City kid: part 1 of 3

City Kid can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3. You can read Part 1 two weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback. From the author of international bestsellers A Circle of Children and Lovey comes an inspiring true story of a gifted teacher?s determination to understand the ?rotten? city kid everyone has given up on. Sitting quiet and withdrawn at a battered school desk, Luke had the looks of a shy angel ? and a past that special needs teacher Mary MacCracken could barely believe. Already Luke had been picked up 24 times by the police. He?d set over a dozen major fires, and had a staggering record of thefts. No adult could reach him, no teacher could control him, and no policeman could cow him. All this ? and Luke was only seven and a half years old. Trying to help Luke was Mary MacCracken?s job ? and a seemingly impossible challenge. This is the remarkable story of how the impossible came true.