Just Another Kid - Hardcover

Hayden, Torey L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0246133899 ISBN 13: 9780246133892

Publisher: Grafton, 1988

Synopsis

A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers ‘The Tiger's Child’ and ‘One Child’.

Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle – three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatised by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy, who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak. But Torey's most daunting challenge turns out to be Leslie's mother, a stunning young doctor who soon discovers that she needs Torey's love and help just as much as the children.

‘Just Another Kid’ is a beautiful illustration of nurturing concern, not only for a few emotionally disturbed children, but for one woman facing a personal battle.

About this title

Review:

‘An enchanting, inspiring book... Impossible to put down.’ Washington Post Book World

‘Torey Hayden's book "Just Another Kid" is not just another book. Though each page turns on the mysteries of emotional disturbance, sex, alcoholism, violence and crime of all dimensions, the reader emerges from the experience convinced the world can be loving, caring, warm and orderly.’ New York Times Book Review

‘Torey Hayden deserves the kind of respect I can’t give many people. She isn’t just valuable, she’s incredible. The world needs more like Torey Hayden.’ Boston Globe

Synopsis:

This is an account of a year teaching a class of emotionally disturbed children. Amongst the children, who are between the age of 8 and 13, there are two traumatized victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland, two who are obsessed with sex, one who is autistic and another who still wears nappies. To add to her problems, one of the children's mothers joined the group as an aide. She was "just another kid" in her personal fight against the destructive ghosts from her childhood. Torey Hayden gradually wins the trust of her outlandish collection of misfits and by the year's end most have made spectacular progress. The author has also written "One Child", "Somebody Else's Kids", "Murphy's Boy" and "The Sunflower Forest".

About this edition

• Publisher: Grafton
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0246133899
• ISBN 13: 9780246133892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320