The Tiger's Child
What ever became of Sheila?When special-education teacher Torey Haydenwrote her first book One Child almost twodecades ago, she created an internationalbestseller. Her intensely moving true story ofSheila, a silent, profoundly disturbed littlesix-year-old girl touched millions. From everycorner...
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What ever became of Sheila?When special-education teacher Torey Haydenwrote her first book One Child almost twodecades ago, she created an internationalbestseller. Her intensely moving true story ofSheila, a silent, profoundly disturbed littlesix-year-old girl touched millions. From everycorner of the world came letters from readerswanting to know more about the troubled childwho had come into Torey Hayden's class as a"hopeless case," and emerged as the very symbolof eternal hope within the human spirit.Now, for all those who have never forgotten thisendearing child and her remarkable relationshipwith her teacher, here is the surprising story ofSheila, the young woman.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380725441 (0380725444)
Publish date: July 30th 2002
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Very interesting to read this follow-up to "One Child" and hear what later became of Sheila. I found the idea fascinating that Torey might actually have done as much harm as good in her way of treating Sheila back when she was 6. I can totally see both how Sheila (and her dad) might have seen it tha...
I am glad that Hayden wrote a follow up to One Child. The lack of storybook finesse really hit home, and it exposed child abuse and neglect for what it really is: No magic spell or fairy Godmother corrects the damage of a deprived childhood. This series is a must for any and all educators!