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Summary: A must read!
Review: This book will make people appreciate the lives they have lived. It is horrific as to what happened to this child, but inspirational at the same time. We can all learn a lot from "The Lost Boy."
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Summary: a great read
Review: this is the sequel to a child called it. this story is very touching and is very hard to put down because you want to know what happens next. this is a book about a child getting abused by his mother, and hes now going from foster home to foster home. he is a very troubled boy and all he wants is to be loved and accepted. very good book and remember this is a true story. it actually happened to the author.
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Summary: A foster child raises above his surroundings.......
Review: I read David's first book "A Child called IT" and found this installment of his saga to be much more inspiring. All david wanted was to be loved and he could not find that with his mother. He did find it in the homes of a couple of people who took him in. Even tho he still got into trouble, you could see that all he needed was true love to turn him around. He became a foster child but it did not dim his soul. Now I have to read the next book in the series.
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Summary: Inspirational at such a young age.
Review: I read all 3 books and can't believe that this women could call herself a mother, to me more like a monster. This poor little boy was so strong and so young to have to live like an animal. I read the first book in 2 days and the next book was even more hard to put down. By his third book I was a bit relieved that this man had grown to know his potential in life and the help he has given so many people. I still have questions. What happened to his Grandmother? Did she die? What happened to his Foster Parents? The ones that he was closest to. I know the Foster Father dies of Cancer. To be honest with you I think about this everytime I discipline my 2 boys. To me the 5 minute time out chair is torture enough. I can't even comprehend not being feed for 10 days. The one thing I have for Mrs. Marsha Pelzer is respect for a women that knows a good honest man when she sees one. The loving heart and sympathic ear for how much this man went through. Must read all three books. I still ask myself why just this boys?
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Summary: The Lost Boy : Helped me to heal
Review: After reading a Child called "It" I read this Book "The Lost Boy" Sadness overwhelmed me as I read what Dave Pelzer went through, as a Child I was abused and molested too.But nothing I went through would compare to what Dave Pelzer went through.It made me see that if Dave Pelzer could get through life and forgive and let the past go so could I.And I have, I am no longer angry.Because I realize that people who abuse and molest Children are sick people that truly need help.If you have ever been abused please read this book and all of Dave Pelzer Books it will help bring a special inspiration to your life once you read what finally happened in Dave Pelzer life as he got older.He is surely one of the wisest men I know.He is truly remarkable and I will always admire his courage and faith to keep going and make his life a better one.All his Books are Books of Powerful Knowledge and the desperation to keep on living. Dave Pelzer is my Hero! Sincerely~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Summary: PUZZELED
Review: I just read the book ,titled; A boy named IT, by Mr Pelzer Puzzeled is a great word for the book it was hard to beleave a mother could be that crule,to her child,I couldn;t put it down,and when I got to the end,I wanted answer;s WHY,, Why did she treat him this way,what is wrong with her,and so badly I wanted her to go threw what the child did,I will now go and buy part 2,the lost boy,to find my answers, also I hope she was jailed for this pain she caused this child. No one deserves to be treated this way,EVER, THANK YOU .Donna
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Summary: The Lost Boy : A Foster Childs Search for the Love of a Fami
Review: This book is an excellent follow up to "A Child CAlled It". Once I started reading I couldn't put it down. My heart just ached for this little boy and all the struggles in his life. There is no way I can relate to his story, but it did open my eyes to realities that happen in this world.
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Summary: Part two of a gripping true-life sage
Review: In this absorbing second instalment of his turbulent life story, Dave Pelzer picks up virtually where he left off in 'A Child Called It', and fills us in on his development from ages 12 to young adulthood. At last, poor David seems to get a break when his teachers and others risk their careers to deliver him from the sadistic clutches of his alcoholic Mother. In many ways this is a welcome respite from the horrors of the previous book, and therefore not as traumatic and difficult to read. Even still, David's troubles are far from over. His Mother continues to threaten his entire future, and he is pushed from pillar to post through a succession of Foster homes. Some of the people he meets are welcoming and generous, others who seem to be friends end up betraying him, further compounding his loneliness. The full long term effects of his earlier suffering begin to show, and he begins to go off the rails, but in the end the reader is left with a sense that his inner strength will overcome. The book has a slightly more fractured and episodic feel than the relentless, depressing atmosphere of its predecessor, but I guess that reflects David;s life quite accurately at that stage. Important to read 'A Child Called It' First for it all to make sense, but essential reading for anyone wanting to know "what happened next"
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Summary: Why Don't the Abusers Have to Go to Prison?
Review: This book is the sequel to a "Ä Child Called It". I would suggest reading the first book to have an appreciation for this sequel. The struggles that this child goes through in the process of "telling" on his abuser is at once sad and a revelation why children don't do it very often. Even sadder is the fact that the abuser usually finds another victim, as she did in this true story. What left a bad taste in my mouth was that the abuser was not deemed to be a criminal. She was allowed to go on with her twisted existence and yet destroy another victim's life. The "freedom" that this child experiences as a result being removed from his abuser's home is enlightening. Even more enlightening are lessons that this young man learns as a result of becoming an "F" word.
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Summary: Top notch sequel to "A Child Called It"
Review: Having recently read "A Child Called It," I couldn't wait to see how things turned out for David Pelz, the child who was so horrifically abused by his mother. This book is about his life in the foster care system after being rescued from the dreadful life he was leading. We learn about his fear that his mother might get him back and about his fear of testifying against his mother in court. Being rescued did not immediately solve his problems since he was so emotionally scarred. In his mind, he at times thought that he was to blame and that he perhaps deserved what was done to him by his mother. Also, due to his psychological scarring, he often got into fairly serious trouble and had some significant behavioral problems. However, he was blessed by a patient and support network of social workers, parole officers and foster families who helped him get through these difficult times. Pelz went through the foster care system and despite being switched to different foster homes and having some bad experiences, he ultimately supports this system and is thankful for its having saved him. Despite their warts, he depicts the families and professionals involved in rescuing him in a favorable light. He ultimately triumphs and emerges from the system as a man named Dave which is the title of the next book in the trilogy. I will be sure to read it.
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