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| Original Title: | Ghost Girl |
| ISBN: | 038071681X (ISBN13: 9780380716814) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Torey, Jadie |
Torey L. Hayden
Paperback | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 4.14 | 8740 Users | 503 Reviews
Details Appertaining To Books Ghost Girl
| Title | : | Ghost Girl |
| Author | : | Torey L. Hayden |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1992 by Avon (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Psychology. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography |
Description Conducive To Books Ghost Girl
Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world—until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her—a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge. Yet a little girl was living in a nightmare, and Torey Hayden responded in the only way she knew how—with courage, compassion, and dedication—demonstrating once again the tremendous power of love and the relilience of the human spirit.Rating Appertaining To Books Ghost Girl
Ratings: 4.14 From 8740 Users | 503 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books Ghost Girl
4,5 stars, almost 5.Just like Hayden said, this would've been a better story if it had a proper ending. But it didn't and it wasn't Hayden's fault since it was a true story and she told it like how it was.I'm pretty sure I haven't read anything this devastating since Shlomo Venezia's Sonderkommando (and for those who don't know, it's a detailed story about Venezia, who survived Auschwitz). At some points this book made me physically sick. It made me go through things that I, otherwise, would'veDefinitely the most readable of Hayden's books that I've read. Which is not to say that the subject matter was pleasant - far from it. But the narrative flowed a lot more smoothly, and I didn't find myself as frustrated with the author as I have in her past books.The book was written in the 1980s (first published in 1991), and there are some things she was able to get away with then that would definitely not fly in a public school today - picking an unruly boy up by his belt and shirt collar,
GHOST GIRL, the fifth book in my Torey Hayden bingeathon is primarily the story of Haydens work with Jade, who is has selective mutism (which Hayden refers to as elective mutism) and is likely a victim of abuse. Jade tells cryptic, wild tales with some details so precise they had to be true. Again, Hayden seems to lack the understanding of her role of mandated reporter and the boundaries between suspecting and investigation.The sole responsibility of mandated reporter is to notify child
Very well written book even for someone who might not necessarily be into child psychology. I found it very interesting and odd at the same time. As the story unfolded - from a mute girl in special-needs class, who eventually started to talk, but telling very disturbing stories to victim of (maybe) some sort of abuse. I wish the ending was bit more transparent as to what really happened? But i guess maybe no-one really knows up until today:-)
Ebonie Washington1-10-10Title: Ghost GirlThe novel is about a girl named Jadie who was an elective mute. She never ever laughed or cried out loud. Jadie was a person who stayed to herself all the time in her own troubled world. Until one of her teachers gave her dome advice to break her silence and to speak. After that, however Jadie told the teacher a story that was very difficult to hear. In addition to Jadie. The first character name is Tashee, the one who was getting picked on in the story
This book freaked. me. out. You know - in that "praying you can forget it long enough to fall asleep" kind of way. Seriously - if Hayden handed the manuscript to Stephen King and asked him to make it more disturbing, there wouldn't be a clown-wig-wearing, pig-blood-showering thing he could do about it.The craziest part is - it isn't a horror book. Well, I guess it sort of is. It's a horror book slash murder mystery with the undertones of a thriller that's driven by the special interest story of
This was fairly pulp-type reading, I got through the book very quickly. The author is a special needs teacher & has written a whole series of books about the "poor" children she's worked with (but who's stories she doesn't mind using for profit...there's no real educational or informative angle on these things). It didn't sit right with me that this is apparently a real case, but obviously changed to "protect the innocent" to the point where she could have probably made up anything. I also
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