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 Murphy's Boy - Torey L. Hayden
 Murphy's Boy - Torey L. Hayden ... Book is published 2003-07-24 by Avon BooksNewest Review: ... staff know that if he does not make progress then his adult life will be spent languishing on the back ward of an adult ... more ... psychiatric hospital.
Torey works with child psychiatrist Jeff who describes Kevin as "The ugliest kid he's ever seen. Jesus, he looks like something a sheep threw up." Zoo boy seems like a useless case, one of lifes losers but he gives glimpses that he is not as dumb as he makes out by only communicates with his therapists when he knows no one is behind the mirrored glass wall of the therapy room. He reveals an amazing capacity for artwork as he begins to draw detailed pictures of decapitations and other angr...more |
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Murphy's Boy - Torey L. Hayden: His Keepers Called Him Zoo Boy (787 words)
by - written on 17/12/08 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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Kevin's life is governed by Murphy's Law, if something bad can happen to him then it will. He lives Garson Geyer residential treatment centre for adolescents and has been nicknamed zoo boy by the staff there due to the fact he lives under the table and builds a cage of tables around himself in order to keep feel safe. The staff don't know what to do with this boy who was made a ward of state by his mother some years earlier, his records state that he used to talk but now he only rocks. His life is also dominated by a number of phobias, he is terrified of water so cannot bathe, has not been outside for several years, hates dogs, notebooks and sudden noises and cannot even ... Read the complete review
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