Hurt go happy

By Ginny Rorby

Subjects: 2009 GRADES 6, 2008, Human-animal relationships, Chimpanzees, SSYRA, Fiction, 8., American Sign Language, Deaf, Juvenile fiction, Deaf children, Sign language

Description: When thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his chimpanzee Sukari, who use sign language, her world blooms with possibilities but that of the chimp begins to narrow.