{"product_id":"a-girl-named-zippy-haven-kimmel-9780767915052","title":"A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir about growing up in small-town Indiana, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Solace of Leaving Early. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed \"Zippy\" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period-people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zippy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haven Kimmel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0767915054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767915052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e68826 \/ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 1695","brand":"Haven Kimmel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059679654143,"sku":"9780767915052","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22ff8ae5-44ec-46fe-8507-6bc7a118228a.jpg?v=1685059688","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-girl-named-zippy-haven-kimmel-9780767915052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}