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The One and Only Ivan: A Newbery Award Winner
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The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+
This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself.
Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.
In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope.
The One and Only Ivan features first-person narrative; author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery); and story elements (plot, character development, perspective).
This acclaimed middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 8, for independent reading, homeschooling, and sharing in the classroom.
Plus don't miss The One and Only Bob, Katherine Applegate's return to the world of Ivan, Bob, and Ruby!
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780061992254
EAN:
9780061992254
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
320
Authors:
Katherine Applegate
Illustrators:
Patricia Castelao
Publisher:
HarperTorch
Published Date: 2012-17-01
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it warmed my heart in some places and sparked of emotions and other places it was amazing a recommended book and the shipping speed and quality was amazing too. I recommend it. I loved the book overall.
I am a 3rd Grade teacher and we used this book for a book study. It is an amazing book that teaches a lot about perseverance and friendship. I would highly recommend reading it.
This is book #7 on my Recommended By Friends list! Another one of my favorite people, who doesn’t get to read “grown up” books, wasn’t going to play along when I asked for recs. As a mom and a teacher, I knew she’d still have some solid books for me, even if they are labeled for kids!! With a few ideas to pick from, I remembered this title right off the bat. She’d mentioned it before, and her family even went to ‘meet’ Ivan!! So I knew this was the one.In the beginning, I was all happy learning about Ivan and his friends - Stella, Bob, Julia, even the Macaw named Thelma!! I love that Bob is not a fan of people, but lets Julia close. Ivan sleeps with a stuffed gorilla every night, a gift from Julia, that he named Not-Tag after his sister. And Ivan’s an artist!! Who sometimes eats his crayons!!But then it gets really depressing. A new baby elephant comes. She’s malnourished and seems to have been tortured. Mack is an awful human who doesn’t get Stella the help she needs. Then he continues to torture Ruby by bolting her foot to the floor. I do not like this man!!Ivan paints a billboard size picture of Ruby in a zoo for Julia to see. Thanks to her & George, it brings a ton of attention, protestors, inspections. Things happen fast after that, and the zoo people come to get the animals to a better place.At the zoo, Ivan is alone. But then he is slowly introduced to a gorilla family, which will be his own. It’s sweet. And then Julia and Bob come to visit!!This is a beautiful story about a real silverback who had a horrible first half of his life. I love the truth to it, as well as the fictional bits to turn it into a chapter book for the kiddos.
Fun book. A bit over my grandson's reading level, but he'll grow into it and for now enjoys having it read to him.
A surprisingly sad book but an easy read. The ending makes it worth it. The writing is poetic, so might be best for middle school kids.
