A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana is a 2001 memoir by Haven Kimmel. The book recalls Haven's ("Zippy's") childhood in a small Indiana town and the people she lived with. Her mother is a bookworm, her father a gambler, her intense older brother and her unenthused sister. Zippy has adventures with her friends and neighbors, often revolving around animals: she saves a pig, raises a chicken and rescues her cat.
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