"A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness"

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	• A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness Dave Pelzer Plume, 2000 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 218 reviews view larger image
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A Man Named Dave

Dave Pelzer has been treated very badly by his mother for about 20 years. she has put amonia in a bucket and locked him in the bathroom so he couldn't breath. she ezpected him to do everything for her. he was her slavee. she would hit him and not let him eat but she woild come up with excuses so that she didn't turned in for child abuse. He was always tring to get away from her but she just kept making up excuses and stuff so she could have a slave. When he finally got away he was old enough to join the air force and he was tring to fifill his childhood dream by becoming a firefighter like his dad was and he was going to join the air force so he could well after about a month he was in the air force they told him that he wouldn't be able to be a firefighter yet! His dad was in the hospital and so he took off work so he could go see him. He tried to get his mom to go see him but she woildn't and she wouldn't she earased her little kids memory from having a brother and he was sad.

My opinion is that the book gave good advise to those who do have abuseive parents. I was always looking forward to having to read in homeroom because it was a really good book. i didn't want to putit down!! Wow that was not the only one who didn't want to put it down.

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A Man Named Dave

This book is so amazing. I don't know how Dave can forgive the abuse he suffered as a child. He had the spunk and determination to turn his life into good by helping others. In my eyes he is a hero. Great reading!

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A Man Named Dave

As a boy, Dave Pelzer was abused by his mother to the point of starvation, lack of clothes, and extreme brutality while his father did nothing but watch. Now as a grown man, David Pelzer struggles to deal with his past. Dave joins the air force and meets a woman named Patsy who tries to bring some fun into his life. Along the way, David receives a letter from his father who is dying. He visits his dying father and realizes that he must confront his mother. Will his mother tell him why he was the only one abused out of his whole family?
A Man Named Dave, written by Dave Pelzer himself, was an excellent sequel to A Child Called It, and The Lost Boy. Dave made you really feel like you were there and made you understand what he went through.
This novel is a great book about a man struggling to deal with his past while helping people that went through the same thing. I recommend it to anyone, especially to people who might have gone through the same thing.

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LITTLE BIG MAN

THIS STORY MOVED ME DEEPLY. I FELT HIS PAIN AND LONLINESS.

"A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness"

A story of triumph and forgiveness. This novel guides us through Dave Pelzer's past; as if we had experienced it first-hand. This would be a novel that i would recommend to people who are at least fourteen years of age due to the brutality, language and disturbing content.
"You're not a person, but... a thing to do with as i please." These are the exact words that Dave's mom used to describe what she thought of her son. Never expecting anything like that to come out of a mother's mouth. The whole book tends to be shocking and repulsive.
Dave was only able to relate to his father even thought he was rarely home. He was the only one who helped Dave when he was a child. That little bit of attention that he got from his father ended up to be the only good memories that he had. Sad enough, there is a whole chapter that talks about Daves' fathers' slow, painful death in which he endured. After the death of his father, he immedietly gained strength and was instantly encourages to make something of his life. All he wanted was to make his dad proud, thats all he cared about...
Sad, yet inspiring...

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