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Book Report The book I did for my book report is The One and Only Ivan. The author of this book is Katherine Applegate. The One and Only Ivan is fiction and it is one of the best books I have ever read. The setting of this book is at a mall where Ivan and his friends Stella, Ruby, and Bob live. The setting of this book is important because this is where Mack the owner of the mall has his office and it is where Ivan, Ruby, and Stella preform and do tricks. The plot of this story is how Ivan the gorilla is stuck in his cage and he is talking about his life such as what his visitors are like, what he does around his cage, what he is thinking, and about his friends. Ivan ended up at the mall because he was getting to big for Mack to keep in …show more content…
Ivan also likes to talk about Julia, a girl that comes to the mall to see him so she can teach him how to do art. Last but not least he finally talks about the place he wants to go to in the end of the story. In this paragraph I will be telling you about all of the characters in the story. Stella the older elephant. She is very sweet and generous. Her and Ivan are very good friends and they are always telling each other there feelings. Ivan is the almighty silverback of the mall. He is big and always loving to Bob the homeless dog that sleeps in his cage and to Mack the owner of the mall. He is best friends with Julia the girl who loves to teach him art. He met Julia in the mall. Now I am going to tell you about Bob. Bob is a homeless dog that lives and sleeps with Ivan. He loves Ivan and always licks all of the leftovers off of his face. He also met Bob at the mall. He loves to sleep on Ivan's belly or on Ivan's stuffed

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