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Following A Child Called It (Health Communications, 1995), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and appears frequently on high school reading lists, this is the second in a planned trilogy from motivational author and speaker Pelzer. Here he tells his story from the time he left his abusive mother and alcoholic father, through his experiences in five foster homes and juvenile detention, and how he eventually made it into the Air Force. He was a defiant, rebellious boy who, despite his background and personality, managed to endear himself to many guardians, social workers, and teachers. Pelzer writes in an honest, sometimes rambling, style; he is never bitter, and his story will find many sympathetic readers. However, he leaves many questions unanswered (which may appear in the third book), dealing with his adult-life relationships, his son, the mother of that child, and the ways he turned his life around. This is sure to be popular among students and readers who await a sequel to A Child Called It. Well recommended.?Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, Pa.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-Child (Foster Child), Dave is moved in and out of five different homes. He suffers shame and experiences resentment from those who feel that all foster kids are trouble and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a "real" family. Tears, laughter, devastation and hope create the journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one thing -- the love of a family.
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The Lost Boy,
By vazquez (Phidelphia, Pa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family (Paperback)
David Pelzer is a 12 year old boy who tries to be a good boy. He goes to school in clothing that has holes on it. He wears the same clothes each and everyday. His mother abuses him daily. She had new ways of punising him everyday. The Mother mainly abused David when they were behind the closed doors of their home. David had to perform chores before and after school. David was not allowed to eat unless his mother decides to give him one of his brothers left over food. His mother turmented him daily.This book had a very big impact in my life because at first I thought it was funny, but to actually hear that someone was really getting treated the way David was broke my heart.This book has action. It gives you descriptions of how his mother tortuered him. You can actually visulize it happening. This book has a very good pace because it's not fast and it's not slow. The Lost Boy had me so emotional. I felt so bad for David. You should read this book because you would love it. You may even get a collection of David Pelzer's books. This book is based on a true story.
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By Kelli (Santa Barbara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family (Paperback)
This book is a continuation of the book "A Child called it." It is a true story about a boy named David Pelzer who barley survived his mothers many tortures and close death experience, and trying to be accepted as a foster child and live a normal life. All he wanted was to be loved and accepted by the other kids.This book is so sad but real. Child abuse happens all the time to children, right underneath our noses. There are so many foster children all over the US than don't have a real home, and that kids tease for being a little different. This book shows how surviving in school and the world as a foster child is very difficult and sometimes seems impossible. I love this book and think that it is a real eye opener to the world that child abuse still happens and that we need to stop it. It also shows the people that think that child abuse is the children's fault that it is absolutely not. They have no control or say in what their parents want to do to them. It is so sad that the children could possibly be blamed for their parents beating them up because the parent(s) might have (a) drinking problem(s), married issues, etc.
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Brought Tears To My Eyes,
By Boop "caramelchocolate" (Aiken, South Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family (Paperback)
I finished this book so fast and I haven't finished a book this fast in a long time.I was devastating at the terrible accounts David Pelzer went through. The beatings, the burns and torture was too much, but the eating of feces was way too much. I was angry and embarrasses by his mother. I could never think of treating my twins or the child that I am carrying like this. This book makes me want to love my children even more and try to be a better parent. I feel that all parents should take the time out to read this book and then give it to their children; one of my twins are very interested in reading this book and I am going to allow him to read it. At the age of 9 he is a very avid reader, due to my encouraging and as I think about it, that is one of the things David's mother should have been encouraging her son to do instead of beating and stabbing him to death. I am very eager to read the other two parts of David's story, which I am going to do as soon as I get my hands on them. I encourage you and everyone you know to read this book. I also would like to know if there is a movie available too. Later.....
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