City Kid

Name: City Kid
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary MacCracken
ISBN: 9780007595082

Author: Mary MacCracken

Narrator: Caitlin Thorburn

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/28/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Self-help, Personal Growth, Health & Fitness, Children's Health, Family & Relationships, Abuse

Synopsis

From the author of international bestsellers A Circle of Children and Lovey comes an inspiring true story of a gifted teacher’s determination to understand the ‘rotten’ city kid everyone has given up on. Sitting quiet and withdrawn at a battered school desk, Luke had the looks of a shy angel – and a past that special needs teacher Mary MacCracken could barely believe. Already Luke had been picked up 24 times by the police. He’d set over a dozen major fires, and had a staggering record of thefts. No adult could reach him, no teacher could control him, and no policeman could cow him. All this – and Luke was only seven and a half years old. Trying to help Luke was Mary MacCracken’s job – and a seemingly impossible challenge. This is the remarkable story of how the impossible came true.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps

Now in school full time to earn her Bachelor’s degree and become a certified teacher, Mary MacCracken becomes a therapeutic tutor to second grader Luke, who has a history of fire setting. She can’t reconcile the sweet, eager-to-please, quiet little boy as the neighborhood arsonist. I didn’t enjoy CIT......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

Decent story, if at times unbelievable, about a 7-year-old delinquent and the teacher who reaches him. Mary is a 40-something former special education aide who went back to school to get a teaching degree, and while there, she became involved in a program that provided one-on-one guidance to kids wh......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

"City Kid" is more than just the story of Luke. It's the story of one persons determination to prove to the world that this "rotten" kid isn't what he seems. With lots of guidance, triumph, failure and heart, Mrs MacCraken is able to help Luke (and others along the way) to see that he's more than wh......more

Goodreads review by Darlene

City Kid by Mary MacCracken is a very inspirational book. It shows how big of a difference a teacher can make in a students life. MacCracken uses love and honesty to help kids achieve what they need. City Kid is about a very special little boy whom MacCracken helps, so he can be a "normal" child. Th......more