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Summary: Inspiring story under disheartening circumstances
Review: This book is amazing in two respects. First, to see the absolute brutality infliced upon a young boy by his mother will bring you to tears. You will ask "How was this possible?" Yet it happens. Secondly, Dave's persistence and eventual freedom from his torture serves as a keen reminder to all of us that we must never give up. But a warning to potential readers: if you get upset reading testimony of Holocoust survivors and the like, this book will disturb you. But it is still a must read.
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Summary: A Child Called "It"
Review: A both sad and wonderful, inspirational book. I would reccommend reading it and all three sequals. They are great from just about any standpoind!
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Summary: Painful and Astonishing
Review: This book is very easy to read and understand. The physical and mental abuse David went through was horrific. It is really unpalatable and/or displeasing to know that some parents are treating their children like this. The way David describes the things he went through you almost feel as if you're going through it too. A few times while reading I cringed and felt disgusted. We must educate ourselves and people we know about abuse so that we can be aware of the warning signs. I definately recommend this book. I just ordered the 2nd and 3rd book and am anxiously awaiting their arrival.
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Summary: A School Teacher Reports A Student's Twisted Family Secret
Review: I read this book at one sitting. It is the true story of one of the worst cases of child abuse that was "reported". What came to my mind after reading this memoir was how many cases go unreported. At best, this book should bring to light that we all have an opportunity to take action when we realize that something is wrong. Unfortunately, it also brings to light how entire families can become toxic and literally participate through inaction. See my review on the sequel to this book, "Lost Boy".
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Summary: A story that will catch your heart
Review: ...A Child Called "It" by David J. Pelzer:This is a magnificent book. The Child Called It is told in the eyes of a child. David is trying to survive from his mothers abuse. This book will make you cry, and make you smile. I recommend this book to anybody. Good Luck and God Bless!!!
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Summary: Powerful story of survival.
Review: Dave Pelzer shares his horrific childhood at the hands of an insanely sadistic mother in this powerful memoir. You will be shocked by the increasingly bizarre tortures his mother inflicts and amazed by David's ability to withstand it all. Ultimately, the book left me feeling frustrated - I wanted to know why David's mother singled him out for her abuse and why his father, siblings and neighbors did so little to protect him. Then I realized that these were the same frustrations David has lived with most of his life. Furthermore, it's unrealistic to expect that there could be a rational explanation. Just as David does, the reader has to accept that the abuse was senseless.
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Summary: What a story!
Review: My daughter bought this book originally and said that it was alright so I thought that I would read it too. I couldn't put it down. I was horrified about the amount of abuse the poor boy had to endure before he was put into foster care. The way his mother treated him was quite beyond belief - the hot gas stove, the starving on a daily basis. It's quite a tribute to Dave Peltzer's resilience that he actually survived. His father must have been very inadequate not to have defended the boy in any capacity and his mother must have been a very cunning person to have fooled people over such a long period of time. I actually cried when I read about what Dave had endured. I could not imagine treating my children in that fashion. I can't wait to start the second part of the trilogy.
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Summary: A Child Called It
Review: Dave Pelzer, a young and strong willed boy, fights to survive his mother's harsh abuse. She is very cruel. She makes David Eat his own vomit. She beats David, makes him live in the basement, she doesn't let him eat. So he rummages through the garbage and steals his class mates lunches. His teacher would find out he done it and he wouldn't get any lunch. He was trying to prevail over his mother's abuse. So read the book and find out what happens.
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Summary: A Child Called It
Review: This is a story about a boy named David Pelzer. He was a victim of abuse as a child. His mother had been abusing him sice he was 4 years old. His mother would always tell that it was his fault that he got hit and that he was being a bad boy. This is a great book because I think that Dave was really brave to be able to survive everything that she put him through. This story really touched me because I don't know how anyone could be that cruel to anyone especially their own child. Dave was always looking for a way out or a way to beat his mother. He was also always saying that he wanted to die. I think that Dave Pelzer is a really brave person to go through all of that and be able to write 3 books about his bad childhood.
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Summary: A Child Called "IT"
Review: This book was exellent, there were twists in every chapter, and it was also very sad that a mother could actually do taht to her son. In this book I liked how much courage this kid had, it wasa true story, how the author had enough guts to write a story about his childhood, how it was such a page turner, and how it ended. Then the things I didn't like, and beleive me it was hard to choose,were how the brothers didn't stick up for him, the horrible things his mother did to him, when he got stabbed, the mother, and the Brothers. The reason I didn't capitolize the mothers name was because I don't think she deserves it. I think anyone would like this book, even boys, it was and ultimate page turner, you cannot put it down, it was also very touching!~
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