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Summary: WISH SOMEONE HAD NOTICED
Review: THIS CHILD SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH ANY OF THIS. HE IS A VERY STRONG PERSON AND I THINK HE DESERVES THE BEST OUT OF LIFE. I JUST WISH SOMEONE HAD PAID ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON WITH THIS CHILD. HIS MOTHER AND FATHER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUNISHED BY LAW, NOT ALMOST GETTING HIM BACK TO PUNISH HIM MORE. IT WAS PURE STUPIDITY AND NEGLIGENCE ON HIS FATHER'S PART, BUT THE MOTHER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT AWAY SOMEWHERE AND TREATED THE SAME WAY THAT SHE TREATED HIM. I HAVE READ A CHILD CALLED IT AND THE LOST BOY, AND CAN NOT FIND HIS OTHER BOOK, A MAN NAME DAVE.
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: The Lost Boy is an autobiography by Dave Pelzer. It is the second book of a trilogy following A Child Called It. It tells about his life from age nine to age eighteen. As a young boy Dave lived in an abusive family. His mother would get drunk and start beating him. At the age of nine Dave ran away and his mother eventually lost custody of him. He went from one foster home to the next. He tried everything he could to try to fit in with the kids at school. He even started stealing from convenient stores and shopping centers. He stole anything from candy to toys. When he was eighteen years old he joined the air force. The Lost Boy is excellent to read. All of Dave's books will definitely touch your heart. If you have time I would definitely read it.
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Summary: Dave is Inspiring to All
Review: The Lost Boy is the most beautiful book I have ever read. It tells about his life from the ages of 12 to 18 as a foster child. It is the long awaited sequal to the book A Child Called 'It.' A book so intreguing, it was literally impossible to put down. This book is Pelzer's moving sequel. It deals with child abuse and how he survived. He takes you through his five diffrent foster families during his adolesent years. Pelzer tells about his desperate dtermination to find the love of a family and a child's dream of 'fitting-in.' While reading The Lost Boy, you will experiance an uproar of emotions. It will make you cry and at the same time it will make you mad. Then when you least suspect it, you will be crying and cheering for Dave. Dave is living proof that abusive cycles can be broken. He is an inspiration to us all. It would be an honor to hear this wonderful man speak.
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Summary: Dave is Inspirational to All!
Review: Dave is Inspiring to All! The Lost Boy is the most beautiful book I have ever read. It tells about his life from the ages of 12 to 18 as a foster child. It is the long awaited sequal to the book A Child Called 'It.' A book so intreguing, it was literally impossible to put down. This book is Pelzer's moving sequel. It deals with child abuse and how he survived. He takes you through his five diffrent foster families during his adolesent years. Pelzer tells about his desperate dtermination to find the love of a family and a child's dream of 'fitting-in.' While reading The Lost Boy, you will experiance an uproar of emotions. It will make you cry and at the same time it will make you mad. Then when you least suspect it, you will be crying and cheering for Dave. Dave is living proof that abusive cycles can be broken. He is an inspiration to us all. It would be an honor to hear this wonderful man speak.
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Summary: the search for love....
Review: is a long road for some. in this second in a series of three, we learn of davids search for just that. his will to survive just continues to amaze and inspire me. the book picks up in the exact spot that we left off in the first. from sharing a pizza with the police officer that drove him away from his childhood life of abuse at the hand of "the mother" to crossing off names of foster homes on a small list he has compiled, the reader is reminded of the most basic human need (other than food and shelter) --LOVE. this book is also important because it opens ones eyes to the foster care system. i do believe that in this day and age, it has improved, but i can remember being on the playground hearing about "he's a foster kid" and knowing that i was supposed to somehow feel that that made "him" less of a person. these are important things to now teach our children....
