Hurt Go Happy

Name: Hurt Go Happy
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Ginny Rorby
ISBN: 9781441775979

Author: Ginny Rorby

Narrator: Emily Bauer

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/03/2011

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Thirteenyearold Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though shes been deaf since the age of six, Joeys mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her, but 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 learning to sign. Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, Joey has never been happier. She even starts making friends at school for the first time. But as Joeys world blooms with possibilities, Charlie and Sukaris choices begin to narrowuntil Sukaris very survival is in doubt.

About Ginny Rorby

Ginny Rorby holds undergraduate degrees in biology and English from the University of Miami and an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University. Her young adult novel, Dolphin Sky, was nominated for the Keystone to Reading Book Award. She is also director of the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association. She lives in Fort Bragg, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leela

I began and finished this book in one day. It is one of the only books to ever move me to tears, right up there with Black Beauty and the Sixth Harry Potter Book. I strongly recomend this book for anyone with a big heart. Im not going to spoil the book by trying to explain the plot; its not that eas......more

Goodreads review by Emma

Hurt Go Happy is one of the best (and yet largely unheard of) books I have read recently. It covers many issues that we face in this society: how to treat disabled children, animal cruelty, and domestic violence. As a hard of hearing person myself, I could relate extremely well with Joey's experienc......more

Goodreads review by Emily

Why I picked it up: I saw it listed as a read-alike on The Hub but had never heard of it, and I am generally drawn to stories with deaf characters. When the story starts, Joey is thirteen. She meets an older neighbor, Charlie, who knows sign language because his parents were both deaf. Charlie has a......more