The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate | Book summary

The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan summary:“The One and Only Ivan” is a novel based story by Katherine Applegate. In this novel, Ivan is a silverback gorilla who lives in a consistent bazaar. Ivan is old buddies with different creatures in the carnival, particularly Stella the elephant and Bob, a homeless canine. At the point when Stella bites the dust, Ivan vows to spare his young companion, Ruby, from an existence of bondage. It requires some speculation, yet Ivan and Ruby are over the long haul moved to a zoo. “The One and Only Ivan” is a book of incredible mental fortitude and expectation. 

Ivan lives in a steady carnival with Stella the elephant and Bob, the homeless canine. One day the proprietor of the carnival purchases another elephant, a child kid named Ruby. Stella assumes liability for Ruby, caring for Ruby in her mom’s nonattendance. Just Stella has a leg that is regularly tainted and the proprietor of the bazaar, Mac, doesn’t prefer to call the vet on account of the cost. Stella gets another disease in her leg and she bites the dust since Mac never calls the vet.

Prior to Stella’s demise, she guaranteed Ivan to deal with Ruby. Ivan isn’t sure how to do this, however he realizes that Mac begins hitting Ruby with a paw stick to prepare him to do Stella’s moves. One night, the gatekeeper’s little girl, Julia, gives Ivan some finger paints and it gives him a thought. Ivan makes an enormous image of Ruby at the zoo and composes the word house at the base. Ivan gives this image to Julia. Ivan trusts Julia can assist him with carrying Ruby to the zoo, however rather Julia converses with her dad to put the photographs on the bulletin used to publicize the bazaar.

Journalists show up because of the board. They take photos of both Ivan and Ruby, just as carnival and shopping center. At that point a cameraman watches the paw stick and shows that on TV also. The nonconformists show up and afterward a controller. Before long a female visit to the zoo starts. In time, Ivan finds that the lady at the zoo needs to take him and Ruby to the zoo. Ivan guarantees Ruby that it is protected and that she ought to do what the lady needs.

Ivan and Ruby are taken. Ivan is set in a weird enclosure that he discovers cleaner, yet littler than his past one. They at that point begin demonstrating him the TV program of another Silverback Gorilla. At some point, the zoo lady opens an entryway and Ivan can see the gorilla on the opposite side of a huge glass entryway. In time, Ivan is permitted to go out with the gorillas. It requires some investment, however at long last he recollects the proper behavior like silver.

Zoo lady shows Ivan Ruby on TV. She is with another elephant family at the zoo and is looking upbeat. A brief timeframe later, Julia drops by. Ivan understands that he has taken in Ivan’s canine companion, Bob.