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A Girl Named Zippy

A Girl Named Zippy
Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana
by Haven Kimmel
Hardcover: Mar 2001,
240 pages.
Paperback: May 2002,
240 pages.

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Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by Lily
This was an exceptionally good book. Although I don't usually laugh to myself while reading...this book caused me to do so. You'll find yourself laughing aloud and buzzing through the pages. Almost every chapter is easy to relate to your own life. I would recommend this book to most everyone, so sit back and enjoy this great read.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Conni C.
I loved this book. A must read.

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Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Zippy is also my nickname
I was drawn to this book because my nickname is also Zippy. My basketball coaches gave me the name Zipppy because i was fast and energenic. I have not yet read this book but look foward to reading it. It looks marvelous. ~Zippy

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by xntrik78
a book everyone should read... it's excellent!

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Sarahbethers
This has to be one of the better books I have read in years. I work 2 full-time jobs and am in graduate school and (unfortunately) I could not put it down. It was charming and witty. I can remember having similar thought to Zip when I was a little girl growing up big in Jeffersonville, Indiana! I look forward to much more and to having more time to read them personally.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by samaree
I always say don't write a biography if nothing happens to you. Well, nothing earth shattering or cataclysmal happens to Haven, nicknamed Zippy by her father for her frenetic personality. In 1965 when she's born in her hometown of Mooreland, Indiana the town has a population of 300 and stays that way for many decades. Zippy's mother is always reading from her stacks of books and her father is always fishing, working or whatever he does during the day. So Zippy spends her early years riding her bicycle and spending time with her friends. Her father pulls an incredible stunt to prove to his next door neighbor that his own two dogs are very quiet. This book is funny, sad and immensely readable and I look forward to more of this author's work. A memoir of her teens, perhaps?
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