Stella And Ruby The One And Only Ivan

After stella s death ivan begins to remember his life before the big top mall and what it was like to have freedom if only to have stories to tell to ruby.

Stella and ruby the one and only ivan.

On her death bed stella asks ivan to look after the young ruby. The one and only ivan read more. Ivan encourages ruby the elephant. The one and only ivan is a delightful magical tale that was a must read for this summer.

When he climbs a tree he spots ruby in another enclosure surrounded by other elephants a confirmation that he s fulfilled his promise to stella. While ivan sacrifices plenty for the good of ruby stella suffers quietly and without protest until her passing becomes the impetus for ivan to change the world for the better for ruby. While mack the owner of the big top mall is trying to train ruby to do tricks ivan witnessed first hand the abuse to which she is subjected and starts to decide how to keep his promise to. However things become difficult for ivan the gorilla when mack begins to train ruby to become a professional performer.

A gorilla named ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity this is a low key but high stakes movie as a group of animals languishing in a shopping mall circus are awakened by dreams of real freedom. Ivan likes ruby and her fondness for elephant jokes and his regard for her coupled with his love for stella inspires him to pull out all the stops to help get her out of the mall and into the zoo. As he does ruby isn t the only one whose life is changed for the better ivan s is too. Unfortunately stella has to die for change to occur in the book.

Ivan learns that julia has adopted bob and the girl praises ivan for helping ruby.