The Hackney Child

The true story of a girl growing up in residential care. Her resilience shines through. It will hopefully inspire other children growing up in residential care to aspire to be more than a statistic. 

Comments

Reasons to read.

Everyone who works in residential care should read this and be inspired to do better for the children in their care. Everyone else should read it to realise that residential care should not always be a last resort and can do a lot of good. 

Rating: 
5

Looks fascinating

I hadn't heard of this. Looking forward to reading this book on the realities of the care system.

Rating: 
4
4.5
Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
Author(s): 
Hope Daniels
morag Livingstone
Year: 
2011
Book type: 
Country: 
United Kingdom