
Applegate, Katherine.
IVAN : THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA
New York : Clarion, 2014
IL K-3, RL 3.9
ISBN 0544252306
Katherine Applegate tells the story of Ivan, a baby gorilla who is captured by poachers and sold to the owners of a mall in Tacoma, Washington. He is raised like a human child until he is too big and then lives in a cage in the mall for 27 years. After public opinion persuades the owner to free Ivan, he spends his final years at Zoo Atlanta, where he shares a natural habitat with other gorillas. (Booktalk by the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Committee)
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