A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Nov 01, 2011 Juana "Darkness" Duran rated it it was amazing

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This book was so sad; it practically had me crying the whole way through. If anyone knows of any more work from this author I would love to read it. It had me crying like a baby when the little boy had to endure that stench in the bathroom. And his brothers and dad are such terrible people. When the dad left he should have taken the child but instead he left him there. Terrible doesn't begin to cover it. ...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Angel **Book Junkie** rated it liked it

March 10, 2025 Reread

10 Years I read this book again. I don't normally do re-reads but this time I loved it but not as much as I had many times before. This time I found myself asking questions because I have heard that this book was an actual lie, that some of the things were made up, that it wasn't really real. Then I read it today and felt some serious questions begin to form. Why did the teachers send him back to the class if he smelled? Why didn't someone step in? If all of this had happene ...more

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Sep 05, 2012 Michelle rated it liked it

Never have I read a book, finished it, and had so many unanswered questions. I know in the back of the book the author states that many answers will be revealed in the following books, but I wonder if my questions will be answered. It's not that I think he's lying, but many statements in the book don't sit right with me. For a memoir, I don't see much emotion throughout the book. It's very flat language that reads like stereo instructions. The word usage also seems flat like he is talking about ...more

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