The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: After reading A Child Called IT, I could not help but read the lost boy. And now after reading the lost boy I can't wait to read A man called Dave. The lost boy was about a boy who went through the worst childhood anyone could ever image, or even wish upon anyone else to go through. This book only covers from ages 12-18, which is a lot more pleasant that what he went through the rest of the years. After his school realized what had been happening to David, they called the police and social services and was taken away from his mother. When his mother discovered that David had revealed the family secret she was ferious. But she couldn't do anything to him, they went to court and he was warded to the state until the age of 18, so his mother couldn't get to him. Over the next five years David was stiched from foster home to foster home. A few of the places he became comfortable in but that for one reason or another was taken away. Over the years his mother had said that he was a bad child and that no one could love him. She had said it so much that he belived it. At first he would would have nightmares about her coming to take him back to "the house." His nother had a certain power over him, that was hard for him to get away from. His mother got visitation rights, so she would go and visit him at the home where he was staying, but most of the time she wouldn't even talk to him. She would talk to his foster parent and tell them to be careful because he would try to be sneaky, and that he was such a bad child when he lived with her. When she visited him she never called him by his name, instead, she would call him "The Boy." Around age 17 or 18, David hadn't talked to his father in so long that he decides to go and find him. David ends up finding him, but when he does he is not the man he remembers. He is a drunk and he has no love left in his eyes. His eyes were dark and lost. Reading this book made me realize how strong David was. He had the worst childhood that anyone could ever imagine, and he is still alive and kept his faith through it all.

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Summary: Continued Hope and Strength.
Review: Once again David Pelzer hold the readers interest from the get go. Again the pages of the book are stained by the tears of the reader, not only for feeling the pain of David as he was growing up, but for his victories. Not only are the struggles coming from outside but also from within himself. He shows the will and the strength to survive.

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Summary: heartclenching and emotional
Review: To everyone out there that is curious about this book I highly recomend it. The Lost Boy had an amazing impact on me and my family members who I got to read it also. I could not put the book down. I would walk down the hallways at school and read at the same time not able to stop reading. I really wanted to jump into the book and save Mr. Pelzer, and help him to not be so frightened. I hope that everyone that reads my review will go out and take the time to read Mr. Pelzers inspirational book about his strugle to stay alive and escape "The Mother". Thank you.

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Summary: What an inspiration!
Review: this book was Capivating I usually don't read! I heard about Dave Peltzer and read "A Boy Called IT" I couldn't put it down then I shared it with all the women at my work! Then I read "The Lost Boy" and I couldn't stop crying! He is a great author and an inspiration to all victims! If you never read any other books please read these books!

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Summary: The Life of a Foster Child
Review: This book is the sequel to Dave Pelzers, The Child Called It. It gives the reader a great depiction of the life of a foster child. The frequent moves from place to place, having no real steady place to call home, combined with the judgemental prejudices of neighbors and schoolmates. I would highly recommend this book to all abuse survivors and offenders, foster parents, special needs adoptive parents, social workers, and to anybody else who thinks they've got a hard life. The feelings of confusion, loss, anguish, and loneliness are real. The true words from Dave Pelzer are amazingly honest and heartbreaking. By the end of the book, you will have cried, cheered, and then triumphed at determination to make something positive come out of his brutal childhood. You will have so much respect for the person Dave Pelzer has become, and celebrate the exposure Dave has given to the real abuse happenings in our society.

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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: The Lost Boy is a story of sorrow and joy. As Dave is getting older he is finally placed in foster care away from the tortues of his mother. During this time he begins his struggles of a new life. He is moved around to many houses and is constantly looking to be accepted by all. Eventauly Dave is able to realize that he can be loved by others and fit in with everyone else. Dave's life is finally starting to look brighter by the end of this book.

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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: This book talks about a young man who was abused when he was a child and is now in the foster care system. This younge man is David Pelzer. This book is the sequal to the first book The Child Called It. This book is interesting because it taught me more about child abuse then what I've heared. I have been touched by this book because I believe in adoption.

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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: This book was a very interesting book and it helped me realize that child abuse has been around for a long time and that we are finally learning how to deal with it and realzing that it is an on-going problem

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Summary: The Courageus One
Review: I have read all three of Dave Peltzer's books. I read the first two in one day. They had me so enthralled I couldn't put them down. Dave made me realize through the stories of gruesome abuse that he endured that the abuse is there in this world. He talks about the love and the want for exceptance that he carried as a child well into his adult years. Without telling too much of the book I admire the courage that David has showed to grow out of what has happened to him in his past and to give his son a better life then what he had. He truly is a model figure in this world that each reader can learn something from. To tell his story instead of bottling it up in hopes that at least one child in this world remains unharmed is the best act of love I have seen in a long time. I urge you to read all three of his books to gain the full knowledge of what "it, Dave, and David" went through. What a terrible experience. Like I said the courageous one.

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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: The Lost Boy, is David Pelzer's real life experience of his troubled adolescence. Throughout David's adolescence he never had a home or a family to call his own. From the age of twelve to eighteen, David was moved from one foster home to another, carrying his meager processions in one carrier bag. The Lost Boy follows David through five different foster homes. He tells us of his desperate need to 'fit in.' He had recently been taken from his abusive mother's home. David thought his life would begin to improve. Going from foster home to foster home, he faced many struggles. Some of the abuse he suffered, at the hands of foster parents was worse than his mother's torture. While living in one such home, David was sent to his mother's house for daily visits. This for David was an open invitation for more abuse. David's foster mother felt that it would cheer David up to see his mother. On these visits' David's mother continued to beat him, and of course failed to feed him. Her mental torture was just as traumatic, continually telling him he was worthless and a nothing. In his next home he became very attached to 'Aunt Mary'. This attachment began to work against him. Aunt Mary began to resent his reliance on her and tried to push him away. Again he was switched to a new foster home. As David was taken from Aunt Mary's home, he said, "The first two ultimate rules of being a foster child that I had learned while at Aunt Mary's were never to become too attached to anyone and never take someone's home for granted. And I had foolishly broken both rules," (Page 221). After Aunt Mary's home, David followed both rules and never felt at home or comfortable with any of the rest of his foster homes. After many years of having the courage to fight through physical and emotional abuse, David came out of his horrible adolescence with his head held high and with much determination to succeed. After 18 years of being dragged down by other people David was on his way to a better and happier life. " As the Boeing 727 banked its way from California, I closed my eyes for a final time as a lost boy," (Page 297). David had triumphed through many things and was now determined to live his life to the fullest. " I'm a little scared, but I could use that to my advantage. I have a master plan. I'm focused, and I know I'm going to make it," (Page 298). It is apparent that David, with the help of his mentor, really felt like he was going to make something of his life. He did this by becoming a best selling author. David's triumph is apparent in the quote, ' Aboard my first plane ride, I opened my eyes for the first time as a man named Dave. I chuckled to myself. "Now the adventure begins," (Page 298). David's reasoning for choosing the title of his book is clear. Throughout his first 18 years of life David never felt that he had anything of his own and didn't feel needed, loved or understood, this is why he labeled himself a 'lost boy.' David was lost in everyone else's world but never found himself until he was free of the system. I enjoyed this book very much even though it is one of the saddest books I've read. It is a well written, easy-read book. I could not put The Lost Boy down. This book has helped me realize that I really do have it all, a loving family, friends, and so much more than the necessities of life. It has helped me to realize that there are children out there who are suffering and that we should do everything, within our power, to help them. David Pelzer is a true gift to all and is a voice of inspiration.