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Simply a beautifully told story about a silverback gorilla and a young elephant. Students are going to love this book.
Wonderfully done. It pulled on heartstrings without being cloying.
Because of the physical format, this book is an amazingly quick book to read. I guess Ivan didn't like writing long chapters.
The book is told from the viewpoint of Ivan, a gorilla who has been in captivity almost all of his life. It's based on a real gorilla, but the story is heavily fictionalized. Still, it's an intriguing story, and may marginally qualify as historical fiction in a few years.
Ivan is part of an indoor animal show in a very strange setting, sort of a small circus that never goes ...more
The book is told from the viewpoint of Ivan, a gorilla who has been in captivity almost all of his life. It's based on a real gorilla, but the story is heavily fictionalized. Still, it's an intriguing story, and may marginally qualify as historical fiction in a few years.
Ivan is part of an indoor animal show in a very strange setting, sort of a small circus that never goes ...more
Jan 23, 2013
Jen
marked it as to-read
