Hurt+Go+Happy+by+Ginny+Rorby

 This book is about a young deaf girl named Joey Willis who got used to being left out of conversations. Her mother forces her to read the lips of others and thinks that learning sign language is a waste of time. Joey often fails but everything changes when she meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. They both help and teach Joey how to secretly learn sign language. As Joey begins to feel more self-efficient, Charlie and Sukari’s life begins to slip away.  My favorite part of the entire book was when Dr. Charles Mansell gave Joey a book of how to sign. //The Joy of Signing// was the book’s title. When Joey received the book from him she felt so relieved and very jubilant. I imagined that all of her wishes came true at that moment. When reading this part of the book it made me feel very emotional inside because I pictured this section of the book clearly.  This book was heart-warming and touching at the same time. It made me think of how hard it can be living with a disability. I recommend this book to animal lovers because it gave a relationship between a girl who was struggling in the beginning and later had a connection with a chimpanzee that gave her comfort and the ability to learn sign language. 