308 pages
English language
Published Jan. 10, 1999 by Penguin Books.
Icy Sparks
4 stars
(1 review)
At the age of ten, an Appalachian girl develops croaks, jerks and spasms, which leads to her explusion from school. After treatment--she has Tourette's syndrome--she learns to control herself, attends college and there is a happy ending.
Subjects
- Tourette syndrome -- Patients -- Fiction.
- Grandparents as parents -- Fiction.
- Orphans -- Fiction.
- Girls -- Fiction.
- Kentucky -- Fiction.