Status
Available
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Description
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
Collection
Publication
HarperCollins (2015), Edition: Reprint, 336 pages
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2014)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (First runner-up — 2014)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2016)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2015)
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Finalist — Juvenile — 2012)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2015)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2014)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2014)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2015)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2015)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 2013)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2016)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Winner — 2014)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2015)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2014)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2014, 2015, 2016)
Garden State Children's Book Award (Winner — 2015)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2015)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2015)
Blue Hen Book Award (Nominee — Middle Readers — 2016)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Nominee — 2013-2014)
Mitten Award (Honor — 2012)
North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2016)
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2014)
SCBWI Crystal Kite Award (2013)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2014)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2014)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2014)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — 2013)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2015)
Cocheco Readers' Award (Winner)
Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year (Winner — 2014)
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (Honor Book — 2013)
CCBC Choices (2013)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2013)
Notable Children's Book (2013)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2012)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2012)
Language
Original publication date
2012-01-17
Physical description
336 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
0061992275 / 9780061992278