In this evocative, accessiblepicture book, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, Katherine Applegate tells the true story of the gorilla who inspired her Newbery-winning novel The One and Only Ivan. Thereal Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, lived alone in a small cage for almostthirty years before he was finally relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta. Back matter includes photographs of Ivan.