Kate Miller
1) Icy Sparks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Rural Kentucky in the 1950's is not an easy place to grow up, and it's especially hard for ten-year-old Icy Sparks, an orphan who lives with her grandparents. Life becomes even more difficult when she develops Tourette's syndrome. Narrated by a now-grown Icy, this novel offers warmth and humor as it recounts a young girl's painful and poignant journey to womanhood.
Description
Boo!: On Halloween night, Dora and Boots need your help to find their way through a pumpkin patch. The missing piece: The wizard in Dora's puzzle is missing his magic wand puzzle piece. To the monkey bars: Dora wants to climb the monkey bars at Play Park. The big storm: A big storm cloud is coming, so Dora and Boot have to get themselves and her friends home in time. Learning skills include: Spanish language skills; visual/spatial skills; kinesthetic...
3) Icy sparks
Author
Pub. Date
c2001, 2007
Description
The sad, funny, transcendent story of a young girl growing up in Appalachia with Tourette's syndrome.