The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate The story is told through the eyes of a silverback gorilla named Ivan who lives in a run-down “domain” as part of an exhibit at The Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade with a handful of other neglected animals. Ivan tries to dwell on the […]
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I just finished the book The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. A coworker loaned me this book because of its use of first-person point of view from an animal’s perspective. She thought it might be an interesting contrast to my third-person limited use of animal point of view in Corgi Capers. I enjoyed […]
For the first time ever this year, I was sick for Christmas. So sick, in fact, that I had to call off the celebration. Christmas is the time for sharing, but the fever/flu I had was something I’d rather keep to myself. It was a quiet Christmas, one I spent mostly in bed or on […]
I read this YA book to preview it for my high school students. This was a good read–I would definitely recommend to students. Constable’s descriptions are not so heavy as to weigh down the story, but they are enough to allow readers to paint their own pictures. Even though the chapters are long (in terms […]
