The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
I opened the book without any presumptions or expectations, aside from the obvious Katherine Applegate of Animorphs fame. I see you K. A.! Your titular morphing needs more Andalite training. OKAY, enough about my 12 year old geek stuff.
This is a good book, and a sad book – but nonetheless a page turner.
It follows the mold of modern fables, with the beauty in tragedy aspect present in the all so familiar stories we have heard and loved such as that of Finding Nemo to Madagascar, but narrates on a more serious voice in the eye of Ivan the Gorilla.
What is wonderful with this story is how greatly it trusts the child’s perspective in emotions and realities of life. It sets lessons in understanding melancholy, forgiveness, and hope.
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