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Summary: Painful and Astonishing
Review: This book is very easy to read and understand. The physical and mental abuse David went through was horrific. It is really unpalatable and/or displeasing to know that some parents are treating their children like this. The way David describes the things he went through you almost feel as if you're going through it too. A few times while reading I cringed and felt disgusted. We must educate ourselves and people we know about abuse so that we can be aware of the warning signs. I definately recommend this book. I just ordered the 2nd and 3rd book and am anxiously awaiting their arrival.
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Summary: A School Teacher Reports A Student's Twisted Family Secret
Review: I read this book at one sitting. It is the true story of one of the worst cases of child abuse that was "reported". What came to my mind after reading this memoir was how many cases go unreported. At best, this book should bring to light that we all have an opportunity to take action when we realize that something is wrong. Unfortunately, it also brings to light how entire families can become toxic and literally participate through inaction. See my review on the sequel to this book, "Lost Boy".
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Summary: A story that will catch your heart
Review: ...A Child Called "It" by David J. Pelzer:This is a magnificent book. The Child Called It is told in the eyes of a child. David is trying to survive from his mothers abuse. This book will make you cry, and make you smile. I recommend this book to anybody. Good Luck and God Bless!!!
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Summary: Powerful story of survival.
Review: Dave Pelzer shares his horrific childhood at the hands of an insanely sadistic mother in this powerful memoir. You will be shocked by the increasingly bizarre tortures his mother inflicts and amazed by David's ability to withstand it all. Ultimately, the book left me feeling frustrated - I wanted to know why David's mother singled him out for her abuse and why his father, siblings and neighbors did so little to protect him. Then I realized that these were the same frustrations David has lived with most of his life. Furthermore, it's unrealistic to expect that there could be a rational explanation. Just as David does, the reader has to accept that the abuse was senseless.
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Summary: What a story!
Review: My daughter bought this book originally and said that it was alright so I thought that I would read it too. I couldn't put it down. I was horrified about the amount of abuse the poor boy had to endure before he was put into foster care. The way his mother treated him was quite beyond belief - the hot gas stove, the starving on a daily basis. It's quite a tribute to Dave Peltzer's resilience that he actually survived. His father must have been very inadequate not to have defended the boy in any capacity and his mother must have been a very cunning person to have fooled people over such a long period of time. I actually cried when I read about what Dave had endured. I could not imagine treating my children in that fashion. I can't wait to start the second part of the trilogy.
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Summary: A Child Called It
Review: Dave Pelzer, a young and strong willed boy, fights to survive his mother's harsh abuse. She is very cruel. She makes David Eat his own vomit. She beats David, makes him live in the basement, she doesn't let him eat. So he rummages through the garbage and steals his class mates lunches. His teacher would find out he done it and he wouldn't get any lunch. He was trying to prevail over his mother's abuse. So read the book and find out what happens.
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Summary: A Child Called It
Review: This is a story about a boy named David Pelzer. He was a victim of abuse as a child. His mother had been abusing him sice he was 4 years old. His mother would always tell that it was his fault that he got hit and that he was being a bad boy. This is a great book because I think that Dave was really brave to be able to survive everything that she put him through. This story really touched me because I don't know how anyone could be that cruel to anyone especially their own child. Dave was always looking for a way out or a way to beat his mother. He was also always saying that he wanted to die. I think that Dave Pelzer is a really brave person to go through all of that and be able to write 3 books about his bad childhood.
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Summary: A Child Called "IT"
Review: This book was exellent, there were twists in every chapter, and it was also very sad that a mother could actually do taht to her son. In this book I liked how much courage this kid had, it wasa true story, how the author had enough guts to write a story about his childhood, how it was such a page turner, and how it ended. Then the things I didn't like, and beleive me it was hard to choose,were how the brothers didn't stick up for him, the horrible things his mother did to him, when he got stabbed, the mother, and the Brothers. The reason I didn't capitolize the mothers name was because I don't think she deserves it. I think anyone would like this book, even boys, it was and ultimate page turner, you cannot put it down, it was also very touching!~
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Summary: One can learn a lot from Dave Pelzer's personal story.
Review: In Dave Pelzer's personal story of A Child Called "It", he shares his horrid childhood experiences of how he survived years of physical and mental abuse from his drunken mother. The novel begins with Mr. Pelzer reliving the day in which he is freed from the bondage of his mother. Dave then returns the reader, knowing the outcome of the story, to years before the abuse began. Originally, Dave is loved by his mother and father as a child should be. As the family structure deteriorated, his mother began to discipline him. Her only explanation to him was that he was a "bad boy."; therefore, he blamed himself for the cruelty bestowed upon. At first, he was simply left in his bedroom for hours on end. It progressed and progressed until he was no longer a part of the family and simply referred to as "It." The child was no longer a son but rather slave. His abuse included: being denied to socialize with his own siblings being brutally beaten, being starved for of ten day, being locked in a bathroom with a mixture of ammonia and bleach, being stabbed, and being shoved into a cold bathtub and left there for hours. These are only a few of the less gruesome incidents of abuse that David was forced to live with for years. His tattered clothes and stench also did not help him escape his hell at school, where he was forced to steal from lunch boxes in order to eat. As his parent's relationship became more strained, his abuse increased in intensity, for his mother began to drink more and more. His mother was able to eventually control his father to the point in which he was helpless in saving David, and she was then able to drive him out of the house. In time, his brothers eventually began helping his mother beat Dave. Despite a few moments of wanting to die, his will to survive and his unbelievable faith in the Lord was able to save him from his mother. Looking at Dave during those years, one can find no weakness in such an innocent child; however, looking at his heartless mother, one can find no strength. This stark contrast has left a permanent impression upon me. On one hand, I pray that I will never become anything like that evil mother. On the other hand, I pray that I take Dave's strength as an example. No matter what one must face one can survive with internal motivation. Also, I am also humbled by the thought that no matter how bad thing seem to be going; it is nothing compared to what Dave lived through. It also sadden me that there were so many opportunities for Dave's salvation years before it actually occurred. In the future as a doctor, I pray that I will never have an abused child slip through my fingers. Although this book is extremely hard to read and digest at times, it is worth the struggle to complete. This story is an excellent reflection upon life in general and there are so many things to be learned from Dave Pelzer.
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Summary: Sort of a memory
Review: The biography of D.Pelzer was very emotional. The trauma he went through during his childhood was much like a family member of mine. Actually, three of my cousins went through what Pelzer went through from my grandmother. While reading this story about this man, I felt like I was actually watching everything go on. Pelzer wrote this book about his childhood and actually captured me into his depression, abuse, torture, and the happiness that he once had, and found again. I highly recommend this book to readers because not only is it fascinating, it is also real. This book tells about real things some children go through.
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