The One and Only IVan

A beautifully written story about friendship, hope, and the yearning for freedom. Ivan's journey from a life in captivity to finding his true home is both touching and inspiring. This book is a must-read for readers of all ages.

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Nice book..my child loves this book

The One and Only Ivan presents a great story to read. Author has described every character in great detail and since characters were animals that were kept in a domain, I could feel as if I was in the same domain as Ivan, the hero of our story. Though in most part of the story Ivan was in his confines but if you read the book with interest you can see the story progressing. The story overall looks very plain kind of unexciting but on the other hand since Ivan possesses a completely different view of everything including humans this makes the story interesting. At places the story is somewhat confusing and makes it difficult to understand but on the other places the story is filled with emotions of joy, grief and funny too. The story delivers a great message that no animal deserves to be held captive and also the story ends with the happiest and the most heartwarming ending. I would like to thank Kathrine Applegate for writing such an amazing story.

I got this for my 9 year old niece on her birthday and I was the first one to read it . Lovely , touching story. An ape in a mall zoo is friends with an elephant in the same zoo. He remembers nothing of his past, she remembers everything. Their popularity is waning and they get a baby elephant . The older elephant makes the ape promise to get the baby to a good zoo before she dies. The ape is an artist and is friends with the games keeper and his daughter. How he gets the message to the outside world and gets the baby elephant out is the crux of the story

The sheer simplicity of the book is admirable. The semi-fictional approach followed in the book would make them relate to our world compared to other children's book where we are transported into a imaginative world.

This book is about a gorilla name Ivan and how he kept his promise and never lost hope even when it seems impossible. Its feel good book and you feel positive, courageous and brave after reading it.

It is written by perspective and very juicy,i had alot of fun reading this chapter book. Also a very heart warming story of how Ivan,a shopping mall gorilla lives his life.