The Silvercage

By Helena Kelleher Kahn

Any worker attempting to help an abused and neglected child must gain the victim's trust - much easier said than done!
The drawing took shape, the thin almost angular face with its little nose, sad mouth, and alert eyes. As I worked on the hair, I could sense Stella's footsteps, quiet though she tried to make them. A moment later, I was just quick enough to prevent her from snatching the book away from me and only just observant enough to catch the amazement on her face when she saw what I had made of her. I held my work out of her reach and was rewarded by the cry: "Let me see it! Ah, let me have it!"
I gave her the drawing. "I don't want it torn up, Stella." She carried it away with her into the bedroom and closed the door.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398466069
• ISBN13: 9781398466067
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Austin Macauley
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"