The One and Only Ivan

I read a book called The One and Only Ivan. Ivan is a Gorilla who lived in the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. He lived in a huge cage for a decade. Every night in the mall Ivan and his animal friends put on a show for the public, and after the show Ivan’s human friend, Julia came and drew pictures for him. Before Ivan lived in the mall he had a family in Africa. His family loved and cared for him, but one day humans came and separated him and his family. He got put in a box with his twin sister and was sent to the mall. Unfortunately, Ivan’s sister died in the box. Mack the manager of the mall opened the box and put him in the cage. His best friend was an Elephant named Stella who had a permanent leg injury and a lost dog named Bob, who lived with him in his cage. Before Stella died, another Elephant named Ruby came and took Stella’s place and Ivan promised to get Ruby and himself out of the Mall. Ivan was an artist who drew pictures so, he decided to draw a zoo and write home on the top. Everyone saw this and a zoo eventually brought boxes to send all the animals in the Big Top Mall to a zoo where people would treat them better.