Craved the heartbreak and animal wisdom of Charlotte's Web by Let The One and Only Ivan by wreck you all over again.
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- Gorilla narrator = intimate animal POV magic
- Loyalty transcends bars & species divides
- Death handled w/ grace, zero sugar
- Small acts reshape entire captive worlds
If Charlotte's web-spinning genius broke your heart wide open, Ivan's paintbrush will finish the job. Katherine Applegate delivers the same animal-narrated wisdom and quiet heroism you cherished in E.B. White's barnyard, but trades rural charm for a shopping mall's fluorescent captivity—where a silverback gorilla discovers friendship, loss, and the unflinching poetry of survival.
This isn't whimsy for whimsy's sake. It's mortality and loyalty rendered in simple, devastating strokes—anthropomorphic storytelling that trusts young readers to sit with melancholy, then rewards them with hard-won hope.
If Charlotte's web-spinning genius broke your heart wide open, Ivan's paintbrush will finish the job.
What Readers Are Saying
"A fabulous book for elementary and middle grades... I loved it." — Rick Riordan, Goodreads
"Ivan is as articulate a narrator as they come, and a bit of a poet to boot! He recounts his life with honesty, humility, and major smarts." — Michelle, Goodreads
"A very touching story that will rip out your heart, stomp on it, then pick it back up and cradle it." — Matt, Goodreads
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