About this title: Sheila was a deeply disturbed six year-old when she came into Torey Hayden's life - a story poignantly chronicled in the author's ONE CHILD. Over the course of five remarkable months, the dedicated special-education teacher profoundly touched the life of this abandoned, abused little girl. Then Hayden lost touch with the child she had helped to free from a hellish inner prison of rage and silence. But seven years later, Sheila was back, now a gangly teenager with bright orange hair - no longer broken and lost, but still troubled and searching for answers. A story of dedication and caring ...
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Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon, New York, N.y.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780380725441ISBN:0380725444
Description: Very Good. Book is in great condition, one very faint crease down the spine, spine is nice and straight, no curve. rest of book is in great shape. bookseller inventory # 987. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780380725441ISBN:0380725444
Description: Very Good. 0380725444. Pb, light wear/soil, crease at spine; 12mo 7"-7½" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Element
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780007848805ISBN:0007848803
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Element
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780007206971ISBN:0007206976
Description: Good. Biography. Paperback. good condition, some spine creasing. In her second Sunday Times b estseller, Torey Hayden tells the story of a gifted, troubled child and the teacher who refused to give up on her. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Date Published: 1995
Description: Good. B000KD08YU jacket is worn with a small tear in it, book has been stamped on pages edges, part of the cover page has been cut out there is writting on the other part of cover page. read more
Description: Acceptable. Stained ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Element
Date Published: 05/06/2005
ISBN-13:9780007848805ISBN:0007848803
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Element
Date Published: 05/06/2005
ISBN-13:9780007848805ISBN:0007848803
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Element
Date Published: 05/06/2005
ISBN-13:9780007848805ISBN:0007848803
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780380725441ISBN:0380725444
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"I have enjoyed all of Hayden's books about the troubled children she has taught. Maybe because I have no patience for less than brilliant children well behaved children or for myself as I loose brain cells, I am glad to know that there are people in this world who love to and are good at tolerating and healing injured souls."
"One in a series in which Hayden recalls her work as a teacher and therapist for psychologically disturbed children. In this particular book, she reconnects with Sheila, a six-year-old girl she worked with in a previous book who was prone to violent rages and elective mutism. Sheila is a teenager now, and by tracking the course of her life this book squarely confronts some of the difficulties inherent in the 1-year school approach, and in Hayden's books themselves. It's incredibly meta-analytical (Hayden gives Sheila a pre-publication copy of the previous book about her, and they discuss the different ways they remember things and personal motivations). Clever, complicated, self-reflective, a little rueful."
"I liked this book a lot because it shows a lot of Tory Hayden's vulnerabilities that you don't see in One Child. The story is sad but real, and in the end it seems Sheila turned out ok. At least she was not on drugs or homeless, and she seemed to have an incredibly strong sense of independence for someone her age, so it leaves you hopeful that everything works out for her."
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