One Child and The Tiger's Child Author:Torey Hayden Six year old Shiela was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was four. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke and never cried. She was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of vilence against another child. Everyone thought Shiela was beyond salvation - except her teacher, Torey Hayden... more ». With patience, skill and abiding love, she fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare - and nurture the spark of genius she recognizes trapped within Shiela's silence. This is the remarkable story of their journey together - an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery.« less