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Summary: A Child Called "IT"
Review: A friend of mine told me about this book. He told me that once you start reading it you can not put it down. I started to look at it a read a few pages. About a hour later he told me to go buy my own copy. I was up all night long just to finsh the book. I still can not believe that a mother can single out one of her childern and do this stuff to him. Then to have your father sit by and watch because he is afraid to say anything to her. What kind of father is that. Thank God my parnents were nonething like this. Thank God that one of your school tachers and a school nurse finally said something and got you out of a home like that. They saved your life. You would like that a child that young would block a lot of these things that happened to them. I would hate to live with the nightmares. I can hardly wait to read the other two books. I belive these books would be a must for everyone to read.
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Summary: I'd love to meet Dave in person and shake his hand.
Review: And thank him for recording this incredible story. It is a hard book to read - in that the stories he tells are nightmarish and outright horrible. Yet I read the book clear through in a few hours. I had to find out what happened to this dear little boy.And then I *RAN* to the library to get the sequel and then I went back to get the third book in the series. A previous post is right - you'll never look at a child in tatters the same way. And to me - that is one of this book's big messages. Several people failed Dave as a child. How many people in school and in his neighborhood saw this sad little boy but lacked the moral courage to help him out? How many times have I seen a child like that, and went merrily on my way? Hard questions, but thank goodness for Dave's strength and willingness to bring these questions to our thought and our collective consciousness. This book is a clarion call that we are all responsible for the children in our circle or village. I think we will all be held accountable for looking the other way when we discovered a child in need. A powerful book. I highly recommend it - but be forewarned, the descriptions are graphic. And a last note - I am so grateful to hear Dave has been healed of this dreadful past. I hope his story will be a shining light to show others - full healing and restoration is possible.
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Summary: A Child Without Love
Review: "A Child Called It" is an unbelievable recount of one child's will to survive. In a home where the child, Dave Pelzer, was tortured and punished in unthinkable ways for no reason at all, he never gave up. Being starved, beaten and treated like a dog and forced to drink ammonia mixed with bleach were some of the nicer things his mother did to him. Living the life Dave did, he still became a successful, compassionate adult. I think this is a wonderful, yet horrifying book. I can't imagine treating anyone like this. People actually do treat their children this way; its not just a story, it is real life. It is important that we remember that it is our job as a society to keep our eyes and hearts open to prevent these things from happening. This book is written by Dave, and it is wonderful because it is viewed through the eyes of the child. In the child's view we are able to feel his heartache, pain, triumph, joy, and all of the emotions that he felt growing up. I could feel what he felt, see what he saw, hear what he heard, and taste what he tasted whenhe was thrown a month old leftover. I felt as if I was there experiencing it with him. This makes it easier to understand what he went through.I would recommend this book to anybody who wants to have a greater understanding of child abuse. Be prepared to read the whole book, because you wont be able to put it down. Don't forget the tissue; this book is a tear jerker.
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Summary: A Child Without Love
Review: "A Child Called It" is an unbelievable account of one child's will to survive. In a home where the child, Dave Pelzer, was tortured, and punished in unthinkable ways for no reason at all, and he never gave up. Dave was starved, forced to drink ammonia mixed with bleach, and beaten and treated worse than a dog, just to name a few of the tortures he underwent. Living the life he did, he still became a successful, compassionate adult. I think this is a wonderful, yet horrifing book. I can't even imagine treating anyone this way. Children actually do get tortured and beaten like this; it's not just a story, it's real life. We have to keep our eyes and hearts open so we can prevent these things from happening. This book is written by Dave, and it is wonderful because we are experiencing it through the child's eyes. This is an excellent quality for a book, because it allows the reader to feel what he feels, see what he sees, hear what he hears, and tastes the nibbles of food he occasionally gets. This allowed me to his pain, triamph, and all of his emotions that he felt growing up. I felt as though these things were happening to me; this makes it easier to understand. I recommend this book to teachers, parents, grandparents,or anybody who wants to have a greater understanding of child abuse. This is such a good book, you won't be alle to put it down until your done. It's a tear jerker, have a box of tissue near.
