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MY FAVORITES

Age Range

8 - 12

Genre

fiction

2015-01-01

Page Count

336

Publisher

HarperCollins

Grade Level

3rd - 7th

ISBN

9780061992278

Lexile

570

Themes

friendship

identity

The One and Only Ivan

Written by Katherine Applegate and Illustrated by Patricia Castelao

The story of Ivan, a gorilla who has spent all 27 years of his life in captivity. He has gotten used to his life in an enclosure in a shopping mall, with people watching him. His biggest diversions are television and painting. But his life changes when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild. Their friendship sheds new light on his life.

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Age Range

8 - 12

Genre

fiction

2015-01-01

Page Count

336

Publisher

HarperCollins

Grade Level

3rd - 7th

ISBN

9780061992278

Lexile

570

Themes

friendship

identity

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