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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. Ginny is the author 6 novels for Middle Grade and Young Adults readers: Freeing Finch, How to Speak Dolphin, Lost in the River of Grass, winner of the 2012 / 2013 Sunshine State Young Readers Award; ...more

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	Hurt Go Happy 4.27 avg rating — 2,671 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Speak Dolphin 4.16 avg rating — 1,541 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in the River of Grass 3.89 avg rating — 1,578 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outside of a Horse 4.31 avg rating — 1,055 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like Dust, I Rise 4.65 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freeing Finch 3.91 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dolphin Sky 3.79 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Day I Quit Smoking

For forty-plus years I’ve told the story of how in a single day I quit smoking after doing so for 25 years, two packs a day. I received four injections. This, of course, begs the question, injections of what? That I couldn’t answer.

Both my parents were smokers, so I actually had my first cigarette when I was nine, but got seriously hooked in high school. On December 4, 1979, the day I quit, I’d

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Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

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Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea

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The Scenic Route

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“This is life, Kelsey, and all of life is our biological kin.” Hobbes studies her face. “At least while you are here, consider every living thing family.”
― Ginny Rorby, Girl Under Glass

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Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

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Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

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Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

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Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby

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Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer

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Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements

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“If the book will be too difficult for grownups, then you write it for children.”
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