Torey L. Hayden

While I enjoyed Torey Hayden's writing style and gift for character development, I was disturbed somewhat about how she was the hero and everyone else seemed against her to an extent. As someone who adopted three kids with special needs and fosters other kids, I would have been angered if one of my kids were depicted in one of the author's books. Our kids have to work incredibly hard for any small gain, and school is a relatively small part of their days. Our kids struggle with sleeping, eating, dressing and interacting with other people (mine are all behaviorally challenged as well). To give credit to only one person when it is almost always a team of individuals working together to bring out the light in a child is really misleading.… (más)