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A Child Called "It"
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Jen Peters
Nov 02, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: non-fiction
Quick read, but not a very good book in my opinion. The concept is sad, as are some of the details, but I felt the writing was terrible and that made it hard for me to feel anything. Child abuse is very upsetting and what this man went through in his childhood is atrocious, but as a stor this really needed some work by an author that could write it out clearer with better details and a better outline, and more length. I felt like very little was answered and as a man looking back at what he went ...more
Hannah
Feb 14, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: memoir-biography
Depressing as hell. I don't recommend letting a third-grader read this book. It was way too much. ...more
Grumpy72
Sep 27, 2012 rated it it was ok


I can't rate this book. The story is gripping, but only in that it is so terribly horrible to imagine someone going through it. It is written from the perspective of a 4-12 year old point of view so the language is very simplistic, but the details are anything but.
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Jennifer Hortman
Jun 05, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: heavy
Natalya
Jun 06, 2007 rated it really liked it
Pam DiPasqua Fitzsimmons
Jul 02, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Jennie Lopez
Jul 08, 2007 rated it liked it
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Crystal
Jul 13, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Aug 06, 2007 rated it it was ok
SGK
Aug 14, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Katy
Dec 29, 2007 rated it it was ok
Lisa
Jan 15, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2008
Sharon
May 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Isabel
Jun 15, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: memoir
Cassandra Moore
Nov 19, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: kindle
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Stacie
Sep 30, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: nonfiction
Melanie
Mar 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Jan 22, 2013 rated it liked it
Sarah C
Apr 16, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Rachel Stevens
Jul 10, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Nicole
Apr 15, 2014 marked it as to-read
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