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A Child Called 'It' - Dave Pelzer

 

Description: ISBN 752837508 / Author: Dave Pelzer / Genre: Biography / David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, ... more
A Child Called 'It' - Dave Pelzer ... fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care but not to David, her son, whom she referred to as an It. This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school--but mostly it was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel,The Lost Boy, detailing his life in the foster-care system.

Newest Review: ... belive its true.His mom abused of him, she burned him,she did everything to make his life impossible.The good thing is that ... more

 ... at school he did have someone to take care of him.The nurse took care of him alot.He looked at the nurse as his perfect mom.The teachers where nice to him to at sholl he was safer.he didint wanto say the truth because he knew that if he told the nurse that the nurse would go to the police and he actually tought of his mom when his mom didint think of him.I have never read a story like this that actaully went into my feelings and it was so sad.I really love this story I recommend this story alot. iI loved this story an...more

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Secre
Premium Review A Child Called 'It' - Dave Pelzer: Evil, pain, yet hope in a world of darkness. (1071 words)
by Secre - written on 08.08.07 (Very useful, 641 readings)
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A child called it', is a true story that tugs at our emotions, hits us hard where it hurts and shows us life in a perspective that many of us have never seen before. It shows the horrors in our world that go on behind closed doors and allows us to understand partly the lonliness, isolation and absolute fear of the child in question. It makes us question our belief in our 'perfect' world and think about what we may have seen already but just passed it by. Plot To put it as simply as possible so that it won't ruin the story for those of you who haven't read it, this story is about the abuse that David Pelzer suffered from the ages of 4-12 years and is the ...

cristina+romero
Sad, Sad story (191 words)
by cristina romero - written on 16.03.08
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A child called "it" is a very nice story and true i felt so bad when all this happend to him.I was creying when i read this story.I jus cant belive its true.His mom abused of him, she burned him,she did everything to make his life impossible.The good thing is that at school he did have someone to take care of him.The nurse took care of him alot.He looked at the nurse as his perfect mom.The teachers where nice to him to at sholl he was safer.he didint wanto say the truth because he knew that if he told the nurse that the nurse would go to the police and he actually tought of his mom when his mom didint think of him.I have never read a story like this that ...

thingywhatsit
Crowned Review A Child Called 'It' - Dave Pelzer: TAINTED TRUTH. (1801 words)
by thingywhatsit - written on 06.06.06 (Very useful, 5030 readings)
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A CHILD CALLED “IT” “As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games that left one of her sons nearly dead. She no longer considered him a son, but a slave, no longer a boy, but an “it”. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors.” Mail on Sunday Alarm bells started to ring when I began to read this book, knowing in advance that what the story covers is disturbing and details the life between the ages of 4 and 12 of Dave Pelzer. I had vague ideas about the outline of the story and a little ...

 
 


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