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Summary: A Child called "it"
Review: I think that this book was a great book. This book was so touching. I couldn't believe some of the things that this child had to go throw. This book was so hard to put down because I always wanted to know what was going to happen next. I would lay in bed at night after reading this and just think how can this mother live with herself after beating David so badly. The thing that got me the most was when she was telling him to take off all his clothes and lay on top of the stove on the burning flames. Then when she couldn't get him up there she stock his arm in the flames that part made me feel the pain. This book had alot of them part were I could just put myself in his shoes and I could feel his pain. I can't believe that the school that he want to didn't realize something was wrong when he was steeling lunches and by the way he looked. It's so hard to believe that the would just blow something like that off. I think that this is the most touching storie I have ever read and it made me really think about how lucky I was growing up to have both parents who loved me and didn't abuse me. It taught me a lesson about all the things that happen to children in a enviorment such as Davids. It makes me so sad to think that there is a child being abused right now, if not more. I think that it is so sad that those child what to love there parents and forgive them. That they are so scared to tell anyone the truth. They don't even realize that they are hurting them self worse by not telling someone. It most have been so lonely to live David's life. To have to watch his brother have fun playing and he couldn't. To hear them laughing and having fun as he sat in the basement alone listing to them. To watch everyone esle around him eat meals and he couldn't have any. To have to wash the dishes after them. I just don't see how he lived throw this. I could never put my child throw this or watch any child arould me be abused, I would report it right away. This book was so good and touching I going to now read the lost boy. I hope that it is as good as a Child Called "it."
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Summary: Lupe Torres (A Child Called "It"}
Review: I enjoyed reading this book because it wasn't make believe. It's talking about someones' life. I liked this book because it was very interesting reading about a persons life and how bad a mother could treat her own child. This book has been one of the best books I have ever read. This book really got to me, it was really emotional. I have read a lot of other books, but none have ever gotten to me as much as this book. I'm planning on reading his other books because I believe that they will be as well written as his book "A Child Called "It".
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Summary: A Child Called It ,Review,David J. Pelzer
Review: I think this was the best book i ever read. It made me want to keep on reading. I didnt want to put the book down. It's about this boy who was always getting beat by his mother and was mistreated. She would treat him like nothing,like an it. She wouldnt even call him a boy,she would say "it". Well he got sick of her,and one day on his way home,jumped out of the car and never seen her again. Now i have to read "The Lost Boy" to find out what else happened.
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Summary: A Child Called "It", review
Review: I read this book in only a few hours as it was so good that I was unable to put it down. It really made me think how lucky I am to have a loving family and nice home. To say I enjoyed the book wouldn't be right, as how anyone could enjoy reading a book all about torture to a child is beyond me. But, what I did enjoy is how David Pelzer makes the reader feel like they is at the scene, with great description to how he is feeling at the time. I know that I would not have been strong enough to make it through those hard years, but I applaude David for living to be a much stronger person. I read the follow up book "The Lost Boy", as soon as I had finished the first book, and my heart skipped a beat everytime David came into contact with his mother, as I was sure she wouldn't be allowed near him. Though I felt it wasn't as gripping as the first book, it was worth reading just to find out what happened to David.
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Summary: Long on "What"... Short on "Why"
Review: This is a truly heart wrenching story and I feel for Dave Pelzer. No one desrves what he got and it, to me, is a miracle he survivied. The book, however, left me wondering what the point was. There was no insight offered as to why his mother made such an aberrant progression from loving mother to psychotic child abuser. No "where are they now" to let you know what the outcome was. I don't know about you but I feel that a book written requiring the reader to read more books to get anything out of the first is a poorly written book.
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Summary: HEART RENCHING
Review: i am only 16 years old, and i read this book as a school project 2 years ago... David's story touched my heart soooo much, and he has impacted my life. When people ask me to suggest a book, this is the FIRST one that comes to mind. I think that EVERYONE should read this book. I admire david, and think he is a great role model. Not only did he survive, but he used his experience in a positive way.....thank you david for passing your story on.
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Summary: INCREDIBLY MOVING
Review: When I was reading this book, I could not put it down. It is the best book I have ever read! But the horrible strange tortures that this boy's alchoholic mother does to him brought tears to my eyes. She tried to kill him many times, made him eat his baby brother's crap, and his own vomit, when she made him throw up the food he stole because she refused to feed him. This woman was crazy, cruel, and another thing that he called her(you will have to read the book for this one). I never realized how terrible abuse is or how bizarre and horrible it could be until I read "A Child Called 'It'".
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Summary: Woefully lacking in depth
Review: If you must read this book, borrow it from the library. Poorly written and rife with grammatical errors, "A Boy Called 'It'" offers a meandering account of child abuse with no great insight into its causes or cures. Don't get me wrong -- the tales of torture are gut-wrenching, to be sure. But reading it is the literary equivalent of looking at a traffic accident as you drive past...fascinating and horrible, but ultimately pointless. I've read dozens of reviews here on Amazon, and many of them seem to be giving a high star-rating out of sympathy for the author. Though I, too, feel very badly for him, "A Boy Called 'It'" is not a self-help book and does not aspire to improve the world. Rather, it reads like a cathardic memoir that is woefully short on meaningful explanations and agonizingly long on simple descriptions of maltreatment. For an interesting narrative about the "why" of abuse and evil in general, I'd recomment reading a chapter called "Rebellion" in "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevski. SFW
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Summary: A Child Called "IT"
Review: This book is about a child who lives with his mother, father, and two brothers. His father works all of the time, and his mother stays home. The boy's two brothers are well cared for, but he is not. This boy is deprived of love, friends, and even food. His mother tells him that he is a "bad" boy and "bad" boys don't deserve food. The father on the other had tries to help the boy, but is soon corupted by his wife's ways. The boy then has no one to are for him. He goes for weeks without food, and even when he does get to eat he only gets scraps that the dogs don't even want. Through the story the boy gets stronger, he only wants to go on to not satisfiy his mother. He won't cry anymore, because his tears give his mother joy and he doesn't want that. After a while a teacher starts noticing brusies on the boy, and reports it. Finally, the mother gets taken away. During the story the boys mother refers to him as "IT" meaning that he is nothing to her, hence the tittle. I liked the book, because it really made me think about what it would be like if you were neglected and beaten, it was almost as if you were in this little boy's shoes. The end of the book to me was very logical that the mother would eventually be taken away, which usually happens in these cases, hopefully for the child's sake. The little boy in the story is very strong, he may have started weaker, but the harshness his mother put him through made him a lot stronger. Over all the book was very well written and I would recommend it for people of all ages, it really puts you in the story, like you are this little boy.
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Summary: Story of a lost child
Review: I thought this book was one of the best books that I have ever read. It makes you wonder how many people like David are out there, and why so few people try to make a difference. My mother was abusive but she didn't hold a candle to Dave's mother. This book helped me to answer questions that have been plaguing me for years. It made me realize how lucky I really had it. My english teacher tried to read it in the class and after the second chapter she had to stop because it was so emotional that she and the rest of the class were crying. It really sends a message. Throughout the book there are times when you just want to scream "Way to go" when he decides to stand up for him self. I definately recommend this book to anyone, no matter if you can relate to it or not.
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