This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games–games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother’s games in order to survive because she no … longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an “it.” Dave’s bed was an old army cot in the basement, and his clothes were torn and raunchy. When his mother allowed him the luxury of food, it was nothing more than spoiled scraps that even the dogs refused to eat. The outside world knew nothing of his living nightmare. He had nothing or no one to turn to, but his dreams kept him alive–dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.
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I started child called it and I couldn’t put it down.
so far it good but scary
I love this book
its about child abuse definatly hurtn
It was a great book
This book was the authors true life story.
It broke my heart what his mother did to him but not to any of her other sons.
Really really sad but really good book I can really relate to what Dave felt like and how he was treated just the detail and words really put it all together very very nicely.
Wow… just wow! Dave is so brave and an excellent writer. #hero
This is a must read.
A Child Called “It” is one of those books that I have been dying to read for quite some time. About ten years actually, since I first heard about it in Middle School. I finally got my chance.
This book is absolutely heart breaking. It’s one of that makes you remember your own childhood in a different light. I was so angry whil reading this boook …
I WAS IN A REALLY BAD PLACE AND THOUGHT THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE I GOT IN FOSTER CARE . MY MOM TOLD ME TO READ THIS BOOK AND WHEN I KEEP READING IT EVERY SINGLE TIME I THOUGHT MY LIFE IS’NT THAT BAD THEN HIS LIFE WAS. AND I GOT SAVED WHEN I WAS 6, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT MY LIFE ,MY STORY WAS WORSE THEN ANYBODY STORY UNTIL I READ THIS BOOK …
I love this book so MUCH..I want to read it again.
Sad but good
its such a good book its sad tho but I love o go back and read it
This is a re-read for me. I read it years ago and just recently found out there were more books that Dave had written of his story, so I wanted to refresh my memory with this first book before I read the other two. The amount of abuse he had to survive was inconceivable. Even as an abused child myself, it’s hard to imagine the atrocious things …
Frankly, I feel pretty ambivalent about this book. While I know horrible things are done to children through no fault of their own, some of the things the author claims his mother did sounded pretty deadly. Who can live through swallowing ammonia or bleach? Especially an already physically weakened child. How can a child run to school who has …