Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio is a wonderful novel about ten year old Icy growing up in rural Kentucky in the 50’s with her grandparents. Icy starts exhibiting signs of Tourette’s Syndrome after her tenth birthday, but this goes undiagnosed until she is an adult.

What follows is a beautifully written story of how Icy deals with this. At turns sad, funny, honest; Icy is one of the best characters I’ve come across in a long time. A great read.