Applegate won the Newbery Medal in 2013 for "The One and Only Ivan", a novel written from the viewpoint of a gorilla living in a glass cage in a shopping mall.
Applegate won the 2013 Newbery Medal for "The One and Only Ivan", illustrated by Patricia Castelao and published by HarperCollins. The story is written from the viewpoint of a gorilla living in a glass cage in a shopping mall.