One Child is a beautiful and deeply moving tale that recounts educational psychologist Torey Hayden's battle to unlock the emotions of a troubled and sexually abused child. With the help of Hayden, this child was finally able to overcome her dark past and realize her full potential.

Six-year-old Sheila was abandoned by her mother on a highway when she was just four years old. A survivor of horrific abuse, she never spoke, never cried, and was placed in a class for severely retarded children after committing an atrocious act of violence against another child.

Everyone thought Sheila was beyond salvation—except her teacher, Torey Hayden. With patience, skill, and abiding love, Torey fought long and hard to release a haunted little girl from her secret nightmare and nurture the spark of genius she recognized trapped within Sheila's silence.

This is the remarkable story of their journey together—an odyssey of hope, courage, and inspiring devotion that opened the heart and mind of one lost child to a new world of discovery and joy.