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Summary: it changed my life
Review: forgiveness is hands-down the most difficult of human traits to exercise. dave pelzer has enabled me to open up my heart and mind; to unburden myself of issues that, while phenomenally trivial in comparison to his, have weighed me down and clouded my vision. thanks, dave.
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Summary: A TOWERING SOUL CANNOT BE BROKEN
Review: I began with A CHILD CALLED IT and could not put it down. I finished it in one evening and immediately ran out to the book store to purchase THE LOST BOY and a MAN CALLED DAVE. I inhaled the two following books in 3 days. I have never been touched by books as I have by Pelzer's. He takes you through a journey of pain, strength and hope that we rarely encounter in a book. Whether you have ever experienced disappointment, pain or blame by your parents, partner, friends, siblings or life, you will be able to connect to Pelzer's words. The pages of this book will leave you with a lingering sense of power, hope and renewed respect for the human soul and it resilience. Although a boy called it is very sad it is the beginning of a must read trilogy. I cannot imagine just reading the first book. As Pelzer childhood unfolds you want to know more, understand his mother and how she could have done what she did. How his father could have. stood by and allowed it. Finally, how Dave endured, survived and flourished. A must read but be prepared to continue with the entire trilogy
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Summary: Sad and overwhelming
Review: This is so sad how can a mother who had her child after all that pain and jus t act as though hes not even hers she calls him an it we went through a tremendous ride trough his survival of the fittest through to the 1st to 5th grade how can a sweet loving mother change into the wicked old witch that shows you should never take what you have for advantage but it was a great stroy and i recommend this book to everyone who loves a story that makes you think about the future, the present and the past.
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Summary: not for the weak stomached or faint of heart...
Review: The story of Dave Pelzer, and his survival of one of the worst cases of child abuse in the state of California, needed to be told. An awareness of the inhumanity in our own country does need to be developed, and a Child Called it does this. Dale Pelzer reveals his painful childhood and the physical and emotional torture he endured.That being said, the graphic nature of this book gave me nightmares. If you are easily horrified, this book may not be a good choice for you.
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Summary: A child called it
Review: This book is about a young boy named Dave who has an alcoholic mother. He suffers from child abuse, he has noone to help him except his father who gives up trying. He is forced to to est a spoonful of ammonia, burned, stabbed and has nothing to eat if he does not do everything his mother tells him to. He sleeps in a basement and is not aloud to come out uness his mother tells him to, to do the dishes. This is a very well-written book and very easy to read.
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Summary: A Child Called It
Review: A Child Called It is a well-written, yet deppressing novel by Dave Pelzer. In this autobiography, Dave writes about himself trapped in an extreme case of domestic violence. His alcoholic mother plays twisted and horrific games, such as forcing spoonfuls of poisonous mixtures of clorox and ammonia down his throat, then when he's about to die, get him to cough it up. He also witnesses the pain of beatings, stabbings, and he is forced to eat waste from his brother's diapers. Not only is it a sadistic story about a mother who beats her son, but it's also a story about the courage of a boy who survives his abusive, alcoholic mother. He shows that if you try hard enough, you can survive nearly anything. This book is an easy read, and is faily short, and a good way to open your eyes up to things that aren't experienced in your life.
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Summary: M.C
Review: The book I am reviewing is A Child Called It by David Peltzer. This book is about child abuse and one child's will to survive. This young boy David once had a very good life, with a happy family. But things quickly changed when his mother became an alcoholic and emotionally unstable. She continued to take care of her other sons but she took all her anger out on David, in many different and cruel ways. There were a lot of times when it came close to impossible for him to survive. This book shows the struggles David went through in order to survive, from picking through the garbage to stealing food from other kids at school. This boy was so strong, and went through so much. David was brutally beaten almost daily by his mother, he was given food only when his mother felt like it and he only felt a little bit of comfort when his father was home from work. Soon that changed, his father no longer stood up for him and he came home less and less. I think that David was treated so badly and it really was unfair. He had a lot of brothers and for no reason he was considered an outcast, not even part of the family. This book made me want to keep reading because I constantly wanted to see what was going to happen next. Sometimes I cringed with the thought of what pain he was going through and all the gruesome "treatments" she would make him go through. I was so angry when I read about how his mother treated him but also I was enlightened to know how David never gave up and how strongly he wanted to survive.
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Summary: A Child called "IT"
Review: *Read all of Dave Pelzers books* To understand it all better. Dave Pelzer is a inspiration to anyone who has Read his Books that he has wrote about his true life and what a Wonderful Man he turned out to be, after all the horrible abuse he went through. I to was abused Phyically and Mentally for many years. But nothing like Dave Pelzer was. It teaches us all a New meaning of how to forgive and go on and make our lifes better. I could read this book many times and still learn something new each day from Dave Pelzer. I am stronger because of his books that he has wrote and shared what he went through in his life. Dave Pelzer you are a Phenominal Man who could move mountains. Thank you for Sharing your life with me , it has made my life a better one. All because you Shared all the horrible things you went through. I think each and every person should read these Books they will help you to see that abuse cannot break you (not always), but make you turn your life around and make things better each day with the Wonderful help of reading a Book that gives you Motivation, Strength, and most important forgiveness in your Heart and knowing we cannot ever Forget abuse, but Forgiveness is the Key to getting through life and all it stuggles. Each day we can learn something New and Dave Pelzer I have you to Thank for the Strength I have now to not be afraid to say who abused me, but that I have Forgiven them.
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Summary: A Child Called It
Review: The Child Called It was an excellent book! I was amazed and suprised at what David Peltzer's mother made him him do. It is a story about an abusive mother that makes David do unrealistic and hurtful things. One of the most amazing things about this book was that it was a true story and that David survived through it all and would tell the whole world all about it. He had to do things like eat his brothers "presents" in his diaper. Also if he ever ate anything without permission he would have to throw it up and then eat it again. She also made him stay in the bathroom with different cleaning chemicals and wouldn't let him out for fresh air. If you thought your parents were mean it would be ten times worse with this mother. Another amazing componet of the story was that his mother was nice to him when he was younger and when she had more kids she became very mean and abusive to him and only him. Why this mother or any other abusive parent would do this to a child bewilders me. Maybe she was very stressed out about having more kids to handle and took it out on him. Whatever the reason it was a miricale that David survived and he should be proud that he could survive what must have been the most terrible years of his life.
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Summary: So Emotional
Review: My emotions were on a roller coaster ride through this book. It is incredible what this child went through, angered me that he had too...angered me that no one stopped this from happening. A book that I think everyone should read. I was abused, nothing like this and my own horrer I felt daily. I can't imagine, not even try to imagine what this boy went through. Such Courage to survive. Belinda Also recommended: Nightmares Echo,Running With Scissors,Courage To Heal
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