Just Another Kid: The True Story of Six Children Impossible to Reach and the Amazing Teacher Who Embraced Them All

Just Another Kid: The True Story of Six Children Impossible to Reach and the Amazing Teacher Who Embraced Them All

<p><strong>"<em>Just Another Kid </em>is not just another book. This remarkable teacher's memoir reminds us that love takes many forms." -<em>The New York Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>From the bestselling author of <em>One Child</em> comes the true story of six children impossible to reach and the amazing teacher who embraced them all.</strong></p><p>Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle—three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatized by the horrors of war; eleven-year-old Dirkie, who only knew of life inside an institution; excitable Mariana, 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.</p><p>With compassion, rare insight, and masterful storytelling, teacher Torey Hayden once again touches our hearts with her account of the miracles that can happen in her class of “special” children.</p>