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Summary: Enchanting
Review: A Child Called It, is a very enchanting story. It describessomething that could very well happen to you and me. The author doesa very good job at describing his horrible life as a child, and also tells you where you could find help if you were ever in any danger of getting beaten or ignored. I recommend this book to everyone out there.
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Summary: Drawn in
Review: I haven't bought a book in years. But when I saw Dave Pelzer book. I was stangely drawn towards it. I picked it up and started reading it, in the middle of the store. Before I knew it, thirty minnutes had past and I was still standing in the same place with my eyes glued to the pages. I knew then, that I was buying the book. I took it home and read it all in one sitting. I can't rember any over book holding me captive like this one did. After I finished the book and it's meassge stuck with me. I was raised by loving parents and yet I could understand many of them feelings little Dave went though esspecilly the frustration, rejection and just not fitting in. I was reminded of a boy met one time who I knew was being negleted. I tried to befriend him but his mother thernted to call the police if I didn't get the hell away for her son. All I ever did was talk to him, while I did landscaping. she clearly saw that as a threat to her control on him. There was nothing I could do. (to this day I'm not sure what basis she though she had for making that threat but I stayed away all the same) My only wish is that david would do workshops that working (and often unempolyed) stiffs like me could attend. I was in dire need of inspiration when I picked up this book, and it delivered. I find it odd that such a dark story could be so inspiring. For those who think the writting was to simple I ask why do you think flowery words make a story any any better. As for those who think it was all made up, the less I say to you the better. The sequal is very good, I have yet to read the third in the series but I likely well very soon.
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Summary: No truth held back, heart-breaking story.
Review: I read this book in a hour and a half, it was so heart wrenching and you would definitly have to have a box of klennexs beside you. I really recommend this book. It was something that you never could imagine a mother doing to her son. Please read.
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Summary: An inspiring book
Review: This book was so inspiring to me, I mean I became part of Dave, and I wondered why his mother done so much to him and why did he feel guilty and try to lie for her? Why the father just left and quit standing up for him. I felt the want to help him so much and his little brothers. I was so glad that he finally got help, that he finally got out of there. Just as soon as I finished this book I had to read the second sequal THE LOST BOY; I was looking for some closure, a better ending. Some of my suspicions went away as I read and I began to feel better about his situation; in foster care. But the things he began to do ot get attention I thought he'd never do; because he was in an better environment. I finished this book and I'd recommend it; but if you've read the first one you'll not need a recommendation. The third sequal is out adn I want to read it so bad it's called A MAN NAMED DAVE and I think that after I read that book I'll have closeure to my wonders and my questions I've still got from the first book.
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Summary: An inspiring book
Review: This book was sol inspiring to me, I mean I became part of Dave, and I wondered why his mother done so much to him and why did he feel guilty and try to lie for her? Why the father just left and quit standing up for him. I felt the want to help him so much and his little brothers. I was so glad that he finally got help, that he finally got out of there. Just as soon as I finished this book I had to read the second sequal THE LOST BOY; I was looking for some closure, a better ending. Some of my suspicions went away as I read and I began to feel better about his situation; in foster care. But the things he began to do ot get attention I thought he'd never do; because he was in an better environment. I finished this book and I'd recommend it; but if you've read the first one you'll not need a recommendation. The third sequal is out adn I want to read it so bad it's called A MAN NAMED DAVE and I think that after I read that book I'll have closeure to my wonders and my questions I've still got from the first book.
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Summary: Good Reading
Review: I read the book A Child Called It.. It was a very interesting book It was one of those books you can not put down... This book is about a little boy who is abused by his mother... You keep reading the book to see if he gets out of that GOD forsaken place.. I would recommend this book to anyone 12 years of age or older.. And if you have children you should really read this book...
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