Somebody Else's Kids - Torey Hayden

“Somebody Else’s Kids” by Torey Hayden is a fantastic book. It is the sort of book that once you start to read you just can’t put it down because you need to know what is going to happen. This is the true story of Torey Hayden an educational psychologist and a special-education teacher who works with children with problems in a school in America. This book tells the story of 4 very different children who all find themselves in Torey’s class. All have very different problems but share one thing in common and that is their teacher who shows them love and caring that has been missing in their ... more

As an addicted reader of Torey Haydens books, I was lucky to find a paperback copy of Somebody Else's Kids in Sainsbury's for £3.99 this monday, as on average I usually pay £6.99 for one of her books. Torey has spent many years working as a special education teacher based over in America, she now lives in Wales, England. Writing best selling books about her experiences with these amazing children. Book in hand I was soon drawn into a moving story about a class that "just created itself " tucked away within a self contained classroom of a mainstream school. This class of four children would see ... more