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

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Summary: About a boy and his life and how he live in foster care.
Review: THis book was very interesting to me. Even though I am only 12 years old I read "A Lost Boy" and I cried and cried. This book touched my heart so much and made me want to never be harsh to my children when I grow up. I have never read such a emotional book in my entire life. This book really touched my heart. Any and all words could not express how I feel about it. It gives a real and true story about a little boys life and how he went throgh all of the rough edges throgh every turn in life that his mean mother made hime do. I highly reccommend this bbok by Dave Pelzer. I was wondering throgh the libray in Charlottesville, Va and I as the libraian if there were any sad books around and they told me this book. Whereever that person is I would like to thatnk then for introducing this wonderful book to me.

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Summary: Powerfully honest and disturbing
Review: After reading Dave Peltzer's "A Child Called It", I was drawn to read this sequel. His account of the emotional and physical abuse received at the hands of his mother and then his escape from his torture and his adaptation to foster home life is riveting. However, I wanted to know the answer to the following questions: 1) Why wasn't his mother arrested on criminal charges for the almost murderous abuse inflicted on this defenseless child (she should have been!), and 2) What had caused his mother to change from the loving parent she apparently was when Dave was very small to the evil person she became? Dave Pelzer, at the end of "The Lost Boy", hints that he returned with this question to his mother but never reveals the response he got from her. Perhaps this is what he intended since it really isn't any of our business. But it makes you wonder. Dave should be commended for making his life count for something despite the horrible past he has had to cope with. Most would not have done so well. I cannot understand the father's passivity in all of this as well. All in all, well written and quick reading!

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Summary: Very Touching
Review: "The Lost Boy" was an interesting and well written book. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I have also read "A Child Called IT" and I recomend you read that first. I know there is now a third book in this trilogy but I am not interested in reading it. I think I was hooked on this story because it was continued from the first that I liked so much. I enjoyed reading and learning about Dave Pelzer's childhood and feeling for him during his hard times. It kept me reading because I was always wanting to see where David was going. This story is very sad and touching and I just feel so bad for David, I just wanted to go save him! I think you will enjoy this book, especially if you have a heart, I just hope it's not too emotional for you, it wasn't for me.

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Summary: Profound
Review: There is something seriously wrong with David's mom- I know that now from reading both of these books. When you read them all you want to do is go save or help him. It touched me, and David I'm sorry.

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Summary: shocking
Review: I have bought the first two books,a child called it,was a very hard book for me to read.i could not imagine a mother being so cruel.I feel that dave pelzer is a very strong person and will over come anything that may come his way.a mothers love should always be with you,but in this case she was never meant to be a mother.

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Summary: A very touching story
Review: I'm currently a Senior in High School and two of my teachers, my first hour teacher this year and my third hour teacher last year, suggested to the class that we read "A Child Called "It" and the "Lost Boy" and last year I didn't think about picking up either book, but this year when I was looking for a book to read during SSR (Silent Sustained Reading), I remembered what my 1st hour teacher said about A Child Called it and The Lost Boy, and I picked up both books and started reading a Child Called It and then I finished reading it in not too long of time and I was nearly crying once I finished reading it, then I picked up The Lost Boy and I started reading it and finished it in two days and was once again nearly crying, but it made me happy to see that he was taken from his mother, well I should say saved from his mother. I've never had a book touch me so much as this book. I loved reading both books and a couple of days ago I started reading Dave Pelzer's third book, called "A Man Named Dave," and that one makes you think, it starts off like the first book does, but then it goes practically right into him as an 18-year-old and I can't put that book down just like the other 2 books. Dave you keep your readers interest and I'm very thankful for such good books.

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Summary: Heartwrenching and honesty about the system.
Review: I felt he was honest about the pain he suffered. Having have been in the system myself as a young child, I feel his pain. To overcome the overwhelming odds off this horrid life is a huge achievement. This book is honest and shows all that we can do anything no matter what life deals us.

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Summary: This book still can not answer many questions
Review: After reading the first book, The Boy Called 'It', I have many questions, such as why the mother changed so much, why the mother singled the author out, etc.. I thought these questions would be answered in the second book, as what the first book suggested. However, other than hard selling his unfortunate past, and kept repeating emphasizing how bad the Mother was, the author failed to use a high level, objective view to tell the story.

I felt there're something hiding behind story while reading between the lines of the book.

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Summary: One of the best books I have read
Review: I thought that the book "Lost Boy" was an excellent book. It made me realize as a kid that my life isnt so bad and I have a family that treats me right. I found that this book was always keeping me on the edge of my seat and it hit me with a few suprises that I did not expect. Some of the things that she did to David was way uncalled for and somehow should have been detected earlier. But overall I think the book was one of the best I have ever read and I hope to read more just like it.

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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: I have bought both of these books. They actually made me cry. I read and reread them. I wish there was no such thing as abuse. but there is.