A Child Called "It" by: Dave Pelzer (Biography) 11/6/14

 

     This book is about this boy, David, that starts out with a loving and caring family, but then for some reason his mother starts to abuse him, and it goes down hill from there. In the beginning of the book, he is at school, and the people of his school are helping David get away from his mother. They end up being successful.

     After that he describes how life was before his mother turned into a monster. Life was easy going, and every kid wanted David's mom to be their own. Whenever his mother turned into a monster, she first did it to all of the kids, then she singled David out and told him to look in front of a mirror and tell himself that he is a "bad boy". Then things started to get worse. His mother practically stopped feeding him in total, and he figured that he would have to find his own ways to feed himself. 

     When his mom and him were in the house alone, she tried to force him on the stove. During the 4th of July one summer, his mother stabbed him right under the ribs. Thankfully he wasn't severely injured.

     I look to Dave, or David, and a strong person, and in some ways I would love to be like him. Not to experience what he has been through, but just have his strength. I would definitely give this book a 10. Yes, it is frightening what he went through, but thankfully he got out in the end.