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Summary: Realy good
Review: I have read both books a child called it and the lost boy,and i found them both realy good.I think it shows how a child has the willpower to do what he want`s with his life they may have trouble ajusting to a new life when most of there life has been of beating and hunger but I think David is an eceptional person with the power to do whatever he want.I loved the epilog at the end of the book it goes and get you right in your guts. I wish to tell David that it take a creat person to go on after what he whent true keep on your good work cant wait to read your next book.Hoping to hear if you got maried and stil are and if you got more contact with the rest of your family.
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Summary: Sad but true,Pelzer's situation was Sad but true!
Review: When I read it, I wanted it to stop,but wouldn't let myself put the book down, though,when I read the last page, I didn't want to stop! His descriptions gave me the chills, his truth made me cry! After I read it, I realized how much I take forgranted! It made me open my eyes to what is going on around me! It made me want to help anyone I can. The way he wrote, made it seem as though he was talking to me! It was amazing! The line " Sad but True '' kept being reinforced through my mind, but I could barely comprehend how a mother could do this!
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Summary: From childhood victim to adult victor.
Review: David Pelzer, against all the odds, grew into a respected, loving and compassionate man. This book will inspire anyone who thinks they have a "tough life" to try harder. He is living proof that the human spirit can overcome most anything. Wonderful and inspiring!
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Summary: A must read book for prospective Foster Parents
Review: After making the decision that my husband and I would like to become Foster Parents, I saw David Pelzer on the Oprah Winfrey Show sharing about his books. I was astounded that any child should have to live like he did, and there he was, a model adult that any child would want to emulate! For those people who are skeptics about the world of Foster Parenting, this is a book that will change your entire outlook towards society's responsibility for the abused children that live among us.
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Summary: Peddling bogus melodrama for a profit
Review: This 'memoir' ought to be labeled trash fiction. Hasn't anyone read the New York Times article tracing Dave's childhood and examining the inconsistencies in his books? He peddles these books at 'conferences' in order to keep his name on the NYT Bestseller list - which is NOT an evaluation of the merit and literary value of any particular book, but just shows the general ignorance of today's reader. I'm embarrassed for the readers who actually believe the pages of rubbish. It's a sad state when books like these continue to garner attention and prey on poor innocent readers.
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Summary: Foster Mom's Perspective
Review: I am a 31 yr old single foster mother to a 4 yr old boy. By chance I saw "The Lost Boy" in a grocery store & bought it immediately. The insight into the mind of an abused child was invaluable to me. Since then I have purchased and read his other 2 books. The excerpts in the back of the book from the adults involved in Dave's life were especially helpful to me. When things get tough, I go back & re-read them to remind myself that somehow I am impacting my child. I hope that no matter what happens in my little guy's life, that he will remember me in a positive light. These books are painful to read, but shows how it IS possible to beat the odds. I hope that everyone who reads the series becomes more involved in some way, politically, financially or otherwise to make a difference. God bless you Dave.
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Summary: David Pelzer Courage
Review: <br />In order to read "Lost Boy" you must also read "A Child Called It" first. Within the context of the two books you will read about the harrowing ordeals this child went through, the unsurmountable spirit he held with in himself to endure such devastation and the inspiration of getting beyond the pain. David pelzer deserves all the kudo's imaginable for his work. As well as respect for his courage and determination. <br />Along with david Pelzer's works, I also recommend Nightmares Echo by Katlyn Stewart and A Paper Life by Tatum O'Neil<br />
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Summary: Foster Mayhem
Review: The Lost Boy, a novel by David Pelzer, is a sequel to the book called "A Child Called It". Through his book The Lost Boy, Pelzer creates a vivid picture of his life as a foster child. As a young boy David is forced to bounce back and forth between five different foster homes. His only clothing were literally torn and worn off. David's life has been a long, harsh and a cruel reality. David grew up in a home with an alcoholic, abusive and unloving mother, a father who does not stand up for his own son when he is mistreated by him mother, and brothers who saw David as the household maid. It wasn't until the love of a teacher that David finally escaped the physical and emotional abuse of his own mother. However, David's search for love and happiness was far from over. Everyday that he was in foster care he had to deal with the stereotypes of being a child without a home or family. David began to lose his hope of finding love and care of a family. He was ashamed of himself and found it difficult to form friendships with other children. It took David five foster homes until he finally found a place where he felt loved and cared for as a person. He found this love and compassion in the arms of the Turnbough's, finally a real family. David went on to become a very responsible and motivated young man. He went on to obtain his high school G.E.D. and then proudly enlisting into the United States Air Force. He is a true example of strength, and what it takes to survive. He was able to rise above the loneliness of being the lost boy and triumph as a young man who had finally found the love and comfort of a family that he could now call his own. David's search of love and care from a family finally found him and took him from his past and gave him a new beginning.
This book caught my emotional side of me and made me read more about David Pelzer. This is a great book. I would would definitely recommend this book to other people. i just found this book on my teachers shelf and thought it was a story about boys who are vampires. It was actually about a real boy who suffered and was tortured by his 'Mother'. This book got my attention and i just had to buy it so i can read it at home. This book taught me on how to live my life, somehow. His strength to hold on that long looking for his perfect family that will love and care for him is something i respect about David. I haven't read the book before this, but i know that i will definitely like the book and that i am reading it for sure. Read the book! Davids search for love is not over until you read it.
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: The Lost Boy is an awesome book. In the book the little boy, David, goes on a journey through the hardships of his life. As he goes through the foster care system he must deal with all his felling about his mother and the family, and him feeling alone and just wanting to belong somewhere. Throughout the book david must adjust with all the foster homes and throughout it all david can see through all the negativaty surrounding him and makes himself a better person. Also David learns to rely on himself and not on his foster parents when it came to his own future and he learned how to do that as well and just did everything on his own knowing he will someday he will be an adult.
I loved this book. I would so recomend this book to everyone for many reasons. First off because i got really into it and as i kept reading i just had to know what was going to happen to him. As i would get deeper and deeper into it my emotins would feel exactly like davids feeling, from the beginning i was hooked. Another things is that since obviously i knew my life is so much different from davids life i was just amazed by what this little boy had to go through just to survive another day with his mother and i wanted to finish this book to see if he could in fact have a some-what normal life when he was an adult. Although i haven't read the next installment of this book i would also want to read and probably recommend that book as well if it was anything like this one.
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Summary: He made it!
Review: He made it!
Dave Peltzer was abused as a child by his mother. His father was an alcoholic but he tried to stick up for Dave as much as he could. His mother would make him eat out of the trash, and she would starve him for days. He would sleep in the basement on an old army cot with no blankets. His mother would never let him take showers or wash his clothes. One day his mother threw him out of the house and the policeman found him. After the hearing Dave was taken away from his family. He spent the rest of his life in foster homes. He experienced five foster homes and juvenile detetion. He always got along with his guardians, teachers, social workers, and school mates. As a little boy Dave was always scared that his mother would come back for him. He was a rebellious boy yet he was always studying hard and trying to be better than his parents. He eventually made it into the Air Force. I recommend this book. It was a great book. It changed my life, I feel very bad for Dave. I am glad that he is fine and survived everything.
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