"The One and Only Ivan," by Katherine Applegate is the winner
of the 2013 Newbery Medal, and it deserves it. This book is charming,
heartbreaking and courageous as Ivan, the mighty
Silverback gorilla speaks from his domain in the Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.
Except it isn’t a domain, it is a cage, and a small and
dirty one at that.
Short sentences in short chapters, because gorillas don’t
waste words like humans do, tell a rich story on friendship, family and home.
The one and only Ivan does the impossible, in more ways than one. First, he
fulfilled a promise from inside a cage. Second, he hooked my kids from the
first page. They couldn’t stop reading until the story was done.
You won’t be able to either. This is a book to buy, because
you will be proud to have it on your shelves.
I really need to read this one~ thanks for the reminder!
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