Icy Sparks (Oprah's Book Club) by Gwyn Hyman Rubio Paperback Book

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Author: Gwyn Hyman Rubio

Format: Paperback, Abridged-CD

Publisher: Penguin USA

Published: Mar 2001

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $17.00

Pages: 308

Synopsis

Set in 1956, this is the story of Icy, a 10-year-old girl with Tourette's syndrome who has been raised in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky by her grandparents. She does her best to hide the jerks and spasms brought on by her disorder, but the other kids call her the

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Reviews

BookLender review by Nicole on 2007-11-05 01:21:17

too cool, really enjoyed it, feels like youre there watching the events take place