includes: Glossary and Poison Ivy bio.