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

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Summary: Finally-Someone else who's been through it-
Review: I just want to say thank you to david, what a guy! I went through such similar things it is almost as though we could have the same family. It made my life seem real. this book took courage to read-and I bet courage to write. I only wish there were more books out there so people could realize how much riviting pain our children go tihrough. thank you david.. Carrie

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Summary: From Tears to Cheers
Review: For any of us with any amount of human decency, these books are a must! I could not put down The Lost Boy nor A Child Called "It". I had to get to know the pain better through his books. Each member of my family has read The Lost Boy and A Child Called "It". We're on a mission to get A Man Named Dave. Let these books become a part of your family, your life! He is a real heroe as are those who work to protect the child and redirect the ugliness within us. I salute you all. We all can play a part in stopping the search. This boy is not lost...THIS MAN HAS BEEN FOUND! I can only hope to cross paths again with one of my heroes. A must read!

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Summary: Excellent!
Review: After reading the first book of this trilogy, I was terribly upset and couldn't believe the pain and suffering this child endured. I had a ton of questions and ran right out to get his second book "The Lost Boy". This book is equally disheartening but it gives the reader a rarely-seen view of foster care from a child's perspective. I highly recommend this book especially to anyone who is/was a foster parent or is considering becoming one. I am on my way to get Dave's final book "A Man Named Dave"...

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Summary: Open Your Eyes To The Real World
Review: A friend suggested this book to me and I couldn'r understasnd why someone would want to read a story like this one. That week I went and bought The Child Called It. By the end of the first night I had finished the book. I couldn't force myself to put the book down. This book comes at you with a hard smack in the face of what really can happen behind closed doors. Yet, I've never heard of a story this horrific. I've now finished all three of Dave Pelzer's books and I think you should take the time to read the story of one scared boy who never gave up no matter what his sacrifices were.

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Summary: Another great book, but can't wait for the last one!
Review: Again, another excellent book from David Pelzer. I am truly hooked and can't wait for the third book, "A Man Called Dave" to arrive! This second book goes on to further explain many of the questions the first book "A Child Called It" did not. Still very touching and informative, I am personally glad that Mr. Pelzer did such a great job of growing up, and am pleased to see that he went to great lengths to thank his former foster parents and mentors for their help and support. Still another quick read, it's also hard to put this one down once you start it.

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Summary: I loved it! A real eye opener...
Review: I never knew how bad some kids have it. I found Dave's story to be magnificent because he had the strength to come out and share his story after all he's been through. A big thumbs up for this and the other titles by Pelzer!

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Summary: Imagine being a child that has no place to call home.
Review: Imagine being a child that doesn't have a place to call home or parents to call his own. IN the book The Lost Boy, David Pelzer is the main character, also the author. This real life experience is a history of David's awful life. I not only was interested in his life to read on but I felt that I was in his shoes while I was reading. When I read about David moving from foster home to foster home, only carrying a paper bag with all his belongings, my pupils got huge and I had to keep on reading. I saw no way I could stop reading in the first chapter. I ended up reading this book in just a few days. I feel David had alot of courage and didn't deserve to live this way. I thought in the first book when he got away from his abusize mother that he was free. Than I read this one and some homes that he was in were worse than the one he lived in with his "family." I can't believe that in one foster home that he was in the foster parents allowed him to see his mother. As the police dropped him off at the Catanzes, a new foster home, they tole them that, despite the fact that David's parents did only live down the road, he could have no contact with them. This was made very clear to the new foster parents. The mother in this home, however, felt that David was sad because he couldn't see his mother. (Really he was sad because he didn;t want to leave his other foster home.) HIs foster mother thought that if she just called his mother and told her how David was diong, his attitude would be better! Wow, was she wrong! When David went to his mother's house on a daily basis, she still beat him, let him starve and told him he was worth nothing. One day while David was at the psychiatrist, he told the doctor that this was going on, and the doctor told his caseworker, and he was switched again. Daivd could no longer stay at this foster home. He had to go far away from his house and start a new school. I think this is awful to do to a child. Can you believe that the worker didn't take away the ladies foster care license? I think that is crazy; she may do this to another child! I thought the fact that his foster parents called him by his name and not "it" was wonderful. David's parents always called him "it" or "the boy." Although in one foster home David became very attached to Aunt Mary, she started being mean to David and tell ing his he was a no one and then told him they had to switch his foster home because David was getting too attatched to her. As Daivd left her house, 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 attatched to anyone and never takes someone's home for granted")Pelzer 221). HOw sad is that? THis hurts me to know that at the age of 10, David felt that he coldn't become close to anyone because when he did, they were seperated. David builds a layer in him that didn't let anyone in due to the problems he has had. Doing this made even more problems for him. The part in the book whilch made me smile was when his social worker started crying because she had to switch his home again, the one he stayed at for over two months-his 3rd foster home in half a year. He hugged her and held her close to comfert her. Ddavid had a feeling she was going to react the way she did when she tol him this awful news. This made me smile because what David did was so sweet. He needed that hug, and the bonding time that made this special. Over all, I feel incredibly bad for David. By reading this, I realized that what I have is greater than what most people have. I didn't realize that this could happen to a child until I read this teeth grinding book. Although I thought the plot just carried on, once I put myself in David's shoes, I couldn't believe the punishment a child has to go through while trying to be loved.

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Summary: Very great book as good as the first one
Review: This book is great I went and got it right after I finished the first book. I hate reading but I had to get this book cause I have the first one and I read it and it was GREAT so I went out and got the second one right away.(the first one is called "A Child Called It"(go out and buy it))I am reading it right now and it is great. Very sad story though. I recomend it for EVERYONE. I wanna get the next book when it comes out. It looks like a pretty look book its over 300 pages long but its a great book I could probably read it in about a week or 2. VERY populare book too. Everyone wants to get his books. sad story but true. If you told me to range it from 1-10 I would say an 11 :) ALL his books would get an 11. FOR SURE!

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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: This is a very interesting, heartfelt book. David Pelzer is an amazing human being and his story has made me really understand just what goes through these childrens minds. My sister is a foster mother in Iowa and has adopted 6 of her foster children, all of them abused. I see so much of each and evey one of them in Davids story. Thank you David as hard as it was for you, for letting us in and giving us the chance to understand, if any good came from this let it be known you opened alot of eyes and hearts. I could not put this book down, it made me cry, it taught me, it made proud of this young mans effort to continue. David Pelzer you are a very talented young man and I only wish you the best and happiness in your life.

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Summary: Ways out.
Review: David Pezler, again is quite descriptive. In this book he is rescued from his families secret. It is amazing how this man survived and how he kept his sanity. I am proud of David. He is a brave and caring man. He would have to be to write this book and share his life with us.