Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
by Katherine Applegate and G. Brian Karas
“In leafy calm, in gentle arms, a gorilla’s life begins.” The baby... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 566
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 169750
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Animal welfare
- Animal welfare--Juvenile literature
- Gorilla--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Zoos
- Shopping malls--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Apes, Monkeys, etc.
- Washington (State)
- Tacoma
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Animal Welfare
- Tacoma (Wash.)--Juvenile literature
- Tacoma (Wash.)
- Animal rescue
- Animal rescue--Juvenile literature
- Gorilla
- Shopping malls
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Awards & Distinctions 6

Green Earth Book Award, 2005-2020
Honor, 2015

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2020
Honor, 2015

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2021
Commended, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
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