“Ivan: The Remarkable True Story Of The Shopping Mall Gorilla” is a great children’s book written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Brian Karas. Ivan got captured by humans when he was six months old. He and another gorilla baby were captured. They got transported to a mall in Tacoma. They were dressed and named. One day Burma died leaving Ivan alone. Ivan started to live in a house, but he the more he ate the more he grew. The more he grew the less he could live in a human house. The cage in the mall was his new home and he grew into a silverback gorilla. People got mad that Ivan was that Ivan lived a lonely life in a cage. So they transferred him to a gorilla sanctuary. Ivan loved his new home. He enjoyed being around other gorillas.

The theme of the book is animal rights. The message of the story is that animals should be left where they live.

Overall I think that this is a great children’s book and has a really good message.