Her drawings reveal personality and warmth and in many, humor. This addition to the series becomes even more wonderful by black and white drawings by Patricia Castelao. Author Katherine Applegate concludes her book with further information about the poaching of elephants and suggests simple things that young readers can do to make a difference. As Ruby relays her memories to Ivan and Bob, she finds healing and ultimately, her place in her new elephant family. Poachers seeking ivory leave her an orphan, rescued and then lost from a humane rescue center and then sold into captivity by the unscrupulous. Ruby’s story is more than just the small cage in the mall sideshow zoo and takes readers back to Africa when she was the youngest calf in a family of elephants and doted on by her mother and the other females. They see each other regularly and remain each others’ greatest source of support, but that doesn’t mean that memories of the before don’t still haunt them. All three of the characters we first met in “Ivan” are now living in a habitat style zoo with caretakers who are kind and knowledgeable. First, the One and Only Ivan made us cry, then The One and Only Ivan made us laugh (and cry a little) and now The One and Only Ruby will make us think (and cry and laugh a bit).
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