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Summary: Great book!
Review: Very well written & recomend to anyone who was miss treated in any way,whether physicaly or mentaly as a child/young adult!
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: Dave Pelzer wrote an autobiography The Lost Boy. It is about his drunken mother and his fireman dad. Dave's mom hates him. She beats Dave brutally. It gets really gruesome. He moves out and still loves his mother. He goes in to a foster home. Then the book tells about life after moving into a foster home. The book is about how much he wants to be successful in life. To this day, he loves his mother so much. That is what I think he was so amazing. I like this book because it is so real. The best part I think was when he burned down the school. If you like true life stories, read this book. You won't be able to put it down, and people who think that there is no hope in life will like this book. ...
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: This book told of the continuing struggle for the young David Pelzer to fit in and be "normal." He was tossed from family to family and it always seemed as if he were followed by a dark cloud everywhere he went. He always managed to make the wrong decisions at the wrong time. However, with time, David develops an inner strength from all of his hard times, that many of us will never know.
Dave Pelzer, the author of this book, endured horrible child abuse, including physical torture, mental and verbal abuse, and near starvation. When Dave was rescued, he was identified as one of the most severely abused children in the history of California. At the age of 12, he was saved when teachers risked their careers and notified authorities. As an adult, David has been recognized for numerous awards. He has also received recognition from Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.
I thought this book was even more captivating than the first one. Although the first book was also good, it seemed like Dave's style was more developed in the second book. The description and imagery he used locked me into it, and I couldn't put it down. I have to disagree with others who think that this book isn't as good as the first one, because this book describes more than the abuse. When reading this book, there is actually a sense of hope for David. Readers get the opportunity to see David grow through his struggle. In this book, readers get to see more of David's inner strength and motivation to escape his name as an F-child. I would definately recommend this book to anyone. It is just as compelling as the first one, if not more.
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: No person should have to suffer what David did and after reading "A Child Called It " I wanted to see what would happen to him. When the school board finaly got involved I was glad to see what they would do to help David. I was kept on the edge of my seat the whole time watching this youg boy trying to find someone to love him. You wont be able to put the book down once you start, you will see that love really can make a diffrence.
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Summary: Not as Good as "A Child Called It"
Review: I read "A Child Called It" because it is the first book in the trilogy of books about Dave Pelzer's life. This book is the second. I didn't think that I was as captivated by this book as I was the first. It did hold my attention enough that I wanted to finish reading it, but it took me longer to read. This book also didn't have the drama that the first book had, it was more about find out who he was in a world where he was isolated from his parents, but still felt the threat of his mother.
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Summary: "Get Out of My House!"
Review: Dave Pelzer had an extremely painful childhood. He went through more disasters at age eight then most people would confront in their entire life. His book The Lost Boy showed me to be grateful for everything I have. The Lost Boy is a rather meloncholy book with a joyful finale that illusrtates how badly some children are abused by their parents. This autobiography has definetly been put on my top ten list of good books.
As a happy little boy, Dave's mother, Roerva, loved him very greatly, just like a mother should. When Roerva became an alchoholic Dave's world was turned upside down. He became so confused and sad that he did not care about anything anymore, all he wanted to do was to escape from his mother. Roerva did not mistreat Dave's brothers, she only mistreated Dave. At the age of seven Dave's life of misery began. He was physically abused, emotionally brainwashed, starved, stabbed, and almost killed quite a few times. School was Dave's safe place, until his teachers reported his poor condition to the police. The police took Dave away from all he knew when they found out that Roerva was abusing him. He eventually was placed in to foster care, where his fears of acceptance and love had to be overcome. The first time Dave was put in to foster care he did not like his new family, but he soon came to love them. Dave was moved from foster home to foster home until he was eighteen and free to start his own life. Lots of tradegy followed Dave throughout his stays in foster homes. He was pulled away every few months from people he came to love.
Dave has grown from a boy to a man, but he will always remember his mother's love and hate toward him. He will also remember his loving foster parents and siblings who guided him and helped him every step of the way through his recovery. The Lost Boy is an exciting book with many unusual twists and turns. The story is so amazing, inspiring, and heart felt that it should be read over and over again. No wonder it is a New York Times Bestseller. People of all ages should read this awe inspiring book that left me speechless and captured my heart. I can not wait to read the sequal, A Man Named Dave.
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Summary: You should read this book!!!
Review: The resson I gave this book five stars is because it is a really good book. It tells the life of a boy who never really knew his real parents till he tured about 12 then they wernt even his real parents. The boys name was Davied his mother stared abusing him when he was younger. Then Davied got out of the house one day he went to a local bar and a waiter caught Davied steeling a quarter from a pool table. The waiter stoped him and had him set down and then the waiter called the police.
Later, on Davied was put in foster care and ventured from home to home. One day he was placed near his real home well he called it the "House." Hime and his friend one day decied to go past Davieds old schooland Davied glanced over a little boy standing in the grass and it tured out to be his little brother he called for him then ran over to him.Davied asked his brother what was wrong with himand what happend.........
So to find out what happend to his brother and venture into Davieds old life. These are books you wont want to put down.
Dont forget about the other 2 books by Davied Pezler called "The Man Named Dave" and "The Child Called It."
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Summary: The Lost Boy
Review: The lost boy in an extremely good book. If you like books that are sad but interesting at the same time you should check out this book. Imagine your self in a home were you don't feel safe. What would you do? Well, David Pezler was once in a home where he didn't feel safe. His mother would never give him a break. Every time she got upset she took it out on David. His father was never home but when he was he would always get caught up in her lies. This book is about a boy who is saerching for a family. David Pezler has been getting abused since he could remember. All he ever wanted was a perfect family. David just wanted to be safe. While reading this book you experience another life from someone else's eyes. You will understand more that foster children aren't bad . They are just in foster care. You also understand more about what people go through when they are in foster care.
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Summary: the greatest
Review: "A Lost Boy" has to be the greatest book i have ever read. Dave Pelzer is a genius. His masterpiece "A Child Called It" really opens up a world of horror for one young boy and the sequel "A Lost Boy" shows the effects of an abusive relationship. I cried through the book. It is so powerful it really puts you in this child's shoes, fighting day by day in his search for love.
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Summary: The best book I ever read!...
Review: The Lost Boy is a good book. I liked it because I'm glad that I don't have parents like that, like parents that abuse me!I also liked it because he had chances to run away but some of the time he didn't because he knew his mother would be out looking for him 5 minutes later. But,he got sick of changing from foster home to foster home all the time.I recommend this book to people who like reading books that start out sad but in the end they turn out to be ok!!So I know I liked it a lot. It's one of my favorite books now!
You can still read this book if you didn't even read "A Child Called It" because that's what I did and I still got how the story went! Enjoy the book as much as me!!
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