Katherine Applegate Books
Katherine Applegate is an American author best known for her children's and young adult books, including the Newbery Medal-winning novel 'The One and Only Ivan' and the 'Animorphs' series. Her works often feature themes of empathy, environmental awareness, and the bond between humans and animals.
Known for: Dogtown, Odder, The One and Only Ivan
Books by Katherine Applegate
Dogtown
Dogtown is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of abandoned and rescued dogs living in a shelter, exploring themes of friendship, hope, and second chances. Through the eyes of its canine charact...
Odder
Odder is a middle-grade novel in verse that tells the story of a playful sea otter who loves to take risks in the ocean off the coast of California. After a life-changing encounter with a great white ...
The One and Only Ivan
Inspired by a true story, this novel tells the tale of Ivan, a silverback gorilla who has spent years behind glass walls in a shopping mall, content with his art and television until he meets Ruby, a ...
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Inside Dogtown: A Shelter of Hearts and Circuits
Welcome to Dogtown, where barking mixes with the mechanical rhythm of servos and sensors. This is a shelter where real dogs—rescued from streets, homes, and heartbreak—share kennels with robotic dogs designed for companionship but discarded when new technology arrived. Through this setting, we wante...
From Dogtown
Chance and Metal Head: Two Paths to Belonging
Chance embodies what it means to hope despite loss. Once someone’s beloved companion, she was abandoned and now roams the shelter with fragmented memories of a boy’s touch, a home’s scent, and promises broken. Her fur carries the mark of waiting—worn, yet still warm when she allows others near. Meta...
From Dogtown
Odder’s World: Playfulness and the Pulse of the Sea
The ocean off the coast of California hums with life—sunlit kelp forests, silvery fish, the rhythm of surf against rock. This is Odder’s world, and she adores it wholly. She is known among her kind for her daring leaps and dives, her habit of somersaulting through kelp or chasing bubbles for no reas...
From Odder
The Shark Encounter: When Curiosity Meets Consequence
Odder’s pivotal moment arrives in a rush of motion and shadow. One morning, in her endless play, she ventures farther than usual from the kelp forest—following a trail of shimmering fish. The water chills as she dives deeper, unaware that beneath her dances a different rhythm, older and hungrier. Th...
From Odder
A Gorilla Behind Glass
Each day in the Big Top Mall began and ended the same way. People stopped, peered, pointed. Children made faces, adults took pictures, and then they wandered off toward pretzels and popcorn. I was one of many attractions, the 'main event' they said—a silverback gorilla whose calm seemed almost human...
From The One and Only Ivan
The Bonds That Hold Us
Stella, elegant even in chains, carried wisdom that came from a lifetime of performing. Her stories of the circus and the roadside cages were tinted with pain, but she told them softly, never out of bitterness. Bob, on the other hand, lived free by choice, slipping in and out of my domain whenever h...
From The One and Only Ivan
About Katherine Applegate
Katherine Applegate is an American author best known for her children's and young adult books, including the Newbery Medal-winning novel 'The One and Only Ivan' and the 'Animorphs' series. Her works often feature themes of empathy, environmental awareness, and the bond between humans and animals.
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Katherine Applegate is an American author best known for her children's and young adult books, including the Newbery Medal-winning novel 'The One and Only Ivan' and the 'Animorphs' series. Her works often feature themes of empathy, environmental awareness, and the bond between humans and animals.
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