false <![CDATA[Icy Sparks]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1163789139m/3476.jpg 3476 18 In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Cape Ann, a funny, sad, wise, and redeeming first novel about a young girl's battle with a troubling affliction. Rural Kentucky in the 1950s is not an easy place to grow up in, and it's especially hard for 10-year-old Icy Sparks, an orphan who lives with her grandparents. Life becomes even more difficult for Icy when the violent tics and uncontrollable cursing begin. Icy's adolescence is marred by the humiliation brought on by her mysterious condition, and its all-too-visible symptoms are the source of endless hilarity as everyone around her offers an opinion about what's troubling the girl. Eventually, Icy finds solace in the company of an obese woman who knows what it's like to be an outcast in this tightly knit Appalachian community. Narrated by a now-grown Icy, this first novel shimmers with warmth and humor as it recounts a young girl's painful and poignant journey to womanhood--and the many lives she touches and enriches along the way. 1004778 1998 Icy Sparks total:3229|5:383|4:1087|3:1240|2:392|1:127| 3229 10894 4162 341 4 3 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 29 13:41:53 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:24:35 -0700 2007
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Sometimes when I come to the end of a good book I feel a little sad because I've enjoyed the story so much and now it's come to an end. That's how I felt when I closed the book on Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio. I'd picked up the book because it was one of Oprah's selections and the book...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Sep 02 11:26:25 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 11:31:20 -0700 2007
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even with icy's "episodes" it was a lot of nothing tha...more...]]> 3 2 true false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 08:36:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 09:16:30 -0700 2008
The book is divided into three parts. The first part was kind of painful because it shows her at 10 years old first beginning to manifest Tourette's, and becoming an ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:17:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 19:30:25 -0700 2009 couldn't finish more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jun 25 21:55:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 14:52:48 -0700 2009 1
Icy was an interesting character to read, very likable in that innocent young child sort of way, and her family was also an interesting character study. The story was classic...more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Oct 01 18:23:16 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 17:08:59 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 18:14:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:50:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:58:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Dec 14 20:52:58 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 21:01:50 -0800 2008 3
Little Icy finds comfort ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:08:50 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 06:27:14 -0800 2009
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