| Icy is a young, orphaned girl growing up in the rural mountains of Kentucky. Throughout the book, she lives in her grandparents' house with a puzzling disease understood by no one. Icy suffers from an evil teacher, a brief period in an insane asylum and a failed love. However, she is helped by her ever-loving grandparents, a morbidly obese woman, a kind principal and an aide at the hospital. The author uses a startling realistic approach when writing from Icy's lonely point of view, for she suffered from epilepsy as a child. In “Icy Sparks”, Gwyn Hyman Rubio uses plot and style to convey the theme that overcoming hardships can lead to accepting yourself.
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Age group of kid(s) in story: - grade school Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - mental illness Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Unusual characteristics: Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - a teen Profession/status: Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 () Writing Style Lot of foul language? Yes |
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