num_pages: 293
description: Trapped was a Sunday Times bestseller and the first memoir from foster carer Rosie Lewis.Phoebe an autistic nine-year-old girl is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable middle-class home. Experienced foster carer Rosie accepts the youngster as an emergency placement knowing that her autism will represent a challenge  not only for her but also for the rest of the family.But after several shocking incidents of self-harming Pica and threats to kill it soon becomes apparent that Phoebes autism may be the least of her problems.Locked for nine years in a secret world of severe abuse as Phoebe opens up about her horrific past her foster carer begins to suspect that Phoebe may not be suffering from autism at all.
language: English
title: Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse
publisher: HarperElement