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Title: The Tiger's Child by Torey Hayden ISBN: 0-380-72544-4 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (33 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Tiger's Child by: Torey Hayden
Comment: Torey Hayden wrote her first book almost two decades ago called One Child, which became a best seller. In One Child we met Sheila a six year year old girl who needed a lot of help after being abused for years. The book One Child is based on Torey's true life experiences as Sheila's teacher, and ends when Sheila is allowed to go into a regular third grade class. The Tiger's Child is the sequel.
The Tiger's Child is a story about Torey Hayden meeting up again with Sheila at the age of thirteen. Torey wrote both her books in a way in which she didn't try to cover up the negatives in Sheila's life but instead she tried to turn the negatives into positives. I found The Tiger's Child to be a better written book, because in the Tiger's Child Torey was able to write more of what Sheila had to say, and in this book Sheila offered the reader more about her world and the issues she was facing.
I would definitely recommend The Tiger's Child by Torey Haden to anyone who's interested in hearing how a young hopeless girl turns out in the end with help from a very loving teacher. However I would suggest you read its prequel One Child first. These two surprising, thoughtful, and emotional stories make an exceptional combination and should be read by all.
Rating: 5
Summary: Satisfying and Heart-Warming
Comment: When I first heard about TIGER'S CHILD, I knew that I had to read it to find out what had happened to Sheila. I was not disappointed. I found that Sheila had carried a great deal of anger around with her all these years toward Torey for "showing her the good life and then deserting her just like her mother had." This rather dumb-founded Torey, because she was just doing what all teachers do at the end of a school year--saying good-bye to her students and moving on. Torey had to work very hard in this book to build up a trust level again. Sheila was not going to make this easy. However, the ending was satisfying; and we are left knowing that Sheila will be all right. I don't know how Torey makes her writing such compelling reading. I could not put the book down--even when I needed to look at scenery on a vacation. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a heart-warming read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sobering & Honest
Comment: Having read One Child over and over and over again starting at the age of ten, I was euphoric to come upon The Tiger's Child in a bookstore 15 years later. I had wondered about Sheila my whole life, worked for several years in a preschool in great part due to that astonishing tale. I believe all the magic that was in the first book, because that is the truth about the reality of children. The Tiger's Child was somehow more sad, even if in much subtler & less horrifying ways than the first book. Sheila had left her childhood, and Torey L. Hayden (who was just 24 in the first book!) was not in a position to help her to quite the extent that she had been able to in the earlier years. Torey L. Hayden writes very honestly and does not attempt to soften any of the difficulties in this later period. Her work as a teacher is remarkable & awe-inspiring... I just wish that somehow the world had continued to provide for Sheila as much as Torey had been able to in One Child. I ache that the extraordinary, brilliant light that was Sheila was not left with as purely a happpy ending as the first book leads us to believe is possible...but I strongly recommend reading both stories.
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Title: Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her by Torey Hayden ISBN: 038071681X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Just Another Kid by Torey Hayden ISBN: 0380705648 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 03 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Beautiful Child by Torey Hayden ISBN: 0060508876 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Somebody Else's Kids by Torey Hayden ISBN: 038059949X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 1982 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murphy's Boy by Torey Hayden ISBN: 0380652277 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 December, 1983 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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