![]() Like, the first couple pages I was getting a poetry vibe, but the rest of it may as well have been prose as far as I was concerned. I know basically nothing about poetry, and I admit that I don’t really understand how this book is considered verse. But the ending was so triumphant, so wonderful, I sobbed my eyes out some more. ![]() ![]() I was sobbing in the first twenty pages, and that’s before the baby orphaned elephant was even introduced. If animal cruelty is a big deal to you, this book is no walk in the park. This might be the most upsetting book I have ever read. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home-and his own art-through new eyes. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line. ![]() ![]() Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. ![]()
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