September's Featured Book
A Girl Named Zippy, a memoir by Haven Kimmel.
Book Summary
When 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.
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Links of Interest
Read an interview with Haven Kimmel about A Girl Named Zippy.
Read HighBridge’s interview with Kimmel to find out more about her audio book.
John Valentine from Independent Weekly interviews Kimmel.
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Reading Guide
Discussion questions for A Girl Named Zippy can be found here.
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The Calvin College Campus Store is the official retailer for Festival 2008. You can buy A Girl Named Zippy for a great price either through their website or in the store. When you buy through the Campus Store, a portion of all sales go to support the Festival of Faith and Writing.