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Summary: Very good!!! but sad.
Review: I thought that this book was one of the better ones that I have read. This book tells how a young boy who was once abused by his mother is now able to start a different life in a foster home. This story tells about the troubles that David has to go throught to get out of his mothers abusing home. David tries to get his dad to help him but his dad knows that if he helps then it will just get David into more trouble. I would recommend this book to any one who can read it. It opens your eyes to the kind of abuse that people do not see, and the kinds that you should look for and report.
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Summary: This book is very touching
Review: I think that this book was very touching. I would recommend this book to anybody. I think that you would have to read "A child called it" first to know whats goin on in this book. The boy in this book, he goes through alot of tough times and it kind of shows people who are also going through them, how to get through them. He deals with stealing, starvation, descrimination and much more. You just have to read the book to really know how this kid feels. I thought it was a very good book because it wasnt made up, its what happen to a real kid. Lets think about this, this really happen to a kid living in our world.
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: This novel was the second book to "The Child called It". The novel was about a young boy named David who was abused by his mother. He was abused mostly phyisically, but also emotionally and mentally. Everyday when he went to school, the school nurse would examin him and always find new bruses or cuts. She always asks him what they are from and dave always blames them on himself. The school nurse has a feeling that he is being abused so she asks him many times and he says no. One day the nurse called a social worker to come to Davids house. Mrs.Pelzer was very angered by that. David and the social worker talked but David would not give in his mother, scared that she will hurt him. The social worker than came another time and that time she came David decided to tell. He gave in and told the social worker about his mother. He was put into a foster home, and his mother was extremely angered by this.
While David was in the foster home he made some, but little, friends. David was placed into many different homes through out his time in the foster home. Then he finally found a home and family that he would live with untill he was 18 and elligable to be on his own. That part of the story was about being in a foster home and having a new family.
This was a excellent book. I recamend that if you are interessted in reading this book, you should read the first book called "A Child Called It". After reading this book I am excited to read the next book titled "A Boy Named David". Anyone that is interessted in exciting books or books that have a great meaning, then this is a book for you. While reading this book there were times when i didnt want toput it down and had to find out what would happen. Through out this book I was sad at times, and happy at others. This book makes you feel so lucky in your life. The only thing i dissliked in this book is all the detail about how bad his life really was, it made it extremyl sad at times. It is easy to read and very interessting. This book is over all a excellent book. I would definitally rate this book a 5! Cant wait to dive into the next book.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: When I met Dave Pelzer a few years ago, you could see the chips still in his teeth from his head being slammed against the counter. He showed off pictures of his wife Marsha and his son Stephen. Also in his wallet, his father's badge, which choked him up as he talked about it.This 2nd book in Pelzer's trilogy follows his journey through California's foster care system. I learned a lot about his past and how his abuse affected his adolescent life, a time that is tough enough if you've had a pretty good home life. I didn't find this book as captivating as the first, but this one will still grab your attention. I knew that he'd made it out okay and had made something positive out of his life, but just following him until he found his 'home' with his final set of foster parents. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to have all of those attachments just severed. My favorite line is one of the last lines in the book, "Aboard my first plane rise, I opened my eyes for the first time as a man named Dave."
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Summary: I agree with the spotlight reviewer
Review: all the words written are echoed by me. This is exactly the kind of book everyone should read. A must for schools,libraries...parents.
For a child to go through what he did and still have the courage to survive is amazing in itself. But, to write about it and make the world aware of it..the author does a fantastic job. Also...I recommend Nightmares Echo as well. This is a newer book, not quite as "Physical" as "emotional" But still loaded with courage.
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Summary: Another see-saw of trauma and uplifting spirits
Review: Does anyone have a feel for how the individual foster parents in the foster-care system respond to David Pelzer's rendition of his wretched journey through this system? His terribly painful book(s) should make the individual foster parents more conscious than ever of what can go wrong and make better foster parents of them. I hope this is what is happening with these publications. Surely, too, seeing David show his own strong spirit inspires us to be better parents, better people.
Gisela Gasper Fitzgerald, author of ADOPTION: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice?
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Summary: Lost Boy
Review: Although I've read many an Amazon customer review, this is the first time that I have ever felt compelled to write one. Personally, I am in the process of becoming a single foster mom and one of the books that was suggested was "It". Today, on the spur of the moment, I purchased "It" and "Lost Boy" while at a used bookstore.
I haven't been able to put them down. It's 1 am and I am in the middle of "Lost Boy". Heartbreaking, unbelievable, tear-jerking and wonderful at the same time. How anyone could have survived a childhood of such trauma amazes and inspires me.
Buy it, read it, pass it along to everyone you know. It is truly inspiring and uplifting. It makes me feel that I could do anything and puts what I feel are "my problems" in perspective. Thank you Dave Pelzer.
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Summary: A Brilliant Sequel
Review: If you have already read, "A Child Called 'It'," then this is a must-read. If you have not already read the prequel to this book, never fear...Mr. Pelzer recounts many aspects of his first book. This is the next phase of Dave's life. It begins with him being removed from the home of his wicked and cruel mother and put into a foster home...and another foster home...and another foster home...etc. This book would be beneficial for all, but specifically for survivors, anyone with a survivor in their lives, people interested in foster home life, social workers, etc. I recommend you read the prequel first, but I highly recommend that you read this book as well. It's an easy read with picturesque description. A definitely wise addition to your library. :v)
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Summary: A little bit touching.......A little bit boring
Review: Don't get me wrong, I definately liked this book, but since the book is a true story, some parts could get pretty boring. VERY boring. The whole idea of this book was pretty good. A boy who just got taken away from a very abusive mother after taking the pain for his whole life and getting put in a foster home, were he searches for the love of a family. He transfers from foster home to foster home, sometimes doing good things, and at other times doing bad things. In some parts its scary to think that that actually happened. The book is overall a pretty good book.
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Summary: What a touching book!
Review: Anybody that reads this review should absolutely think about reading the book. Start with "The Child Called It" and if you do not enjoy this book, which you should, then you have a decision to not start the second book. David Pelzer is an awesome author and has a lot of courage to write about his childhood. I give him an a+ for writing these wonderful books. If you do take my advice and pick up one of his books, ENJOY!!
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