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Summary: From a Foster Mother's Heart...
Review: Thank you, Mr. Pelzer, for writing your heart in this book. As a foster mother of three little ones, 5, 5, and 3, my heart always breaks for what they have seen and what I do not know yet that they have seen or experienced. You have let the world know that all foster parents are not monsters--and in fact, we try very hard to make our homes better and safer than some biological families' homes. The reason people become foster parents varies as widely as the reason children go into foster care. Each child is special and each child deserves the best care and the sweetest love they can receive. I could not put your book down after I bought it at the airport. My heart broke for your loss and your continued struggle to understand why your mother did those horrific things to you and your family. One could quickly blame the alchohol, but my heart ached as you continually tried to uncover what it was you could have done to make things turn out differently. Sometimes, we do not find the answers in this lifetime---your courage and honesty are appreciated. I highly recommend this book to any parent or anyone who is curious about "the system." My hat is off to you, Mr. Pelzer.
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Summary: Touching, Compeling, Definantly inspirational
Review: This sequal is unlike any other. Instead of being the normal sequal to any fiction book, this biography continues the saga of the life of an abused child. In foster care, Dave had to learn about the outside world and that he wasn't alone anymore. So many people cared about him and showed him love that you just wish you could thank them in person for helping the child called It to find himself and turn out to be a man named Dave. "The Lost Boy" inspired me to become a foster parent when I am legally able to and I hope I can do as much for other children as what Dave gets in his book.
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Summary: TOTALLY INSPRIATIONAL
Review: I have read all three of Dave Pelzers books, each of them left me with a warm and peaceful feeling that if a man like Dave can over come so many obstacles that so can I, and it also made me appreciate what I have in my life, Thank you Dave for opening my eyes.
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Summary: My opinion on the book The Lost Boy
Review: I have recently read the book "The Lost Boy". It was very heart warming and inspirational. It shows how a boy goes from an abusive, alcoholic mother to several foster homes in search for a family that really loves him. I would recomend this book to other people because it kept my attention through the last page with all the dramatic and adventures. It made me feel thankful that I have a family that laoves me as much as they do. The character is David who movies on from foster home to foster home scared that his mother will come and get him. He also gives you a picture of the pain he was going through and I think thats one of the good points to this story. If you are looking for a book that shows self-help and inspiration I would recommend readinf " The Lost Boy".
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Summary: My opinion on the book The Lost Boy
Review: I have recently read the book "The Lost Boy". It wasvery heart warming and inspirational. It shows how a boy goes from anabusive, alcoholic mother to several foster homes in search for a family that really loves him. I would recomend this book to other people because it kept my attention through the last page. It made me feel thankful that I have a family that loves me as much as they do. The character is David who movies on from foster home to foster home scared that his mother will come and get him. He also gives you a picture of the pain he was going through and I think thats one of the good points to this story. If you are looking for a book that shows self-help and inspiration i would recommend reading "The Lost Boy".
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Summary: Heart-wrenching, amazing and uplifting true stroy.
Review: The Lost Boy is an absolutely amazing true story of Dave Pelzer, which chronicles his years from 12 to 18 years of age as a foster child. This is book two of three and now I must go and read the other two books in the trilogy. I could not put this book down. I would recommend this book to everyone.This will book will make you cry, it will make you mad, and at the end, you will be cheering and crying tears of joy for Dave. This book will break your heart and if you are a parent, you will be outraged at the abuse. Sadly, child abuse is so prevalent, and there are so many cunning, and devious parents out there, that some children do not get out and the abuse is "allowed" to go on and on or the child is killed. Dave's strength, determination, and unbreakable spirit shine throughout this book. How he survived the brutality can only be called a miracle. It breaks my heart to read of such incredible abuse and one does have to thank the foster parents, social works and teachers in this child's life. Dave says, "It takes a community to save a child", and I wholeheartedly agree. Dave takes you through his five different foster families during his adolescent years and his desperate determination to find the love of a family and a "home" propels him by not abandoning hope. Dave's inner strength, courage, and fortitude are a shining inspiration to us all. God bless you Dave and the work that you are doing to help other children. Thank you for opening our eyes and sharing "your" story.
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Summary: a child called it
Review: i work with abused children, i thought i had become hardened to the attrocities of child abuse, i realise now i am not. What a harrowing, disturbing book. I was compelled to read it from beginning to end without putting it down. What a tribute to the strength of david pelzer and an example of courage and hope to us all. I cannot express my admiration to him as, then a child, and now an adult for his candid reporting of this period in his life.
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: The Lost Boy is an intriging realistic book! It shows parents what happenes to kids when you abuse them and mistreat them! The Lost Boy is about a little boy named Dave Pelzer. Whos parents cal him "kid" "you" "It", all but his real name, because they were always sober.He hides from his parents because they beat him up! His mom also used to play mean games, like she would make him stay still for hours and if he even twitched she would beat him up! Even though his parents had a home he lived in a garebage can in the basement!Dave Pelzer is the author of this outstanding phenomenon book! This book is the sequal to: A Child Called It. The ages of this book should be 10 and over, because there is some bad words like: hell but it just shows how he felt, so its necessary for those kind of words. Also this book is very sad, because it has lots of real life situations that people just can't bare to liten to. And little kids wouldn't understand it to. This book is about Mr. Pelzer's horrible childhood, and how he over came the horror of his ,childhood. And a hear warming story of how many other parents or Foster Parents who helped him along his teenage years and some of his younger years. In my opinion Dave didn't have to write about his chilhood days. He could have kept it a secret, but he didnt and from his actions he has probably saved few of kids and parents lives. People should read this book, you will learn a lot from it!
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Summary: A must read!
Review: Don't pick this book up if you have something important to do - you will NOT be able to put it down. I read both of his first two books in one sitting. The second book answered so many questions and filled in many of the missing pieces from the first book. Thank you David for sharing your amazing story!
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: I did read the first of these three books. This is a wonderful story. I still have a lot of unanswered questions. Hopefully they will be answered in the next book. I have a few friends that have been moved into different foster homes. The one thing that they have told me is that the hardest part is to feel wanted and that you maybe finally have a home. So I can only imange what Dave has gone through. Yet his mother still seems to be there to haunt him. He does a few things that he should not do, just to make friends and feel that he fits in. He does put his trust into his social worker. Which is good. He also hads a family that he can call his. When he sees his brother he tries to help. I really don't understand why the system would let his brothers stay with his mother. This women should have never had kids. The father to sit by a let this happen is sick. Hopefully they will get theres in the end. Well I recomend this book. It is a wonderful story. I know a 12 year old who is reading it and they know that they have a good life. Thank you for the wonderful story of your life Dave and God Bless you.
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