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Summary: Couldn't applaude loud enough!
Review: I read this book orginally fro a health class project on child abuse. I turned the project around on determination on how well you worked to stay alive from the abuse you were suffering from. The beatings, punishments, acts, and words didn't stop you from staying alive. I must say that you are a hero of a kind. Thanks for encouraging me to NEVER give up because I will never take anything for granted now compared to the harsh acts that were inflicted upon you!Audrey Sharp 12 yrs. Massachusetts
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Summary: This was the best book I had ever read
Review: A Child Called It by David Pelzer is a good book. If you care about abused children you should read this book. This book will make you cry. It lets you know how cruel and irresponsible parents with alcohol or drinking problems can be. The system took so long to rescue the boy. Why? Is it because they didn't beleive him? I'm not going to tell you anymore. You'll have to read the book on your own.
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Summary: The book was great I could not but it down
Review: The book was great I could not put it down it was such a heartwarming story it almost made me cry. I would like to hear how he is doing now.
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Summary: Dave Pelzer in iowa
Review: I wrote a review and someone emailed me about dave pelzer coming to iowa in may at a college for a seminar. I lost the date and location and would like to know. Please email me. thanks
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Summary: Magnificent, Depressing, and Heart-Breaking all in One...
Review: I literally could not put this book down. I finished it in one night; I stayed up until 2:45 in the morning. Although it is extremely depressing, this book was the best I have EVER read. At some points, I had to put the book down and take a break for about ten minutes, because it was just so over-powering. I cried uncontrollably, and wept through nearly the entire book. DAVID PELTER, YOU ARE MY ALL-TIME HERO. YOU HAVE ENDURED EXCRUCIATING PAIN, LONLINESS, STARVATION, AND EXTREME MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE AN EXTREMLY JOY-FILLED FUTURE TO MAKE UP FOR YOUR BAD TIMES.
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Summary: A must read for every social worker, for every human being.
Review: Heart wrenching, heart warming and absoultely un-put-downable. Pelzer does an excellent job of telling this horrific story from a child's perspective. I read it in a matter of hours. If you work with children in any capacity, it is a must read.
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Summary: This book describes the worst Child Abuse imaginable.
Review: I am a 31 year old girl who was abused severely but nowhere close to David Pelzer. I was always beaten from the time I was a baby. My first memory was being beaten for wetting my pants at 2 because there was not a bathroom at a store mother took me too. I got a beating almost daily at the slightest provacation. My brother got beat as well but Mother loved him and was nice to him sometimes. I never got a good word. But when Dad was around Mother did not beat us. She sometimes yelled at me in fornt of Dad but usually Dad protected me. While I was never starved I did occasionly go without dinner when I comitted a crime. Mother also would make me do 3 times the chores my brother did. She rarely grounded me. She did the Gas Chamber mix of Clorox and Amonia a few times and once she made me eat vomit. At 14 I ran away and then lived in foster care. I now have a son & daughter who I love. My father died 5 years ago. My mother still hates me. She shut me out when I ran away. She tells people she has 3 sons. I am not even her daughter. After reading this book I realize I am not the only one to be beaten and abused. This Rotten Mother makes my Mother look wonderful as rotten as she is(My Mother). I cried when reading about the Santa Clause punishment(My mother tried this but Father would go buy my presents)My father at least stopped the most severe beatings. If my mother were a single parent I think she would have killed me. As a little girl I thought she might killme. She used to threaten this daily. I am glad someone could write such a graphic book. I beleive every word of it. I lived half the stuff David lived. So keep the books coming. The Lost Boy also described foster care the way it is. Foster Care helped me realize who I am and helped me in ways my parents could not have. Ny 3 brothers also hate me as well still.
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I really enjoyed the book, A Child Called It. I encourage everyone to read this book because if you're like me it will open your eyes, and you will see what is going on in the world today. I loved this book,and I gave it 5 stars.
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Summary: This is a must read book for everyone to read, A PAGE TURNER
Review: One of my friends reccomended this book to me. I grined and read it. After the first page I could'nt stop reading it. If sleep didn't stop me from reading it, I think I could of finished it in like 4 hours. This book kicked me in the gut, and I cried uncontrollaby. This book is one of the most inspiring story I have every read.
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Summary: A must for all social workers - ALL CHILDREN ARE ADOPTABLE!
Review: You must read the sequal "The Lost Boy". If you do you will see the possibilities for abused children. Maybe now the "powers that be" will stop labeling severely abused children as non-adoptable! Maybe now families who were currently only looking to adopt a new born will give older kids a chance. It has been said that those who have been severely hurt become the greatest healers... Thank you, Mr. Pelzer for this validation.
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