3.5 stars rounded to 4 stars. Thought provoking but somewhat repetitive on the issues addressed. I would think this would be appropriate for a tween. First book I've ever read that character has Tourette syndrome so that was interesting.

I kept thinking this book leading up to something to make it great. Maybe Icy would turn into a frog, or mabye there was a past trauma leading to her ticks. Would something bad happen to Miss Emily due to her immense weight (which is mentioned every single time she is in the story). No, nothing happens.

My main isses: The story seemed pointless. The middle section didn't fit. The ending was frustrating. It seemed to say "Just find God and all of your problems are solved!"

Good concept, bad execution. Couldn't care about any of the characters. DNF.

And someone owes the entire state of Kentucky a deep apology for the rendering of their dialect in this thing. I've lived in Kentucky; the overblown caricature dialect in this thing makes the most backwater bluegrass hillbilly sound like an Oxford scholar. I was insulted for KY natives because of it.