Ride High Pineapple

<p><em>Ride High Pineapple is a raw honest story filled with courage and hope. </em></p><p><strong>In Ride High Pineapple </strong>Isabella Burgess a thirteen-year-old girl is hiding a secret about her face which is eating her up inside. She makes the decision to reveal her secret during English. Issy prays that this will stop Tia who she has nicknamed The Beast from calling her cruel names such as ‘Fish Face’ and ‘Googly Eyes’. It doesn't work and Issy must find another way. </p><p>Apart from having a face that is different Issy is like many other teenagers. She experiences friendship ups and downs a secret crush and bouts of anxiety. Issy is also great at drawing and skateboarding.</p><p>Written as a raw truthful journal follow Issy in Ride High Pineapple to find out how she uses the analogy of a pineapple her friends and her skateboarding to overcome the adversities in her life. Find out how Issy rides high!</p><p><strong>Like RJ Palacio's book Wonder Ride High Pineapple also promotes 'Choose Kind'. </strong></p><p>The Australian author Jenny Woolsey was born with a craniofacial syndrome - Crouzon syndrome. Two of her children also have the syndrome. Jenny has written this book from her heart. The characters are fictitious but Issy is a combination of herself and her daughter.</p><p><strong>Ride High </strong><strong>Pinapple</strong><strong> is endorsed by </strong><strong>ccakids</strong><strong> and the foreword was written by  Erica Mossholder at www.ccakids.org</strong></p><p><strong>You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll get mad. You'll smile.</strong></p>