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Summary: A must reed for future educators
Review: As a future member of the special education team, I picked up this book of my own accord with no real expectations. I come from a background where i've seen both sides of the special education system and have seen many teachers fail with children like Jadie. Ms. Hayden proves to be an incredible example and roll model for current and future special educators. In her work with elective mutes she had the courage to break away from the beaten path. She had the patience to work with the most difficult children. This book is a wonderful example of the difference one individual can make in the life of another. Sure we may see some horror seens along the way, but it is increasingly rewarding each time even slight improvements can be made for a child. Hayden's work may seem disturbing to some readers, and it's true. She deals with some very heated topics in her novel. But it's important for the reader to remember that the issues discussed in Ghost Girl happen, weather we like to admit it or not. Hayden's gift of writing helps the reader see into her classroom and feel the emotions right along with her.
Now a special education graduate student and teaching assistant, this book along with Hayden's "One Child" have made their way onto the required reading list for my Intro to Special Education course. A must read for any current or future member of the special education team.
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Summary: Saving Jadie
Review: Considering her life with cultists who ritually abused her, Jadie was refreshingly normal. She was living in an inverted world of perversion and madness. Since she was only a child, she was somewhat limited in how she could describe the ritual abuse she and her sisters were subjected to. Cultists often use the names of characters from popular TV shows to 1) discredit child reports and 2) to conceal their identities. Jadie's descriptions of "ghost clothes" were chillingly apt; she most likely meant the robes that cult members often wear. Putting on "ghost faces" can be interpreted as getting dressed for the cult ritual. Everything Jadie said pointed to ritual abuse.Cult members often mark children with ornamental daggers and have attributed special properties to ritual symbols. It is highly doubtful that Jadie carved a symbol on her little sister, Amber. It is much more likely that an adult cult member did this. Amber, very young, very frightened and very confused could well have been told to blame Jadie if anyone discovered the mark. Cultists often "brand" members so as to create a lasting tie. It is impossible to believe Jadie did this. Jadie clearly cared about her two younger sisters and wanted to do everything she could to protect them. Her elective mutism was undoubtedly an enforced gag order by members of the cult. She understandably feared for her life as cultists often threaten to kill anyone who reveals the cult rituals and secrets. Jadie was extremely lucky to have the author and the local police go to bat for her. Lindy, the police officer and the social worker who removed Jadie and her sisters from their nightmare home deserve special thanks.
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Summary: Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden
Review: Few books have touched my life as much as this one. Most people don't want to deal with the truly aweful circumstances life deals some people. It's easier to just pretend that the world is as we want it to be. Torey Hayden was willing to stand next to this child through a truly terrible situation, even at the expense of her own professional judgement being questioned. Reading this book will bring insight into the difference a caring adult can make in the life of a troubled child.
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Summary: Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden
Review: Few books have touched my life as much as this one. Most people don't want to deal with the truly aweful circumstances life deals some people. It's easier to just pretend that the world is as we want it to be. Torey Hayden was willing to stand next to this child through a truly terrible situation, even at the expense of her own professional judgement being questioned. Reading this book will bring insight into the difference a caring adult can make in the life of a troubled child.
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Summary: Great Story/Novel
Review: Ghost girl by Torey Hayden shows how one person can change another person's life....forever. This is probably one of the most successful stories in showing a teacher's love and courage, Jadie would still be home getting abused. In this story Jadie is crying out to the world by being an "elective mute." While others ran away or gave up, this teacher, torey, got Jadie talking and communicating with her and opened her up to telling her the sick and horrifying life she was living in. Jadie was living in a pure, Satanist nightmare and Torey did the only thing she knew how to get this girl help and get her out of this nightmare; she fully succeeded in doing that. So Jadie wouldn't be abused anymore, she was placed in a foster home far away, and before she left, she gave Torey a piece of paper. "In my hand I still had the small piece of paper Jadie had given to me. Carefully pulling it open I found two words. Thank-you."
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Go Torey. She is such a cool writer and a fab teacher. This book is so scary at times. It is a must read for anyone of any age that has a heart. This book will teach you about what the world can be like for young children
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Summary: my honest opinion on this book
Review: i am a senior in high school and i had to read this book for my english 12r class. i chose this book because i thought it would be interesting. it turned out that it was, but at the same time it was very sad about the things that happened to this girl. i could't believe that this was a true story. it made me cry. i have to write a essay comparing this book to another book. but i would suggest reading this book to anyone!
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Summary: You can't take your eyes away from it!
Review: I could't get Jadie out of my mind for weeks. Her accounts with Torey were so real, but yet so confusing. Could a seriously disturbed child come up with this? Or was it truely a criminal crime? I have made my conclusion, Write me yours please Tara
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Summary: not just any true story....
Review: i loved this book. this is my first time reading any of her work. and i'm very impressed. the story of a young girl who cries out for help by being an elective mute. a teacher who saves Jadie from the spiders, the characters from dallas, and most of all from that which makes her feel like she has to bend over to hold her insides in.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: I read the book in one day because I couldnt put it down it was a very good story but it left me wondering what happen to the litle girl after she was removed from the house
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