A Child Called "It"
by Dave Pelzer
ISBN: 9780752837505
Interest Level by Scholastic: High School Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr5.9
IL by AR: Upper Grade RL by AR: Gr.5.8
Type: Novels, US Books Genre: Autobiography
Synopsis:Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his
emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous,
unpredictable games - games that left one of her three sons nearly dead.
She no longer considered Dave a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but
an 'it'. His bed was an old army cot in the basement, his
clothes were torn and smelly, and when he was allowed the luxury of
food it was scraps from the dog's bowl. The outside world knew nothing
of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave
kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him. This book covers the
early years of his life and is an affecting and inspirational book of
the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child
to survive. (Credits to Amazon UK)
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