Rorby, Ginny <br/><br/>
Hurt Go Happy. 

 - New York, NY :  Tom Doherty Associates,  2006. 
 - 267 
<br/><br/> Joey Willis is used to being lift out of conversations.  Though she's been deaf since the age of six, her mother has never allowed Joey to learn sign language.  Everything changes when Joey meets D. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari.  Her new friends use sign language to communicate, and Joey secretly begins to learn to sign.  Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, she has never been happier.  But as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, Charlie and Sukarie's choices begin to narrow - until Kukari's very survival is in doubt.  Inspired by the true story of a chimpanzee raised as a human child, Hurt Go Happy is the unforgettable story of one girl's determination to save the life of a fellow creature - one who shares 98 percent of our DNA, and who has the ability to communicate with us. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-765-35304-7 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sign Language - Juvenile Fiction<br/>Chimpanzee - Juvenile Fiction