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Now a Scholastic Bookfair selection chosen as one of the Top 100 books to "read and share" by the New York Public Library system.
Hurt Go Happy
“Hurt Go, Happy” is American Sign Language for “the pain has ended.” Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she’s been deaf since the age of six, her mother forbids her to use sign language, insisting instead that she work harder to read lips.
While mushroom-hunting one day, she meets Dr. Charles Mansell, who has recently returned from Africa with Sukari, a baby chimpanzee. Charlie’s parents were deaf, and he and Sukari communicate using sign language. Joey secretly begins to learn to sign. Visits with Charlie and Sukari will be the happiest of Joey’s life, but ultimately, as her choices broaden, Charlie’s and Sukari’s begin to narrow until Sukari’s very survival is in doubt.
Inspired by the true story of Lucy Temerlin, a chimpanzee raised as a human child, and the culmination of ten years of research, Hurt Go, Happy is the heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story of one girl's determination to save the life of a fellow creature-one who shares ninety-eight percent of our DNA and the ability to communicate her pain.
Click to Read a Note From The Author.
Click To Read About Dolphin Sky
“Hurt Go, Happy” is American Sign Language for “the pain has ended.” Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she’s been deaf since the age of six, her mother forbids her to use sign language, insisting instead that she work harder to read lips.
While mushroom-hunting one day, she meets Dr. Charles Mansell, who has recently returned from Africa with Sukari, a baby chimpanzee. Charlie’s parents were deaf, and he and Sukari communicate using sign language. Joey secretly begins to learn to sign. Visits with Charlie and Sukari will be the happiest of Joey’s life, but ultimately, as her choices broaden, Charlie’s and Sukari’s begin to narrow until Sukari’s very survival is in doubt.
Inspired by the true story of Lucy Temerlin, a chimpanzee raised as a human child, and the culmination of ten years of research, Hurt Go, Happy is the heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story of one girl's determination to save the life of a fellow creature-one who shares ninety-eight percent of our DNA and the ability to communicate her pain.
Click to Read a Note From The Author.
Click To Read About Dolphin Sky