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    A Safe Place for Joey
    A Safe Place for Joey
    A Safe Place for Joey
    Audiobook8 hours

    A Safe Place for Joey

    Written by Mary MacCracken

    Narrated by Caitlin Thorburn

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    From bestselling author and teacher Mary Maccracken comes the engaging and inspiring story of five troubled children who she fought to bring back from the brink

    Joey is the class clown, but alone proves to be an intensely dark seven-year old who still can’t read.
    Eric is a kindergartener, left withdrawn and speechless by the horrors he’s witnessed at home.
    Alice appears the model fifth year child, but secretly scores zero on every maths test.
    Charlie, an eight-year old, struggles to understand his place in the world, leaving him confused and alone.
    Ben comes from a comfortable life at home, but has been called stupid so many times he now believes it.

    These are some of the learning-disabled children who were in deep trouble until Mary MacCracken, an extraordinary therapist and teacher, works her magic with them and transforms their lives. Her heart-warming book is a testament to her talent, compassion and love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 26, 2015
    ISBN9780008118617
    A Safe Place for Joey
    Author

    Mary MacCracken

    Mary MacCracken, an internationally best-selling author, has written four books about her work with autistic and learning-disabled children: Circle of Children, Lovey, City Kid, and Turn-About Children. Her books have been published in fourteen countries and the first two were made into movies for television, starring the actress Jane Alexander. Mary spent her last years with her husband, Cal, an inventor with eighty patents, at Kendal at Hanover, a Continuous Care Retirement Community in Hanover, New Hampshire, and the decade after his death writing about their experiences dealing with his disease.

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