This was torey hayden s first book, and after reading many more of hers, ive realized a trend that is everpresent especially in one child. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hayden not only describes all her triumphs with sheila, but all her failures, making her writing extremely human. He was a frightened boy who refused to speak until a teachers love broke through the silence torey hayden. Sheila came into torey hayden s class for special children at the age of 6 after having tied a 3yearold child to a tree and critically burned him.
The story of a child trapped in silence and the teacher who refused to give up on her torey hayden ebook. Child by torey hayden, 9780007199051, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. While i loved what torey does with these kids and she is a special person,all the while reading the book was thinking is this all the social services could do for a seriously abused kid and the corporal punishment at the school. In tigers eye, a follow up book written years later, torey finds sheila as a teen and we see whats happened since and the limitations of hayden s ability to help sheila. One child is torey hayden s story of her attempt to tap the unbelievable capacity of this tortured child. Torey fought to reach sheila, to bring the abused child back from her secret nightmare, because beneath the rage, torey saw in sheila the spark of genius. One child kindle edition by hayden, torey l health. The book was written 38 years ago,i read the 2004 addition,hopefully things have changed today. Daniels949 my child s different by elaine halligan731 be different by john elder robison709 aspergirls by rudy simone648 somebody elses kids by torey hayden 636 asperger syndrome autism spectrum disorder and longterm relationships by ashley. Sixyearold sheila never spoke, she never cried, and her eyes were filled with hate.
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