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Summary: REALITY
Review: IF SOME OF YOU WANT TO START LIVING THIS LIFE FOR A GOOD REASON, THIS SERIES OF BOOKS WILL TEACH YOU HOW. I'VE LEARN SO MUCH I DON'T KNOW WERE TO START. I ALLWAYS WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED, I WAS LAZY...NOW, DAVID JUST "TOLD" ME THOUSANDS OF ABUSED KIDS ARE JUST PUTTING THEIR SOULS IN THE GARBAGE JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FOSTER FAMILIES TO MAKE THEM FEEL AND LIVE LIKE ANOTHER HUMAN. DAVID'S COURAGE TO WRITTE THIS BOOKS ABOUT HIS LIFE WILL KEEP YOUR EYES,MIND AND HEART FOCUS ... AND BRINGING OUR FEET TO EARTH. YOU WILL FOR SURE FEEL SORRY EACH TIME YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THA BOOK FOR SOME REASON... THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN NEXT TO US AND WE ALL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANKS DAVID.....
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Summary: A very touching book!
Review: This book touched me in many ways. The foster system is not perfect but does turn out extraordinary people such as David Pelzer, who use the resources available to him to gain higher ground. Although he didn't start out this way, several hard lessons help guide him to higher ground. A truly good book which provides answers to the questions in his first book. The effects of abuse often last well past the ordeal and root themselves in the victim. This is a path that no one should ever go down.
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Summary: Well worth reading, but...
Review: After reading _A Child Called "It"_ yesterday, I devoured _The Lost Boy_ today, not leaving the house until I finished. I'm so glad Pelzer decided to share his tale and to tour the nation improving and helping other's lives. The books are pretty well written (aside from the many grammatical errors that seemed to slide by his editors). My only reservations and major disappointment is Pelzer's want for leaving the reader "hanging." As readers suffer along with little David through _A Child_, we too ask the big question along with David, "WHY? Why is this happening?" Pelzer alludes that the answer will be revealed in the next book. After finishing _Lost Boy_, the reader is cheated of David's revelation! What's worse, not only does Pelzer allude to the answer, he purposely wrote about it at the very end without telling the reader the answer: "As an adult I came full circle. One of the things I accomplished was visiting my mother and asking her the most important question of my life: Why? Mother's own secret made me cherish the life that I lead even more." What was the answer? The reader will still not find out! This is a cheap writer's trick that forces the anxious reader to buy yet another book. I feel cheated in this carrot game. The reader has suffered along with David long enough and shouldn't have to buy the THIRD book to receive answers that only puts more money in the writer's pocket. Obviously, I think both books are worth reading. But if you're looking for answers, you won't find them here!
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Summary: DART & BULL's EYE! THIS BOOK WILL NEVER MISS THE MARK!
Review: In addition to being one of the saddest books I have ever read, it is also one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. Dave has consistently survived the most extreme forms of abuse (his story makes Dickens' fictional accounts of abuse sound tame by comparison) and come out a winner. He is truly a Godsend, a gift and the voice of inspiration for many. He is living proof that abusive cycles can be broken. That hackneyed excuse about abusers having been abused themselves is a dodge and a cop out for irresponsible behavior. Not all abuse survivors perpetuate a defeatist cycle. Dave didn't and I don't think Dave is unique. Common sense, a conscience and pleasure in enriching people's lives certainly occupy the forefront of my mind. Dave appears to have made that same priority heard and felt in his works. Dave wisely made that decision and it has really taken him far. As for Dave, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! It would be an honor and a pleasure to hear this incredible person speak.
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Summary: Is it me?
Review: I also read "A child called it" amidst the glowing reviews from all ends of amazon-world. Unfortunately, I was forced to skim these books voraciously, unable to control my desire to finish out of pure boredom... I kept hoping, as each chapter passed, I would find enlightenment. Any teenage or childhood angst reflected was seemingly written to extract pity; I wanted to empathize, but the good natured Forrest Gump-like quality of "It's" life induced only severe cynicism on my part. Perhaps it just wasn't written to my taste and I therefore couldn't find the satisfaction as evidenced in the other reviews. I kept wondering if David was at all severly socially impacted and psychologically haywired due to all this neglect and abuse-- do you think? Where was the analysis of this? His own self reflection and soul searching? If given the same experiences, the content reflects not at all my probable feelings/reactions in the face of percieved social banishment during my definitive formative years. I would be way bitter but coping. Maybe my review is, after all, a testament to David's disposition, sensibility and temperment against all odds. Perhaps. My apologies. Just read the Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Loved it. Must be me.
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