本书除荣获2012年纽伯瑞小说金奖之外,还荣获下列奖项
School Library Journal Best of Children''s Books
2012
Kirkus Reviews Best of Children''s Books
2012
Amazon 2012 Best Books of the Year, Middle
Grade
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
2012
New York Public Library 100 Books for Reading
and Sharing, 2012
Cybils shortlist, 2012 middle grade fantasy
Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2013-14 Master
List
2012 Nerdies Book Award, middle grade
fiction
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall
and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him
through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in
the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.
Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends
Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan
thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the
sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.
Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she
makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When
Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it
a change for the better.
Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create Ivan''
sunforgettable first-person narration in a story of friendship,
art, and hope.
關於作者:
When I started to write about the grim facts of the real
Ivan''s solitary existence, a new tale slowly began to take shape.
At least on the page, where anything is possible, I wanted to
give Ivan even while captive behind the walls of his tiny cage a
voice of his own and a story to tell.