Icy Sparks

A New York Times Notable Book and the March 2001 selection of Oprah's Book Club ! Icy Sparks is the sad, funny and transcendent tale of a young girl growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky during the 1950's. Gwyn Hyman Rubio 's beautifully written first novel revolves around Icy Sparks, an unforgett able heroine in the tradition of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird or Will Tre ed in Cold Sassy Tree. At the age of ten, Icy, a bright, curious child orph aned as a baby but raised by adoring grandparents, begins to have strange e xperiences. Try as she might, her "secrets"--verbal croaks, groans, and phy sical spasms--keep afflicting her. As an adult, she will find out she has T ourette's Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, but for years her behavio r is the source of mystery, confusion, and deep humiliation. Narrated by a grown up Icy, the book chronicles a difficult, but ultimately hilarious and heartwarming journey, from her first spasms to her self-acce ptance as a young woman. Curious about life beyond the hills, talented, and energetic, Icy learns to cut through all barriers--physical, mental, and s piritual--in order to find community and acceptance. Along her journey, Icy faces the jeers of her classmates as well as the malevolence of her often-ignorant teachers--including Mrs. Stilton, one of the most evil fourth grade teachers ever created by a writer. Called willful by her teachers and "Frog Child" by her schoolmates, she is exiled from the schoolroom and sent to a children's asylum where it is hoped that the roots of her mysterious behavior can be discovered. Here Icy learns about difference--her own and those.

Product Info

ISBN: 0142000205

ISBN-13: 9780142000205

Publisher: Penguin Books

Year: 2001

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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