Summarized & Analyzed: -The One and Only Ivan-

by Student World

-The One and Only Ivan- by Katherine Applegate is an illustrated novel. It is categorized as a children's novel. The book was first published in 2012. At the centre of the plot there is a silver back gorilla named 'Ivan.' This titular gorilla has been kept in a cage inside the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade for 27 years. The novel does compel the readers to think how we generally treat animals, and how we never try to think what goes on in the minds of the animals that remain trapped in cages for so many years.

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Published March 27, 2017