Torey Hayden - Somebody Else's Kids

In this book Torey Hayden has officially lost her class to inclusion laws that force kids of special needs to go the classes with other children (that's sometime in the 1970's somewhere in the East Coast of USA, I presume). First she does only some extra teaching but eventually Hayden ends up with a small, new ( Read more... )

Torey Hayden - Tiger's Child (1995)

This is a sequel to Hayden's first book, One Child. It continues the tale of Sheila, the small girl she taught in that book. She tracked her down in order to show her the manuscript and then hired her to help her in a new job. First five chapters of this book include the overview of what happened to Sheila in ( Read more... )

Torey Hayden - Beautiful Child

Another school, another tale, another bunch of children with special needs - and some tendency to rely on fisticuffs. Also the location of the classroom is special - it is almost in the attic. This is the school Torey Hayden works in this unspecified time and place
( Enter to the utter pandemonium of a special children's class )