Mummy Told Me Not To Tell

So now I've read out Cathy Glass' "Mummy Told Me Not To Tell". It is an amazing book telling the story of a young boy with a dark secret being taken into foster care.  I couldn't put the book away. What I also noted, except the wonderful way that Cathy has written the book is that it in some way is a good parenting book, where parents really can learn somethign about how to take care and bring up their child.

I normally don't keep paperbacks, but this is one of those books I'll keep.

When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.

Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive behaviour has seen him passed from carer to carer. Although only 7, he has been excluded from school, and bites people so often that his mother calls him 'Sharky'.

Cathy wants to find the answers for Reece’s distressing behaviour, but he has been sworn to secrecy by his mother, and will not tell them anything. As the social worker prepares for the final hearing, he finds five different files on Reece’s family, and is incredulous that he had not been removed from them as a baby. When the darkest of family secrets is revealed to Cathy, Reece’s behaviour suddenly starts to make sense, and together they can begin to rebuild his life.

xoxo, 
Vicky