K.A. Applegate wins the 2012 Newbery Award for The One and Only Ivan!

[anijen21]

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How cool is that? Does anyone else feel weirdly validated but also wrong for feeling that way for some reason?

Also has anyone else read The One and Only Ivan? What did you guys think?

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[frenchroast]

That's awesome! It's about time she got some recognition.

I haven't read it, but I remember wanting to at some point. *adds to ever-growing list of books to read*

[suzanami]

I've been following her on Twitter so I know she's been working hard on researching/writing/promoting this book, so this is really exciting! <3

[tygerwulfe]

I read it - I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. It has a nice bit of humor, and quite a lot of emotion in it. The juxtaposition between the human world and the world as Ivan understands it is also very interesting.

But then again, we all knew she was good at getting into animal's minds.

[legendarytobes]

Yay!

[ltgmars]

So proud! A friend of mine (who knows I love KAA) told me the news as soon as it broke. I'm going to read this guy now!