One ChildSix-years-old Shiela was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke and never cried. She was placed in a class for severely retarted children after commititing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation- except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patient, skill and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare- and nurture the spark of genius she recognized trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together- an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.The Tiger's Child:-Sheila was a deeply disturbed six-year-old when she came into Torey Hayden's life- a story poignantly chronicled in One Child. Over the course of five remarkable months, this dedicated special-education teacher profoundly touched to life of this abandoned, abused little girl. Then Torey lost touch with the child she had helped to free from a hellish inner prison of rage and silence. But seven years later, Sheila was back, now a gangly teenager with bright orange hair- no longer broken and lost, but still troubled and searching for answers.This marked a new and extraordinary chapter in a story of dediction and caring- one that would test the strength and heart of both Sheila and her one-time teacher. Torey would once again answer the call to help Sheila, this time guiding her through a difficult yet glorious transmission into young womanhood.

One ChildSix-years-old Shiela was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke and never cried. She was placed in a class for severely retarted children after commititing an atrocious act of violence against another child. Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation- except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patient, skill and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare- and nurture the spark of genius she recognized trapped within Sheila's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together- an...  Read More