"A VERY SPECIAL CHILDA VERY SPECIAL TEACHERA VERY SPECIAL TRIUMPHHannah was a 'hopeless' child. Everyone agreed on that - public school authorities, psychiatrists, even the mother who loved her but could not reach her. Everyone, except one remarkable teacher who understood what it was like to be eight years old and hurt and angry and confused. A teacher who saw Hannah as she could be rather than what she seemed to be.One child. One teacher. Just enough to add up to a very human miracle..."-from the back cover-