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Summary: A very Good Book
Review: A Child Called 'It' Health Communications Inc.,1995, $9.95,153 pages
Dave Pelzer ISBN# 1-55874-266-9 Could you imagine not eating for days? Then, when you finally get your hands on whatever scrap of leftover food you could find, getting severely punished for it? It doesn't seem very fair, but for a young boy, David Pelzer, this was the case. I even had tears come to my eyes as I read his vivid descriptions of the torturous one on one accounts with his sick, crazy mother.
Overall, I thought this was a good book. Although, as I read some of these things his mother did to him or had him do, I somewhat felt as if he could have exaggerated a bit. I may be wrong, but I just know that I wouldn't be able to tell these accounts in full detail as he did. This was a real page turner. I did not want to put it down.
However, it represents the many, many children all over the world who this has happened to. They can't find the courage to speak out and let their voice be heard. This book is a real inspirational piece. It gives a lot of sickening details, but without them , you wouldn't get the full affect.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes real-life stories and are able to handle it. This gives you a whole different view on many different issues. I had not realized how lucky I was until I read this book. I give it four stars.
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Summary: "Heart-wrenching"
Review: The book, "A Child Called It", is the autobiographical account of author Dave Pelzer's childhood abuse by his alcoholic mother. This heart-wrenching story, told through the eyes of the child, will leave the reader mortified at the torture he endured. It is a rollar coaster ride of human emotion that you will not be able to put down. The reader will be inspired by the amazing courage of this young boy in his struggle to survive. This is one of those books that will forever change the way you view human nature. I would recommend it to children in grades eight and up. Because of the vivid descriptions of abuse and the sadistic nature of his mother, parents should probably read the book with yunger children. Can't wait to read the next two books in the trilogy, "The Lost Boy" and "A Man Named Dave".
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Summary: save your money and time
Review: This is one of the most poorly written, uninspiring, insipid memoirs I have ever read. It hasn't a heart, soul, or one truly moving, motivating, or thought-provoking word in it. It's like the script for a really bad movie-of-the-week or afterschool special. I will now be wary of any book that was/is on the NY Times best seller list! I really want my money back and thought about sending the book straight to the recycle bin, but will instead donate the book to a library for other poor readers to slog through. Buy and read When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase for a truly harrowing account of child abuse and redemption.
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Summary: The unforgettable past
Review: I think that this is an outstanding book. This book kelp my attention from begining to end. This book glues you to it like super glue on you fingers. once you start you dont want to put it down. Mr. Pelzer describe in great details the events that takes place in this book. He describes it so well that it makes you feel as though you were their. Mr. pelzer has an ablity that most authors haven't yet tap into, and thats the ability to to put the reader right in the middle of the situation. So anybody that
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Summary: In his shoes
Review: A Child Called "It" was a great book. I know people who have gotten abused but I never knew how they felt until I read this book. It makes you feel sad because you think your life is bad until you read this book and it makes you feel like you're always treated like a queen or king. From now on when I know someone is getting abused I will try my best to make him or her feel loved. He wasn't never loved, I don't know how that feel because I have a lot of people that love me and I have great mom and dad which he never had. I my opinion everyone should read this book you might learn something if you put yourself in his shoes.
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Summary: The Best Book I've Read
Review: I read the book A Child called It. This was the best book I've read all year. It really makes you feel like your feeling what the narrator is going threw. I started crying when I read some of the chapters. Overall this was a really moving book.
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Summary: A Child Called "It"
Review: The Child Called "It"
By: Dave Pelzer
Reviewed by: J. Relova
Period: 1 It is a true story of Dave Pelzer, when he was a young, little boy, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable,alcoholic mother. She was a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games-games that left him nearly dead.He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him as her son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it".The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare, having to go through several days without food but nothing more than spoiled scraps that even dogs refused to eat and sleeping on an old army cot in the basement in his torn and raunchy clothes. He had nothing and no one to turn to, not even his brothers nor his father for they were scared to stand up for what was right. But his dreams kept him alive- dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.On March 5,1973, Dave's dream of being free from all the evil torturing came true, when he had the courage to explain to the school nurse of all the scars and bruises on his body.
I liked the book because it sent a really powerful impact on my reading perspective of this book.When Dave talks about his determenation,for example, to get his food ."When momma would forget to feed me, during my chores of washing the dishes, I would leave the foccit on and make my way to the trash can and dig out the scraps of meat and stuff as much as I can in my mouth, but momma would just beat me up more when I try...". Before I predicted that this book would be another boring book about a typical child losing his parents, but when I read it I couldn't put it down. Through each struggle,I find myself enduring his pain, comforting his lonliness and fighting for his will to survive. This is a very powerful book.
I have rated this book 5 stars, so I have nothing to complain about this book.
My favorite part of the book was when Dave got the courage to tell an adult about his mom abusing him everyday and how he got rescued and seperated from his mom because it was a relief to find out that he was rescued after reading all the types of torture his mom put him through. This compelling story awoke me to the truth of child abuse - and the ability we all have to make make a difference.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: The book A Child Called It was the most touching story I ever read. It was about a child who grows up being beaten and abused. The mother treates the other children like regular kids but in Davids case, it is different. She treats him worse then dogs get treated. Some of the horrible things she did to David were making him eat baby poop, feeding him bleach, making him eat throw up out of the toilet, starving him for almost two weeks, making him lay naked in a cold tub, forcing him to sleep on newspaper like an animal and she even stabbed him in the stomach which was in a way an "accident". To warn readers, once you pick this book up you can't stop, i finished it in under 2 hours. I reccomend it to ages 13-17. I am 13 and I understood and enjoyed how everything was written even thought it was a very disturbing story for a child
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Summary: Mesmerizing reading material
Review: This book, "A Child Called It", totally captivated me in the first few sentences. I had no intentions of reading this book. It was handed to me to just look over, when I started thumbing through. I finished in a few hours and could not tear myself away from the horrors this child went through at the hands of a sadistic, delusional mother. I have also read "The Lost Boy" and am now on his last book in this series, "A Man Called Dave"......he is truly a hero....
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Summary: Child Called IT
Review: The book I'm doing this on is Child Called It.I think this book was really good, but really sad. I liked the beginning where their family is almost perfect. I don't like the part when the Mom starts drinking and starts abusing the little boy. This book is very heart warming and touching. If you haven't read this book you should! This book lets you see how kids that are abused are treated. That's why I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.
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