Hurt Go Happy 네가 있어 행복했어 - Ginny Rorby 홍한별

Hurt Go Happy 네가 있어 행복했어 - Ginny Rorby 홍한별

 

 

“Hurt Go, Happy” is American Sign Language for “the pain has ended.” Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she’s been deaf since the age of six, her mother forbids her to use sign language, insisting instead that she work harder to read lips.

While mushroom-hunting one day, she meets Dr. Charles Mansell, who has recently returned from Africa with Sukari, a baby chimpanzee. Charlie’s parents were deaf, and he and Sukari communicate using sign language. Joey secretly begins to learn to sign. Visits with Charlie and Sukari will be the happiest of Joey’s life, but ultimately, as her choices broaden, Charlie’s and Sukari’s begin to narrow until Sukari’s very survival is in doubt.

Inspired by the true story of Lucy Temerlin, a chimpanzee raised as a human child, and the culmination of ten years of research, Hurt Go, Happy is the heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story of one girl's determination to save the life of a fellow creature-one who shares ninety-eight percent of our DNA and the ability to communicate her pain.

 

 

 

 

About Ginny Rorby

Ginny Rorby was raised in Winter Park, Florida, and lived in Miami during her career as a Pan American flight attendant. Midway through that career, she enrolled in the University of Miami to pursue an undergraduate degree in biology, graduated and changed direction again. She went on to receive an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. Her goal, after wrapping up her flying career and her graduate studies, was to move someplace where she would never be hot again. She now lives on the chilly coast of northern California with her twenty-five- year-old parrot and way too many cats. Her young adult novel, Dolphin Sky, was nominated for the Keystone Reading Award. Ginny has been co-director of the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference for the last eight years and continues on the committee of this 17 year-old institution as director emeritus.

 

 

 

 

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From the Publisher

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she’s been deaf since the age of six, Joey’s mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her, but often fails.

Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. 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, Joey has never been happier. She even starts making friends at school for the first time. But as Joey’s world blooms with possibilities, Charlie’s and Sukari’s choices begin to narrow—until Sukari’s very survival is in doubt.

From The Critics

VOYA

Joey Willis has been deaf since the age of seven. Her mother, Ruth, has not allowed her to learn sign language, so Joey relies on lip-reading to understand others, with limited success. A chance encounter with Sukari, a young chimpanzee, and Charlie, the scientist who taught the chimp to use sign language, opens a whole new world for Joey, eventually giving her the strength to defy her mother and defend everything she holds dear. It has been ten years since Rorby's first well-received novel about young people and animals, Dolphin Sky (Putnam, 1996/VOYA June 1996), and her second effort is certainly worth the wait. This unusual and emotional story will intrigue animal lovers and those looking for a gripping family drama. The characters are well crafted, and Joey and Charlie are especially convincing. Because of the compassion readers will have for Joey, they are sure to share her outrage and helplessness in the face of the decisions her mother makes. Younger readers, however, might have trouble fully understanding why Ruth is so resistant to Joey learning sign language. When Joey does begin signing, it seems almost too easy, as she is able to communicate with Sukari quite soon. For the most part, however, the novel is beautifully written and believable. A disturbing scene at an animal testing facility and the real stories that inspired the book could distress sensitive readers, although the information adds to the emotional impact of the story. It is a thought-provoking addition for school and public library collections.

