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One Child By Torey Hayden
Anh Nguyen Period 5
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Torey Hayden Born: 21 May, 1951 in Livingston, Montana, USA
Title III Special Education Teacher One Child, 1980 (published in 28 languages) Somebody Else's Kids, 1981 The Sunflower Forest, 1984 Tiger's Child, 1995 Twilight Children, 2005 Just Another Kid, 1988 Ghost Girl, 1991 The Mechanical Cat, 1999 Beautiful Child, 2002 The Very Worst Thing, 2003
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Characters Torey Shelia Anton Whitney Freddie Susannah Joy William
Sarah Peter Tyler Chad Guerillmo Max
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Protagonist Torey Hayden Helps out Sheila
Worries about all the children Deals with all the children
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Antagonist Sheila Causes loads of trouble Has trust issues Bad hygiene
Wears the same overalls all the time
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Characters FAVORITE LEAST FAVORITE Shelia Shelia's Uncle Gain Trust
Learn to Love Learn Good Hygiene Make Friends Torey Hayden Works with the children Patient Loving Caring LEAST FAVORITE Shelia's Uncle He raped her He abused her Shelia's Mom Abandoned Her Left her on the highway Loves her son, Jimmie Shelia's Father Doesn't care for Shelia Doesn't like Charity Misses Jimmie
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Exposition Torey is told that she will have a new student in her class. Her name is Shelia She once tied a boy to a tree and set him on fire She is a very troublesome, awful hygiene She would remain in the class until there was an opening in the mental hospital
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Rising Action Shelia doesn't cooperate with Torey
Shelia is very disrespectful Torey tries her best to help Shelia Learn about Shelia's life
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Climax Shelia learns to cooperate Shelia gains trust with Torey
Torey tells Shelia a story about being tamed Shelia ends up getting raped by her Uncle
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Falling Action Shelia doesn't want to leave Torey
Shelia ends up going to court Shelia learns to be a better person
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Resolution Shelia gets to be with Torey forever
Shelia's dream of a real family comes true Shelia gets a pretty dress
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Setting Torey's classroom
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Rating I give this book a 8!
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Concrete Angel-Martina McBride
I chose this song because it is about a girl who is abused and neglected just like Shelia.
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Themes Abuse Trust/Being Patient Troubled Children
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Types of Abuse Physical Sexual Emotional Neglect
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How to prevent it... Reduce poverty Prevent and treat substance abuse
Educate new parents Rebuild communities and support children and families.
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Signs of Abuse... Welts, bruises, bruises in various stages of healing, cigarette burns or other skin injuries Dirty or inappropriate clothing for the weather Dirty appearance and lack of basic hygiene Severely abnormal eating habits and/or malnourished appearance Extreme behavior Intense fear of parents
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Bibliography http://www.torey-hayden.com/biography.htm
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