The little ghost girl

Book 2016

"By day her vicious stepmother would scream, 'Ruth, you're to be seen, not heard!' By night, her father, the one person who should have protected her, subjected her to appalling abuse. When 11-year-old Ruth arrives at foster carer Maggie Hartley's home, she's a little ghost of a girl, haunted by these unspeakable memories. Damaged, withdrawn and underfed, Ruth has been robbed of her childhood, her identity ... and she's looking for someone to bla...

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