![]() ![]() ![]() Ivan knows he has to do something to save their new friend from spending the rest of her life in the mall performing in shows and enduring cruelty from Mack. This continues as the mall owner, Mack, becomes abusive toward the new elephant and Stella dies from his neglect. Ivan has always analyzed and been baffled by human behavior. When a new animal, a baby elephant named Ruby, joins them at the Big Top Mall, everything changes. Stella is an older, wise elephant who was bought from a circus once she became injured, and Bob is a stray dog who finds his way into the mall and Ivan’s enclosure. Instead, he fills his time with watching tv, talking to Stella and Bob, and creating art. He tries not to remember his home in the jungle, where he and his twin sister were taken by poachers. Ivan lives in a glass “domain” at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. ![]() This Newbery Award-winning novel is told from the perspective of a captive gorilla named Ivan. ![]()
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