{"id":11,"date":"2013-05-11T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollyvandyne.com\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2014-10-05T20:48:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T20:48:57","slug":"middle-grade-may-the-one-and-only-ivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hollyvandyne.com\/blog\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Middle Grade May – The One and Only Ivan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I decided to read only middle grade books in May (hence the name — Middle Grade May!) and I thought I’d share a few of the ones I’ve been reading on my blog with a little review.<\/p>\n

The One and Only Ivan<\/b>
\nBy Katherine Applegate<\/i><\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure what to think of this one, animal stories aren’t usually my favorite, but I’ve seen it on just about every list, so I thought — why not?<\/p>\n

I downloaded it before I left for an all-night mall lock-in with my daughter.<\/p>\n

Could. Not. Put. It. Down.
\nEven with dance music from the DJ blaring in one ear and hundreds of screaming, dancing, running girls blaring in the other one.<\/p>\n

This is the first book I’ve ever read of Katherine Applegates, even though my students adore her Animorph’s series. I don’t know if this is her normal style of writing, but I LOVED it. Simple and beautiful. The characters she created were wonderful and I used four kleenex’s when I read it. That’s my idea of an amazing book.<\/p>\n

In fact, I loved it so much that I downloaded it on my 10-year-old daughter’s Nook for her to read. I asked her for a quick review for the blog, so I’m sharing it here. She took the word “quick” seriously. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Audrey’s (Age 10) Review:<\/b><\/p>\n

It was cute and one of the best books I’ve ever read. I liked how the chapters were small and my favorite character was Bob.<\/p>\n

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