Fiction
The One and Only IvanPRC
Katherine Applegate
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Year 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Themes
friendship · kindness · overcoming-adversity
Skills
empathy · inference · character-voice · theme-analysis
Difficulty
Medium
Pages
320 pages
Description
Ivan is a silverback gorilla who has lived in a shopping mall cage for 27 years. Told in his sparse, first-person voice, his world expands when a baby elephant arrives. Based on a true story.
中文版
Ivan 是一只在购物中心铁笼里住了 27 年的银背大猩猩。用他自己简洁的第一人称讲述,当一头小象到来时,他的世界开始展开。改编自真实故事。
Parent's call · SparkRoute editor take
Year 4 sweet-spot. Short chapters (1 paragraph each) make the page-count feel small — good for a kid intimidated by 320 pages.
中文版
Year 4 是甜蜜区。章节极短(每章一段),让 320 页看起来不那么吓人 — 适合被厚书吓住的孩子。
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