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Book Review of Icy Sparks

Icy Sparks
Icy Sparks
Author: Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4


This books is set in rural Kentucky in the 50's and is about a ten year old girl, Icy Sparks. She is an orphan who lives with her grandparents and has Toerette's Syndrome (spelling?) where one has the uncontrollable urge to curse aloud. Her childhood is filled with shame and humiliation...but Icy finds solace in Miss Emily, an obese woman who is also an outkast.

This is an unforgetable book overspilling with hope, the imperfections we all live with. I love books that are in the Southern female voice...this book will not disappoint!