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Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her (平装)
by Torey Hayden
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Teens, Family, Child abuse |
| Market price: ¥ 108.00
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¥ 88.00
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MSL Pointer Review:
It's based on a ture story, haunting and emotional, it shows every child needs help and anyone can do it for them.
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Susan (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
If the book wasn't listed as non-fiction, I never would have guessed that anything so tragic could happen to a young child!
The book centers around Torey, the author, a special ed teacher and her new class. One of the children, Jadie, is an elective mute something that Torey by coincidence specializes in. After Jadie is convinced to begin speaking to Torey, the child begins to act strangely and divulge even stranger things. Her world is deep and very, very dark , indicating abuse of some kind.
Torey also gives insight into the problems of the other classmates. Their plights are deeply touching.
We are lucky to have teachers like Torey in the world. People who are so drawn to helping children.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
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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Kim (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
This is the first Torey Hayden book I've ever read and I know that it's not my last. I couldn't put the book down. I also teach emotionally distrubed children and feel that Ghost Girl a must read for any Special Education teacher.
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Edward Lacap (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
This is the first book I've read from author Torey Hayden. While I was reading, it reminded me of author Dave Pelzer's book, "A Child Called It." While the content may be similar in that children are affected by the actions of adults, Ghost Girl is clearly different. As Hayden went on to describe the dialogue and experiences Jadie had gone though, there were many times when I was forced to set the book down in order to contemplate what I was reading. The pictures I created in my mind made me sick to my stomach. I could not even fathom what Jadie had to endure. Yet Hayden had the compassion to do what was right, which was to just care. Hayden's caring is what saved Jadie and her sisters from continued abuse. Yet questions went unanswered: were Jadie's descriptions psychotic or from real experience dealing with the occult and Satanism? We may never know and I really don't think it is the main point of Hayden's book.
I think Torey Hayden's writing is complete and very intriguing. She has already become a favorite author for education and I look forward to reading her other books of children with special needs.
Note: While this book will keep the reader interested, it can be very dark, horrid, and at times, scary.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
Once again, Torey Hayden has written a captivating account of her experiences with a fascinating and trouble young child. As usual, the author's loving attention and professional insight help uncover hidden layers of traumatic emotion causing this child's unusual behavior. I believe the girl is the real star of this book though. Her behavior and attempts at healing in reaction to apparently appauling abuse is a testament to the depth and complexity of the human psyche.
While the epilogue paints a happy ending for the girl, I can't help but feel frustrated with the final chapters in the book -- at how long it took even a smart sensitive teacher to take seriously a girl's graphic descriptions of sexual abuse, at the entire professional community's naivete concerning the existence of ritual child abuse groups in this country, and the inability of the police to solve the case. For example, the girl demonstrates competence at operating video equipment (something her parents did not own in the 1980s) and describes being abused on TV, but the adults interpret this as a sign of mental disturbance, pretending to be in a TV show, not her familiarity with the making of child pornographic videos. I'm sure all the readers of this book are craving a follow-up book on the girl, who is now a healthy adult who apparently sticks to her story of ritual abuse.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
This is the incredible story of Jadie, a young girl who refuses to speak until her dedicated teacher convinces her to do so. Once she does, the story that comes out of her mouth--the story of her home life--is one that will shock, sadden, enrage, and leave the reader in disbelief. I could not put this book down. Jadie's character has a certain mystique about her when she does speak and as her story starts to unfold. It is intriquing and frightening as you ask yourself whether the horrors she's telling of are real or the result of a vivid imagination. Jadie's irrepressible spirit; her desire to tell her story, and her seemingly split personalities were incredibly fascinating, and I was inspired by the story of someone who has survived such horrific abuse, and had the courage to blow the horn on it as well. I will warn you, though...when Jadie begins to tell the story of the abuse she's suffered, the book leads you through several very graphic scenes of sickening sexual abuse. This book is not intended for children or those who are easily upset by stories of child abuse. There are also some statements that offer a disturbing look into the world of satanic cults, and many of those statements talk about rituals that turned my stomach. All in all, though, this was an incredible, eye-opening and inspiring story. It reminded me of the sacrifices that teachers make to each child in this country, each and every day.
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Brian Hinkley (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
This book held me completely enthralled until it was finished. The emotions that flowed were intense. So many times I cried for this little girl, muttering, "Oh my god, what have they done to her" As a children's advocate, a nanny, and as a college student studying education and child psychology, and focusing on language and victim's counseling respectively, this book hit home. Thank you, Torey Hayden, for saving this child's life. Readers, prepare; this book will tear at your heart and provoke strong emotions.
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Cataline Baert (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
Ghost girl was the first book from Torey Hayden i read and i think, no, i'm sure five stars aren't enough for this exceptional book! It was so poignant and beautiful... full of emotions! I couldn't stop reading this extraordinary true story! This poor little girl to whom something we don't know had happened was so touching... Who i admire the most is Torey Hayden. She does such a hard job! However, she likes or perhaps rather love it. I agree with her that take care about this kind of children is something very special, sometimes hard to do but really wonderful! If anyone can tell me how to get in touch with this great psychologist who is Torey Hayden contact me, please! One last word for Torey Hayden : Go on doing this wonderful job you do!
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Britta (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
Another Torey masterpiece! This is one of the most haunting, chilling books I have ever read. Jadie's words, her stories of the horrible, unspeakable ritualistic abuse she has suffered... Makes my skin crawl. And as always, Torey's amazing way of reaching the unreachable has touched my heart. This book (along with all her others) strengthens my feelings of fascination for emotionally disturbed children like Jadie... That "rush" that goes through me is what fuels my desire to become a SpEd teacher and devote all that I can to children! Be sure to also check out One Child, if you haven't yet done so! (It was "required" reading for one of my college courses last semester - I was overjoyed!)
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-09 00:00>
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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