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Summary: Was Oprah Winfrey asleep when this book came along?
Review: This book should be rated "FIFTY STARS"This reading has to be one of the most moving accounts ever written about children and child-abuse. This uneducated author has found a very special way to spread the word about child abuse, and childhood depression. He speaks in a very serious, child-like voice (manner), while at the same time allowing the reader to laugh, cry and learn, and I mean learn BIG TIME. If you think that "Orphan" is just for and about orphans; Then you are badly mistaken. There is not one parent, on the face of this earth who could not learn something substantial from this book. This book should be in every public and private library in this country. This book should be mandatory reading for any and all persons dealing with children on a local, county, state and government level. There is no doubt in my mind, whatsoever that this book will save the lives of many, many children in the coming years. This is not just any book. It is a very special learning tool.
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Summary: This book is a MUST Read!
Review: This book should be REQUIRED reading for anyone that comes into contact with children on a regular basis. Every childcare worker, educator, orphanage staff member, child psychologist, pediatric doctor/nurse, daycare worker, religious leader and parent should read this book before raising or working with America's most precious commodity -- our children. With his "child's eye view" Roger is able to convey the pain and heartache that too many children have suffered at the hands of those who are supposed to care for them. Child abuse in our society must stop if we are to put America back on track and this book should be the first step. "Orphan" will put into words some of your most horrifying nightmares when you think of yourself as a child or even your own children, lying peacefully and safely in their warm, cozy beds. Roger has a message that the public must see up-close -- close enough for them to begin squirming...and then do something about what is, unfortunately, a gripping and terrifying reality for many of our children. Definitely five stars...definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Orphan
Review: While reading this book I experienced a wide range of emotions drummed up by the detailed descriptions and "childs-eye" view of the world portrayed by Mr. Kiser. Scenes were playing in my mind with extreme clarity and I felt like I knew the characters by the end of the book. This is ranked a 5 rather than a 4 or 3 because of the author's ability to put me in his shoes so that I would laugh and cry along with him and his orphan friends as they rambled through childhood. Another reason this is a 5 is because Mr. Kiser is able to transcend circumstances so that I could relate to his stories eventhough I was a child with a mommy and daddy. I can only imagine the imact this book would have on fellow orphans, foster children, victims of abuse, and the adults who work with these children. I am certain it must be 1000 times the impact it had on me, another justification for 5 stars. Let me note, this is not the first book I have read about a child rising though extreme circumstances in the United States; it is simply the best I have read.
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