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The One and Only Ivan [electronic resource] / Katherine Applegate.

ISBN: 9780062101983
ISBN: 0062101986
Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)
Publisher: [United States] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.
Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Applegate, Katherine, (author.). Castelao, Patricia, (illustrator.). hoopla digital. (Added Author).

Summary:

Soon to be a major motion picture! Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller This stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent 27 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.