 

KLIATT - Claire Rosser

This has the potential to be a classic animal story with wide appeal. It is a heartbreaker, based on the true story of Lucy, a chimpanzee raised in a loving human family, who communicated using sign language. Rorby has created a fictional story of Sukari, a young chimpanzee raised by an elderly doctor, befriended by a young deaf girl named Joey. Sukari speaks sign and behaves like a curious, mischievous three-year-old human child. She gets along well with Luke, Joey's toddler brother. When the elderly doctor dies, Sukari's life changes drastically, and her plight tells us about the plight of other chimpanzees like her, housed in cages, used for research. Joey's story is also powerful. We learn eventually that her deafness was caused by her father's violence toward her when she was much younger. She is able to speak, but struggles to read lips and essentially is cut off from most friendships. Her mother refuses to allow her to learn sign language, because she feels this only announces to the world that Joey is handicapped. The doctor's estate, however, allows Joey to leave home to live in a boarding school for the deaf and to eventually attend Gallaudet College. The abuse Joey endured is echoed in the abuse Sukari faces, and gives Joey the strength to fight for a better life for Sukari. Rorby successfully gets to the core of a moving animal-human relationship; she conveys how sign language can liberate those unable to speak or hear; she horrifies us with the reality of abuse of children and abuse of helpless animals. KLIATT Codes: JSA*—Exceptional book, recommended for junior and senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2006, Tor, Starscape, 267p., Ages 12 toadult.

 

School Library Journal

Gr 6-9-Joey Willis is deaf, and her mother won't allow her to learn American Sign Language. Her isolated existence is turned upside down, however, when she meets her elderly neighbor, Dr. Charles Mansell, and his sign-language-using chimpanzee, Sukari. Against her mother's wishes, Joey begins to learn to sign, and Charlie, whose parents were deaf, opens her eyes to a future filled with possibilities. When he dies, Sukari's fate is left in Joey's hands. Rorby has clearly done her research. From the dialogue gaps that allow youngsters to share the frustration even a skilled lip reader feels, to a brutal scene in a chimp-filled research facility, the wealth of details support but, unfortunately, often overwhelm the story. The tale is so dense that many plot threads are abruptly abandoned, and the narrative skips ahead at random intervals. Laden with issues-parent-child relationships, the treatment of research animals, and child abuse (Joey's deafness is the result of a beating by her father)-the book often gets bogged down in its own seriousness. However, the writing shines when Rorby focuses on what is obviously her true passion: Sukari and the fate of chimpanzees like her.-Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD

 

 

 

 

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What is ASL?

ASL is an acronym for American Sign Language. In ASL, the hands communicate by forming signs. These signs have meaning just like spoken words in English have meaning. When you learn to sign in ASL, you are learning a new way to say things. Learning ASL also means learning how to express yourself using your eyes, face, head movements, and body movements. Along with the hands, these features make ASL an exciting language to learn and use.

Who uses ASL?

It is the language used by Deaf people living in the United States and in Canada. It is used in schools, the community, and the workplace. Many Hearing people use it too.

10 reasons why you should learn ASL

1. It is one of the fastest growing languages of study in the United States.
2. Over 1,000,000 Deaf and Hearing people use it.
3. It is the third most common language used in the United States behind English and Spanish.
4. It helps many Hearing parents learn to communicate with their Deaf children.
5. It can help people get jobs in the service industry.
6. Learning ASL introduces you to the Deaf community and its rich cultural experiences.
7. Learning ASL helps people gain an appreciation for language.
8. Many people say that ASL is a lot more fun to learn than other foreign languages.
9. You can teach it to your baby. Babies can learn to sign before they can learn to speak.
10. It can help people with limited verbal skills develop their communication skills.

10 more reasons to learn ASL

1. To have private discussions in public places.
2. To talk to your child without others hearing.
3. To discuss your evening plans at the dinner table without your parents overhearing.
4. To carry on a conversation with a friend across a noisy room.
5. To coach a talented child while he or she is out on the field playing soccer, without letting the coach know of your help. (Also useful in any other sport where you know more than the coach.)
6. To have a wild yet silent discussion with a friend during a movie, opera, or at the symphony.
7. To make plans for after-school fun without interrupting your teacher's monologue on the movement of ocean currents.
8. Signing is more subtle than kicking someone under the table.
9. Using ASL exercises a different side of the brain.
10. To send your love to someone across the room.
    

 

 

 

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