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Genre/Form: | Biographical fiction Fictional Work Newbery Medal: Winner Fiction Juvenile works Dust jackets (Bindings) Romans Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao |
ISBN: | 9780061992254 0061992259 9780061992261 0061992267 9780007455331 000745533X 9780061992278 0061992275 0062135791 9780062135797 9780062322876 0062322877 9780062641946 0062641948 9780329980016 0329980017 9780062101983 0062101986 |
OCLC Number: | 719673349 |
Awards: | Newbery Medal, 2013 |
Target Audience: | Ages 8-12.; Middle School.; 570L; Structure indicator: 90 (high); Syntactic indicator: 80 (high); Semantic indicator: 100 (very high); Decoding indicator: 90 (high) |
Description: | 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Responsibility: | Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Patricia Castelao. |
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"Beautifully written, intelligent, and brave book ... Quite simply, this story is life-changing." - Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Medalist "How Ivan confronts his harrowing past yet stays true to his nature exemplifies everything youngsters need to know about courage." - Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews "The characters will capture readers' hearts and never let go. A must-have." - Starred Review, School Library Journal "Discover an animal hero that will take his place with other courageous and beloved animals such as Babe, Mrs. Frisby, Charlotte and Wilbur." - Shelf Awareness Read more...
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Ivan is a gorilla who lives at the Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. This is his story. He tells it in short, little sentences and he manages to fill this chapter book. He has lots of observations about the people who stare at him and put finger prints on his glass cage.
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