Beautifully crafted story that regardless of your circumstances, you can use your talents and perseverance to prevail. And, that is exactly what the main character does. Ivan is a Silverback Gorilla who has been "caged" up in a mall zoo for years and years. He lost his entire family and was resigned to live out his existence in a small cage. But then he met Ruby, a baby elephant who did not deserve to live the life he has led. He makes a promise to save Ruby and that is exactly what he does.
Two things really stood out for me while reading this novel. First, regardless of your current situation, anyone can begin to move forward and produce change. Will it be easy? No! But as the old saying goes, "where there is a will there is a way." Second, the entire book was based on a true story.
This is the novel that has been chosen for World Read Aloud which begins on October 1, 2012.
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