K. A. Applegate
Author of The One and Only Ivan
About the Author
Katherine Applegate was born in Michigan on July 19, 1956. She writes science fiction, young adult romances, and pop-up books. She is the author of the Making Waves, Making Out, and Roscoe Riley Rules series. She writes the Animorphs, Everworld, and Remnants series under the pen name K. A. show more Applegate. She also writes under the pen names of C. Archer, Catherine Kendall and Elizabeth Benning. She has received numerous awards including a Golden Duck Award (Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades) for The Message in 1997, the SCBWI 2008 Golden Kite Award for Best Fiction and the Bank Street 2008 Josette Frank Award for Home of the Brave, and the 2013 Newbery Medal and the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois) for The One and Only Ivan. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by K. A. Applegate
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (2014) — Author — 437 copies, 26 reviews
Tan Lines: Sand, Surf, and Secrets; Rays, Romance, and Rivalry; Beaches, Boys, and Betrayal (Summer) (2008) 122 copies, 5 reviews
Animorphs #34: The Prohpecy 28 copies
Disney's Christmas With All the Trimmings: Original Stories and Crafts from Mickey Mouse and Friends (1994) 19 copies
Newbery Award Favorite Library 8 Book Box Set : Charlotte's Web, The One and Only Ivan, Ella Enchanted, Dragonwings (2020) — Contributor — 15 copies
Ivan & Friends Paperback 2-Book Box Set: The One and Only Ivan, The One and Only Bob (2022) 9 copies
Roscoe Riley Rules 4 Books in 1!: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs; Never Swipe a Bully's Bear; Don't Swap Your… (2016) 4 copies
ANIMORPHS: MEGAMORPHS, 4 Volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4: The Andalite's Gift / In the Time of Dinosaurs / Elfangor's… (2000) 3 copies
Animorphs: The Weakness 3 copies
The Mutation/The Proposal/The Prophecy/The Conspiracy/The Illusion/The Separation (Animorphs) (2000) 2 copies
Animorphs Series (5) :#34 #35 #36 37,#38: The Other - The Mutation - The Journey - The Proposal - The Weakness - The… (2000) 2 copies
Animorphosis the attack 2 copies
All 12 Everworld: Search for Senna, Land of Loss, Enter the Enchanted, Realm of Reaper, Discover Destroyer, Fear the… (1999) 2 copies
Rubra, A Árvore dos Desejos 2 copies
Animorphs set of Books 1-30 1 copy
Animorphs The Sacrifices (Everyone has nightmares. But what happend when the nightmares are real?) (2001) 1 copy
Animorphs Boxset: The Diversion / The Ultimate / The Absolute / The Sacrifice (Animorphs, #49-52) 1 copy
Copacul dorintelor 1 copy
Book One: Ending 1 copy
Animorphs Book Set 1 copy
Ever World 1 copy
Animorphus Series 38 Titles! 1 copy
Animorphs- Trust no one 1 copy
The Animorphs series 1 copy
Animorphs: The First Journal 1 copy
Animorphs: Volumes 49 Thru 52: The Diversion / The Ultimate / The Absolute / The Sacrifice (2000) 1 copy
Animorphs Series Boxed Set 1 copy
Explore the World's of K.A. Applegate: Animorphs, 1: The Invasion, Everworlds, 1: Search for Senna, Remnants, 1: The… (2002) 1 copy
Old Moore's Horoscopes and Daily Astral Diaries: Aquarius (Old Moore's 2001 horoscope) (2000) 1 copy
Land of the Lost 1 copy
Animorphs The Message 1 copy
Tas vienintelis Aivenhas 1 copy
White Fang 1 copy
Animorphs Set 19-22 (#19 - The Departure, #20 - The Discovery, #21 - The Threat, #22 - The Solution) (1998) 1 copy
INVASION (L') (ANIMORPHS #1) 1 copy
Ivan, az egyetlen 1 copy
La primera 1 copy
Endling, The last, Book 1 1 copy
Perro y cachorro / Katherine Applegate ; ilustrado por Charlie Alder ; [traducido por Juan Crisóbal Álvarez] 1 copy, 1 review
Endling - Die Suche beginnt: Spannende Fantasy für Mädchen und Jungen ab 11 (Die Endling-Trilogie, Band 1) (2021) 1 copy
Associated Works
The One and Only Ivan [2020 film] — Original book — 3 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Applegate, Katherine Alice
- Other names
- Applegate, Katherine
Archer, C.
Benning, Elizabeth
Blair, L.E.
Kendall, Katherine
Kincaid, Beth (show all 11)
Michaels, Katherine
Plumb, A.R.
Pollari, Pat
Stephens, Nicholas
Young, Alida E - Birthdate
- 1956-07-19
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Birthplace
- Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Michigan, USA
Texas, USA
Florida, USA
Irvine, California, USA
Minnesota, USA (show all 8)
Illinois, USA
Pelago, Italy - Relationships
- Grant, Michael (husband) (4)
- Short biography
- Katherine Applegate is the author of The One and Only Ivan, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal. Her novel Crenshaw spent over twenty weeks on the New York Times children's bestseller list, and her first middle-grade stand-alone novel, the award-winning Home of the Brave, continues to be included on state reading lists, summer reading lists, and class reading lists.
