Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the
shocking and deeply moving true story of a young girl with severe
behavioural problems.
This is the first of several stories about difficult children
Casey helped during her time as a behaviour manager at her local
comprehensive.
Casey has been in the post for six months when thirteen-year-old
Imogen joins her class. One of six children Casey is teaching,
Imogen has selective mutism. She s a bright girl, but her speech
problems have been making mainstream lessons difficult.
Life at home is also hard for Imogen. Her mum walked out on her
a few years earlier and she s never got on with her dad s new
girlfriend. She s now living with her grandparents. There s no
physical explanation for Imogen s condition, and her family insist
she s never had troubles like this before.
Everyone thinks Imogen is just playing up except the member of
staff closest to her, her teacher Casey Watson. It is the deadpan
expression she constantly has on her face that is most disturbing
to Casey. Determined there must be more to it, Casey starts digging
and it s not long before she starts to discover a very different
side to Imogen s character.
A visit to her grandparents reveals that Imogen is anything but
silent at home. In fact she s prone to violent outbursts; her
elderly grandparents are terrified of her.
Eventually Casey s hard work starts to pay off. After months of
silence, Imogen utters her first, terrified, words to Casey: I
thought she was going to burn me.
Dark, shocking and deeply disturbing, Casey begins to uncover
the reality of what Imogen has been subjected to for years."
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