false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171561611m/106025.jpg 106025 16 <P>His name was Kevin but his keepers called him Zoo Boy.  He didn't talk. He hid under tables and surrounded himself with a cage of chairs. He hadn't been out of the building in the four years since he'd come in. He was afraid of water and wouldn't take a shower.  He was afraid to be naked, to change his clothes.  He was nearly 16.</P> <P>Desperate to see change in the boy, the staff of Kevin's adolescent treatment center hired Hayden. As Hayden read to him and encouraged him to read, crawling down into his cage of chairs with him, Kevin talked. Then he started to draw and paint and showed himself to have a quick wit and a rolling, seething, murderous hatred for his stepfather.</P> 1966728 book 1 12 1983 Murphy's Boy total:499|5:153|4:189|3:131|2:23|1:3| 499 1963 642 38 4 0 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 02:08:27 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 10:28:54 -0800 2008
130208: I loved this book. finished it today. Would've finished it earlier but today was the...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun May 24 09:55:04 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 09:56:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:36:42 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:36:42 -0700 2009 I like her books, always have. Guess they appeal to the teacher part of me. But they always make me so sad, too that there are so many kids out there with such trauma in their lives and the system fails them.
This one is about Kevin who is almost 16, elective mute, afraid of ev...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:06:11 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:07:17 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 11:49:11 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 12:01:45 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 25 20:14:57 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 20:15:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 09:55:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 09:56:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 03:53:46 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 03:54:30 -0800 2009 ]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 05:07:25 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 05:08:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 15:00:39 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 17:41:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 12:11:05 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 12:11:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 13 07:18:12 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 07:21:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 05:41:41 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 05:43:34 -0700 2008 I liked it, like I like every one of Torey Hayden's books! This one is different because it's not about a kid in one of Torey's classrooms, and because the kid is 16 already. But he brings up the same love & car...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 10 09:19:42 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 09:22:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Mon Sep 01 10:19:14 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 10:33:44 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jul 28 12:07:51 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 12:10:09 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Apr 02 21:35:34 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 21:37:04 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 13:34:14 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 13:35:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Apr 02 06:34:12 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 01:47:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 11:02:24 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 11:03:19 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=106025