I read The One and Only Ivan in 2012 and it affected me deeply. If you need more plot details read this review by Ms Yingling - she plans to purchase two copies of The One and Only Bob for her library! I suggest you should do this too. Life seems goodexcept Bob longs to find his big sister Boss.

What dog in his right mind would say no to that?'īob lives near the zoo and Julia is happy to take him to visit Ivan and Ruby. Who was I to argue? Two square meals, my own bed, all the belly rubs I could beg for. My girl, Julia, whose dad had worked at the mall, decided her family needed a dog. Bob goes to live with their friend Julia. The zoo is a place of safety and companionship. You gotta have the moves.'Īt the end of The One and Only Ivan, Ivan and Ruby and the other shopping mall animal circus performers are taken to a zoo. You're probably thinking I'm some wimpy lap dog. Definitely some Chihuahua, with a smidgen of papillon on my father's side. Early in his life Bob was abandoned so he has huge trust issues and opinions about humans.

Ivan, Stella and Ruby are held captive in this shopping mall and used for the 'entertainment' of visiting shoppers. Later another small elephant comes to join them - Ruby. Ivan, a shopping centre gorilla had two main friends in the first installment - Bob, a small dog, and Stella, an elephant. Ages 8–12.You may remember Bob from The One and Only Ivan. The novel’s fluid meshing of loyalty, forgiveness, and trust will leave readers hoping that the author has more one-and-only stories to tell. Applegate deepens the suspense (while, ingeniously, amplifying the humor) with the appearance of Bob’s long-lost sister. Tough-talking Bob, who was thrown out of a car with his siblings as a pup, acknowledges, albeit a bit defensively, that pampered domesticated life suits him: “So what if I’ve gotten a little spoiled? A tad soft around the edges?” Ricocheting between entertainment and poignancy, the dog’s musings on his past and present give way to an urgent chronicle of survival after a hurricane ravages Ivan and Ruby’s sanctuary while Bob is visiting. Rescued by a loving family, former stray Bob regularly visits Ivan, who now lives in a wildlife sanctuary along with elephant Ruby. With this stellar sequel to her Newbery Award–winning The One and Only Ivan, Applegate sounds precisely balanced notes of genuine humor and heart-tugging tenderness through the voice of Ivan’s best friend, Chihuahua mutt Bob.

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