El Único E Incomparable Iván

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. The One and Only Ivan is a strong Common Core title that features these important strands and standards: first-person narrative; author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery); story elements (plot, character development, perspective). The English-language edition has sold over 1 million copies.

Iv n es un poderoso pero tranquilo gorila espalda plateada. Vive en la salida 8 del centro comercial Gran Circo, all se ha acostumbrado a los humanos que lo observen a trav s de las paredes de cristal de su jaula. Rara vez echa de menos su vida en la selva. De hecho, casi nunca piensa en ello. Cuando conoce a Ruby, una beb elefante que ha sido apartada de su familia, Iv n comienza a ver su hogar de una forma distinta. La inspiraci n para esta novela reside en una historia real. Despu s de ser capturado en edad infantil, Iv n fue criado en un hogar humano hasta que fue incorporado a una extra a colecci n de animales alojados en un centro comercial de tem tica circense. Iv n pas 27 a os de su vida solo en una jaula, sin ver a ning n animal de su propia especie, antes de ser trasladado a un zool gico en 1994.