Torey Hayden Books in Order

After six year old Sheila is placed in Torey Hayden's special education class for attacking a younger boy, many believe she is beyond help. Over five intense months, Torey works to reach the fiercely intelligent, badly abused child and glimpse the person Sheila might become.

Four very different children, a nonverbal boy, a brain injured seven year old, a furious ten year old, and a pregnant sixth grader, land together in Torey Hayden's classroom. Over one demanding year, the group slowly becomes a makeshift family no one expected.

Nearly sixteen and almost entirely mute, Kevin spends his days hiding inside a cage of chairs at a residential treatment center. Through patient reading sessions, art, and shared humor, Torey Hayden helps him find words for the rage and terror buried in his past.

Seventeen year old Lesley has grown up in Kansas with a gentle father and a mother haunted by Holocaust memories. When Mara's fragile mental health collapses, Lesley travels to Wales searching for the sunflower forest that once seemed to hold her mother's happiness.

In this memoir, Torey Hayden runs a class of emotionally disturbed children while working alongside Ladbrooke, the glamorous yet deeply troubled mother of one student. As the class bonds, Ladbrooke's own history unravels, blurring the line between teacher's aide and just another kid.

As a new special education teacher in a small town, Torey Hayden meets Jadie, an eight year old who crouches, refuses to speak, and insists she is already dead. Unsettling drawings and whispered stories hint at abuse that professionals struggle to prove or explain.

Years after One Child, Torey Hayden reunites with Sheila, now a teenager wrestling with anger, hazy memories, and a sense of betrayal. Their renewed relationship traces the long shadow of childhood trauma and the difficult steps toward independence.

Child psychiatrist James Innes begins treating nine year old Conor, labeled autistic, while caught between his aloof novelist mother and skeptical rancher father. As therapy unfolds, he is drawn into Laura's powerful inner world and the hidden secret shaping the whole family.

In a chaotic special education classroom, Torey Hayden struggles to reach seven year old Venus Fox, a silent girl whose sudden rages terrify everyone. Balancing Venus's needs with those of four other fragile students, she slowly uncovers the pain behind the child's refusal to speak.

After years in foster care, twelve year old David feels he owns nothing of his own. When he rescues an owl egg and raises King Arthur with the help of classmate Mab, he discovers how love, friendship, and letting go can hurt and also heal.

Leaving the classroom for a children's psychiatric ward, Torey Hayden meets three very different patients, including an abused nine year old, a selectively mute preschooler, and an elderly stroke survivor. Their intertwined stories show how small moments of connection can spark real change.

An energetic puppy named Ziji adores chasing pigeons in the park until he notices classmate Nico sitting calmly and doing something mysterious. Curious, Ziji discovers simple meditation practices that help him settle down and feel braver in everyday life.

In the fading Montana town of Abundance, grieving young mother Dixie, her unreliable boyfriend Billy, and reclusive actor Spencer Scott are drawn together by a desperate money making scheme. As events darken, each must confront loss, guilt, and what it means to protect what you love.

Co written with Michael Marlowe, this practical guide shows teachers how to build relationship driven classrooms for students with emotional, behavioral, or learning challenges. Case studies and concrete strategies focus on changing behavior through trust rather than simple control.

Ziji is a lively puppy who loves playing in the park with Jenny and Nico until an angry man shouts at him. Afraid to return, he learns breathing and compassion exercises that help him face his fears and see that scary people can be frightened too.

In a remote Welsh home for troubled children, nine year old Jessie charms and manipulates everyone around her. As Torey Hayden works to understand Jessie's attachment disorder, a shocking accusation forces her to question colleagues and fight for the girl's safety.

In foster care after years of abuse, fourteen year old Eloise survives by inventing an imaginary companion. When she fixates on another teen and turns to Torey Hayden for help, fantasy and reality start to collide.