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Hurt Go Happy

Hurt Go Happy - Paperback

by Ginny Rorby
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ginny RorbyAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2016-01-12Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tor TeenISBN-13:9780765379375ISBN-10:765379376UPC:9780765379375Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Disabilities, Animals, Social ThemesSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC0R4ZSGK7

Hurt Go Happy is a captivating novel for young readers by beloved author Ginny Rorby. The Schneider Family Book Award-winning novel is inspired by the true story of a chimpanzee raised as a human.

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her and often fails.

Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. Her new friends use sign language to communicate, and Joey secretly begins to learn to sign. Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, Joey has never been happier. But as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, Charlie's and Sukari's choices begin to narrow--until Sukari's very survival is in doubt.

Hurt Go Happy is the unforgettable story of one girl's determination to save the life of a fellow creature--one who has the ability to ask for help.

Hurt Go Happy is the winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. It's also an International Literacy Association Teachers' Choices selection, a Book Sense Children's Pick, a KLIATT Editor's Choice: Best of the Year's Hardcover YA Fiction selection, and a New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age" selection.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tor TeenISBN-13:9780765379375ISBN-10:765379376UPC:9780765379375Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Disabilities, Animals, Social ThemesSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC0R4ZSGK7
GINNY RORBY was raised in Winter Park, Florida, and lived in Miami during her career as a Pan American flight attendant. Midway through that career, she enrolled in the University of Miami to pursue an undergraduate degree in biology, graduated and changed direction again. She went on to receive an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. She now lives on the chilly coast of northern California with her parrot and way too many cats. Ginny Rorby is co-director of the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference.
Publisher: Tor Teen

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