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Amy Ackley

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Young Adult

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August 2010

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Amy Ackley is a mother of three whose career has run the gamut from public administration to labor relations for top automakers. A storyteller since childhood, Ackley left home at the age of sixteen and the need to support herself caused her to abandon writing fiction for many years. She picked up a pen again after her first child was born, and she began writing Sign Language seven years ago. Drawn from her personal experiences with losing friends and family members to cancer, Sign Language is the story of a teenaged girl whose father's battle with cancer sends her into an emotional tailspin from which she is determined to recover. ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 633 ratings · 117 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sign Language really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	H.A.C.K. The Story of a Classroom Reborn by Eric Kellerer, Amy Ackley (Goodreads Author), Gregg Russell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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Quotes by Amy Ackley (?)

“The Earth never stops spinning, Abby, no matter how fast you run in the opposite direction.”
― Amy Ackley, Sign Language

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“Spence, who had seen Abby at her worst, would most appreciate her at her best.”
― Amy Ackley, Sign Language

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What should our Member's Pick BOTM for July 2020 be?

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

12 votes, 54.5%

To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) by Jenny Han

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

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Warcross by Marie Lu

2 votes, 9.1%

Sign Language by Amy Ackley

1 vote, 4.5%

22 total votes

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“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.”
― Albert Einstein

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