Kathleen S Schmitt

[Kathleen S. Schmitt] does an incredible job of tackling issues that face many teens in [Getting a Life]. Hildie has been sent to live with her rich uncle in Canada after her parents were killed in El Salvador(ok, not many kids experience this.) Unfortunately her uncle has no idea how to deal with kids and kicks Hildie out and she lives on the street with a group of other kids. She eventually ends up back in a home and throughout the experience she learns the true meaning of family, love and justice.

This book was well written and showed that trauma can have a drastic impact on how a child see things. As a teacher I always try to keep in mind that there may be more going on with the "bad" kids.… (altro)

I have got to say...this book is amazing! I have never read an ebook...not a whole one...until I started reading this one which I won through the LibraryThing.com giveaway page. Oh what a book! I could not get up and I kept reading it and reading it. I highly recommend this to everyone. If you have ever been homeless or addicted to drugs or even if you haven't and have just struggled as a teen or even an adult, which we all have in some way or another, I recommend that you sit down and start reading this book. Give it a chance. You will not be able to stop reading it, its that good! Thanks so much Kathleen for sharing this book with me! You found a fan in me~!… (altro)