“People call me the Freeway Gorilla. The Ape at Exit 8. The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback. The names are mine, but they’re not me. I am Ivan, just Ivan, only Ivan.”
Ivan is a well- tempered gorilla who lives in the cage, near a mall by a freeway. He is the only one of his kind and has been alone for over nine thousand days. Ivan rarely thinks of his previous home. Instead, he spends time expressing his thoughts on humans, his friendship with Bob (a rumbustious stray dog,) Stella (an experienced older elephant living with an injury,) Julia (the young girl who feeds his artistic passion by providing him with paper and various art supplies,) and Ruby (the newly arrived baby elephant.) Ivan is content with his life, until a tragedy occurs, forcing him to make and fulfill a promise that will impact the lives of everyone around him.
Ivan is a well- tempered gorilla who lives in the cage, near a mall by a freeway. He is the only one of his kind and has been alone for over nine thousand days. Ivan rarely thinks of his previous home. Instead, he spends time expressing his thoughts on humans, his friendship with Bob (a rumbustious stray dog,) Stella (an experienced older elephant living with an injury,) Julia (the young girl who feeds his artistic passion by providing him with paper and various art supplies,) and Ruby (the newly arrived baby elephant.) Ivan is content with his life, until a tragedy occurs, forcing him to make and fulfill a promise that will impact the lives of everyone around him.
Bob
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Stella and Ruby
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Julia
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