Reading Changed My Life - Townsend Press

Reading Changed My Life! Three True Storiesher, but since she had been just a toddler, an unclehad been sexually abusing her. Once again, agrownup in her life had betrayed her trust, and onceagain, there was no one to turn to for help.As Daisy sees it, her painful, rootless life couldhave had different effects. Under similar circumstances,another child might have become aggressive,openly angry; the kind of child who is constantly“acting out.” Another child might becomeoutgoing and greedy, trying to snatch anything thatcame her way. But Daisy just became quieter andquieter. In school, she was too frightened to tell herteachers that she didn’t understand the assignments,or much of anything that was going on.Rather than draw attention to how far behind shewas, she tried to make herself invisible.By the time Daisy was ten, she and her motherwere living in fear for their lives. Her father wasdrinking more heavily than ever, and his beatingswere becoming increasingly ferocious. After he40