The Book Depository Little Prisoners by Casey Watson
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Description: Little Prisoners : Paperback : Harper Collins Publishers : 9780007436606 : 0007436602 : 06 Aug 2013 : From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved. This is the third book in the series. The Book Depository Little Prisoners by Casey Watson - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780007436606
MPN: 0007436602
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Author: Chris from Hampshire
Rating: 5
Review: I have never read any Casey Watson books, and having loved all those written by Cathy Glass I wondered if this book would come up to Cathy's standard of writing. YES, it did. Casey Watson and her husband Mike specialise in short term fostering of children that are difficult, have more special needs. Up until the events of this placement, they had never looked after siblings. The book tells the account of what a difficult placement it was because the children had suffered dreadful abuse, the social services system is a bit protracted and so this was frustrating for Casey and Mike, and the 2 children were very difficult to work with. Reading of what these kids suffered from their blood relatives is quite harrowing, but real life cannot be ignored. This is a true story and real life is not all sweetness and light. It all comes together in the end, but where on earth would children like these be if it was not for the Casey and Mikes volunteering to look after them. This is a book that just cannot be put down and I thoroughly recommend it.
Author: A. Linton
Rating: 2
Review: I've enjoyed a few Cathy Glass books so I thought I would give this one a try - but about half way through I was regretting my decision to buy it. First of all I found much of the content literally inconceivable. Are we supposed to believe that these virtually feral children - who aren't toilet trained and have no table manners - have had a good school attendance record? Surely they would have picked up some of these basic skills at school? The way they are described made me think of children who have been locked away from the world by their parents (an idea reinforced by the title). Secondly I didn't really understand why Casey describes herself and her husband as 'specialist carers'. They seemed to have no special skills - though Casey briefly mentions a 'points system' this is never mentioned again in connection with managing the children's behaviour and after several months they haven't managed to toilet train them properly. They seem to have no idea about installing adult content filter on computers and let the children watch soaps with violent/distressing scenes and are surprised when this prompts disturbing behaviour. What a contrast to Cathy Glass who talks us through her methods for controlling 'challenging' children such as the closed choice. Also while the children in Cathy's novels are real little people with their own quirks, the children in this book are totally generic, just a collection of problematic behaviours, and the interactions with social workers and other childcare providers don't feel authentic. And I couldn't help noticing the many many similarities with Cathy's books - looks to me like this author is just copying her and trying to cash in on her success.
