false 60748 30 This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it." Dave's bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive--dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son. 59104 book 1992 A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive total:17703|5:6734|4:5565|3:3757|2:1195|1:452| 17703 70043 21863 3066 1 20 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Aug 12 13:13:37 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 13:12:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 21 false false Mon Mar 10 14:21:52 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 15:07:00 -0700 2008
'a child called it' is not very well written. you walk away with more questions than you...more...]]> 2 10 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 18 10:29:56 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 02 09:31:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 7 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Nov 24 12:27:20 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:00:30 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 7 false false Sun Mar 23 19:11:09 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 13:46:06 -0700 2008 By Dave Pelzer ISBN 1558743669
One very common issue that goes around in our world is child abuse, it happens everywhere and it is something that is horrible and cannot be stopped. Dave Pelzer, the author of the autobiographical book, A ...more...]]> 0 5 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 05 04:53:32 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 02:31:35 -0700 2007
...more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 19 18:41:24 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 13 20:18:25 -0700 2008 A Child Called "It":One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
Health Communications, Inc., 1993, 153 pp., $9.95
ISBN 1-55874-366-9

Have your parents ever abused you? In The Child Called "It", a true story that can bring tears to the eyes of anyone w...more...]]> 4 4 false false Fri Sep 28 11:38:56 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 11:38:56 -0700 2007 They had a really good life they went on vacations and had picnics.
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I experienced this book in a fairly odd way, during a week-long cheerleading camp my sophomore year of high school. My coach was re...more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu Mar 27 14:09:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:06:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 17:08:52 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 23:44:01 -0700 2008
This book was a hard one to read yet I couldn't put it down. There's a different something in Da...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Aug 04 21:00:54 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 29 14:12:45 -0700 2008 A Child Called "It”: One Child's Courage to Survive...to Write a Craptastic Book.


Call me heartless, but I hated the book. Not because it was sad, because it obviously bullshit. I don't really see the point of writin...more...]]> 5 5 false false Fri Dec 12 13:06:36 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 14 12:57:53 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 12 13:06:36 -0800 2008 4 2 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:52:59 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 19:05:41 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 3 3 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 31 11:01:34 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 23 06:52:09 -0700 2008
Seriously, though. I'm enjoying this short little autobiography from a "glad it wasn't me"...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Apr 08 20:35:14 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:42:36 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 17:36:36 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 18:01:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:35:50 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:49:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:21:11 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:54:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Dec 27 12:42:57 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 12:58:13 -0800 2008 Whether or not the account is exaggerated or not, the way this book is written makes it very tiresome.

I think this book has gotten ...more...]]>