Just Another Kid - Torey L. Hayden

A great book in a superb serious of memoirs written by kind teacher Torey. This book was initially written mainly about 6 children in Torey's classroom who have been traumatized by situations in their early years. Even though these children's stories are told and we find out how Torey helps them, the main storyline is about one of the children's (Leslie) unhappy, alcoholic and defensive mother who Torey helps to turn her troubled life around, help her bond with Leslie and find a close friend in the process. Torey takes on Leslie's mum Ladbrooke as a volunteer in the classroom, which gives her a reason to get up each day, and once she starts bonding with the other ...  Read the complete review

"Just Another Kid" by Torey Hayden is a true story about 6 emotionally damaged children and a very special teacher who sets about trying to reach out to these children. Torey Hayden is an educational psychologist and a special-education teacher who worked with children with problems in a school in America. She has written many books about the children she has worked with. In this book we discover three of the children are affected by the war in Ireland. First into the classroom come sisters Shemona and Geraldine. They have lost their parents through the fighting in Ireland and have been moved from one part of the family to the next ...  Read the complete review