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Somebody Else's Kids
by Torey L. Hayden

Published: 1982-08-01
Mass Market Paperback : 333 pages
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"Were all just somebody else's kids..."

A small seven-year-old boy who couldn't speak except to repeat weather forecasts and other people's words...A beautiful little girl of seven who had been brain damaged by terrible parental beatings and was so ashamed because she couldn't learn to ...

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"Were all just somebody else's kids..."

A small seven-year-old boy who couldn't speak except to repeat weather forecasts and other people's words...A beautiful little girl of seven who had been brain damaged by terrible parental beatings and was so ashamed because she couldn't learn to read...A violently angry ten-year-old who had seen his stepmother murder his father and had been sent from one foster home to another ...A shy twelve-year-old from a Catholic school which put her out when she became pregnant...

"What do we matter?"
"Why do you care?"

They were four problem children-put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together, with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else.

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  "An especially good read for teachers and for parents too."by Karen H. (see profile) 11/20/07

Remembering it was written some 25 years ago...it is interesting for teachers to compare and evaluate how life in special education is today...much more advocacy now...but still always depends on the teacher's... (read more)

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