A very readable, poignant recollection by Casey Watson, who writes under a pseudonym and is a specialist foster carer. This is Casey’s 12th book and she takes us back to a time before she was a foster carer, to when she was a behaviour manager for a local school. We hear about the children who come under her care, and one in particular, Leo, whose behaviour causes concern.
Casey Watson writes in a chatty light style, even when talking about weighty subjects, and I felt as though I could be listening to a friend. The everyday problems, the incident ‘firefighting’, the heartbreaking stories are all told with compassion, on occasion gentle humour, and with an awful lot of love.
‘Mummy’s Little Soldier’ gives a fascinating insight into a complicated world, and is a thought-provoking read.
Casey's Unit is, as ever, full of troubled, disaffected pupils, and new arrival Leo is something of a conundrum. Thirteen year old Leo isn't a bad lad - in fact, he's generally polite and helpful, but he's in danger of permanent exclusion for repeatedly absconding and unauthorised absences. Despite letters being sent home regularly, his mother never turns up for any appointments, and when the school calls home she always seems to have an excuse.
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Casey's Unit is, as ever, full of troubled, disaffected pupils, and new arrival Leo is something of a conundrum. Thirteen year old Leo isn't a bad lad - in fact, he's generally polite and helpful, but he's in danger of permanent exclusion for repeatedly absconding and unauthorised absences.
Mummy's Little Soldier A Troubled Child. An Absent Mom. A Shocking Secret. features in the following genres: Family Drama, Biographies & Autobiographies, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
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Mummy's Little Soldier A Troubled Child. An Absent Mom. A Shocking Secret. was written by Casey Watson and published by Harper Element an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Mummy's Little Soldier A Troubled Child. An Absent Mom. A Shocking Secret. has 296 pages
