Written by: Katherine Applegate
First line: I am Ivan.
Why you should read this book: In this remarkable story, Ivan has come to terms with
his status as a roadside attraction, a gorilla inhabiting an artificial
domain in a circus-themed mall, whose best friends are an elderly elephant
and a stray dog. But Stella, the elephant, has a chronic injury and the owner
of the mall needs a new attraction, so he acquires Ruby, a baby elephant, who cannot accept her captivity as the other animals have, and whose future seems
less certain and less comfortable. Ivan is determined to save Ruby, but if he
is to have any hope of succeeding, he must find a way to communicate to humans
the plight, and the needs, of wild animals living in captivity.
Why you shouldn’t read this book: It made me cry like
crazy—way more of a tearjerker than Bridge to Terebithia—throughout the entire
second half of the book.
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