DISTURBING BUT INSPIRING

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	• A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive Dave Pelzer HCI, 1995 - 195 pages average customer review:based on 1909 reviews view larger image
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A Child Called It

This is a very good and eye-opening and short book regarding an abused child who lived through and survived horrible attrocities. I am surprised he has any sanity left as an adult. It opens our eyes to real abuses going on in our society, that oft go undetected. This book should be required reading in school, at an appropriate age. Maybe kids would come forward, without cause to be afraid. This country has some real deviates in it, and this book makes known that very fact. Keep your tissues handy when reading it, and prepare to be appalled. What inner strength that child had.

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DISTURBING BUT INSPIRING

This is a story of Dave Pelzer who was abused and tortured by his alcholic and mentally disturbed mother. The things that she did to this poor boy were so disturbing like eating his own vomit and starving him but his will and spirit made him a survivor. I couldn't put down this book. I cried when I read this book but was inspired by this boy's tremendous determination, spirit, and endurance to survive under such dire circumstances. This is such a great well written book but very sad. A Must read along with the Caged Animals at Night (another great read).

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The lurid biography A Child called "It" by Dave Pelzer leaves an empty spot in your heart. Reading about a child living a nightmare makes you grateful of what you have. Getting to know about a helpless child with an insane mother and a father who instead of helping his own son, turns to alcohol in order to escape the horrendous life the mother/wife creates. The main character of the story, Dave Pelzer who then again is the author of this biography, highlights all the awful tortures he went through daily, for years and how his once sane mother went from being the best there could be to an alcoholic disgrace. He would awake to the worst every morning; starvation, being made fun of by his brothers, spoonfuls of ammonia and non-stop brutal abuses. That isn't even close to all the horrible things she made him go through. Soon, David was not recognized as her son, he didn't even deserve his own name anymore, he was now known as a simple, worthless "it".

I really liked this biography; from my perspective I greatly admire David. I still can't believe that after all those years of abuse and all those long days of starvation as a young child he still had an unbreakable faith and didn't give up. He is a perfect example for the famous quote "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger". There isn't much that I disliked about this book, but I just don't understand how the father could fall into the mother's irrational mind games. There is a part in the story where the father comes home and David had just gotten wounded by the mother in the stomach and is put to wash the dishes; all the father did was tell David that he would help him put the dishes away and that that would be their little secret. The father did try to help in some ways but gave up too easily. As I see it he didn't try hard enough.

I would recommend this biography to anyone; this is definitely a point of view changer. This book should be recommended to teens especially to those who are being abused physically and mentally. It would help them greatly; it would show them that they are not alone and make them realize
what is happening is common but not acceptable.

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Heartbreaking

As I have read a few of the other reviews, people writing saying they do believe David Pelzer, I can not help but fear that is what happens to these abuse victims from the start. This boy had to endure torture for many years, because no one helped him. I think EVEN if this book is exagerated in anyway, this book has probably helped lots of child abuse survivors. This is a real heartfelt, very sad book. God bless David and his son.

What a book!!!

I read this years ago, and have not quit crying since. What a read. Such a brave person and how horrible a beginning to his life was.

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