Rubio, Gwyn Hyman.

Icy Sparks / Gwyn Hyman Rubio. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1999. - x, 308 p. ; 21 cm.

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.

ISBN: 0142000205 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tourette syndrome--Patients--Fiction.
Grandparents as parents--Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kentucky--Fiction.