num_pages: 344
description: When Reece arrives at Cathy's door at 7 years old he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge it becomes clear that to help him Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet. Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive behavior has seen him passed from carer to carer. Although only 7 he has been excluded from school and bites people so often that his mother calls him Sharky. Cathy wants to find the answers for Reece's distressing behavior but he has been sworn to secrecy by his mother and will not tell them anything. As the social worker prepares for the final hearing he finds five different files on Reece's family and is incredulous that he had not been removed from them as a baby. When the darkest of family secrets is revealed to Cathy Reece's behavior suddenly starts to make sense and together they can begin to rebuild his life.
language: English
title: Mummy Told Me Not to Tell
publisher: HarperElement