Katherine has written three picture books: The Buffalo Storm; The Remarkable True Story of Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla (often used as a companion book to The One and Only Ivan for younger readers); and Sometimes You Fly (publishing in spring, 2018). For beginning readers, Katherine wrote Roscoe Riley Rules, a seven-book series.
With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote Animorphs, a long-running series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide.
Katherine lives in Marin County, California, with her family and assorted pets.
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Discussions
80s-90s preteen series fic; mismatched gal pals; tough girl Roxie or Randi w/ black spiky hair; pink in Name that Book (June 2013)
YA Science fiction novel in Name that Book (August 2010)
Reviews
3-5, Level 4
Awards/Honors: Newbery Medal
Awards/Honors: Newbery Medal
In an hour or so, once I was out of sight of land, I would lower my sails and wait for a Bug fighter to come lift me off the deck. The engine backwash of the Bug fighter would capsize the boat. Or I might put the Taxxon pilot to the test and see if he could ram the low-slung boat. That would puzzle the humans.Either way, my body would never be found...My time of lying low was over...I would spearhead the invasion of Earth. I would take charge of our greatest conquest. I would stand alone atop the Yeerk military hierarchy.I was to become Visser One.… (more)
Independent Reading Level: Grades 4-6 (ages 9-12) Guided Reading Level: T
Awards/Honors: Newbery Medal (2013)
ALA Notable Children's Book
Booklist Editors Choice
Junior Library Guild Selection
Awards/Honors: Newbery Medal (2013)
ALA Notable Children's Book
Booklist Editors Choice
Junior Library Guild Selection
Lists
Five star books (4)
READ in 2024 (1)
Newbery Adjacent (7)
Books Read in 2019 (62)
Science Fiction (1)
Favorite Series (1)
Female Author (1)
KID BOOKS (2)
Books to Chapel (3)
1990s (8)
Cats in Fiction (2)
2010s (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
Ocean Setting (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 440
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 76,290
- Popularity
- #163
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 1,412
- ISBNs
- 2,039
- Languages
- 26
- Favorited
- 40
Bob is a little fluffy chihuahua mix who got a really tough start to life when humans tossed him and his puppy siblings out the window of a truck. He survived but most of the others didn’t, except for one sister who he heard barking in the aftermath, but he wasn’t able to find her. Cold and starving, Bob eventually made his way to the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, where he found food, shelter, and a friend in Ivan. For the most part Bob stayed close to the mall, but he would frequently make treks out into the wider world in search of his sister, Boss, to no avail. When the mall was shut down by animal rights activists, Bob went to live with Julia, the little girl who often came to visit while her dad was caring for the animals at the mall. Bob is torn between liking his new life and family and still wanting to project the aura of the independent, streetwise dog he used to be. He doesn’t think he’s brave and usually just looks out for himself, but when the hurricane hits, he instinctively starts searching for those he loves: Julia, her dad, George, and mom, Sara, Ivan, and Ruby. After hearing the bark that he thinks is his sister, he goes in search of Boss, too, even risking his life to find and save those close to him. Bob is kind of a no-nonsense pragmatist, who knows first-hand what humans can be like so he doesn’t trust just anyone. He does, however, love Julia and her parents. He has a very distinctive voice that shines through, a mixture of toughness and tenderness, depending on the situation. He acts like he doesn’t care much, but proves otherwise when his friends are in danger. He also doesn’t think that he’s brave, but he exhibits that quality when he has to even if he doesn’t realize it. Bob is a very memorable dog character and I’m so glad the author gave him his own story.
I enjoyed The One and Only Bob every bit as much as the first book of the series. Katherine Applegate really has a knack for getting inside the minds of animals and bringing them to life in a way that makes me love them. She has a spare writing style that somehow manages to convey a lot in very few words. She also writes with a great deal of sensitivity and compassion for both her animal and human characters. I love how she explored the concepts of family and bravery. Bob lost his dog family, then found a new family with Ivan and Ruby, and later yet another one with Julia and her parents. He also gets the opportunity to rediscover his long-lost sister, so family takes on many forms in this book. Also Bob repeatedly says how he’s learned to only look out for himself and that he isn’t brave at all, but time after time, he shows that he has more fortitude than he thinks. Sometimes bravery is just being there for a friend during a crisis or simply doing the right thing. Through these themes, I felt the story had a positive message for the middle-schoolers at which it’s aimed, and I also felt it was fully appropriate for the age group. It does contain some difficult topics like animal abuse, loss and grief, but IMHO, they’re handled in an age-appropriate way. There’s also some suspense caused by the hurricane putting lives in danger, but nothing too graphic or intense that older kids couldn’t handle. Overall, The One and Only Bob was another heartwarming story from the fertile mind of Katherine Applegate that has made it onto my keeper shelf and earned her a spot as a new favorite author. I can’t wait to continue the series.… (more)