Title: A Child Called "It" Author: Dave Pelzer Copyright: 1995 Setting: This story took place in Daly City in 1973 Main Characters: Dave Pelzer is a little boy in first grade. His mother is abusing him. He has a big loving heart. He loves his mother even though she changed from a loving nurture mother into a wicked witch. Dave's mother is a very evil lady. She changes from a loving mother an abusive parent. She ... said what his mother told him to say. He was brainwashed to not say anything negative about his mother. The teacher didn't buy it, so she reported it to the principal. The princip...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A Child Called It Dave Pelzer's A Child Called "It", is an extremely popular biographical book. His story has given many people a different but shocking view about child abuse. "Just let me eat. Hit me again, but I have to have food." It is sad that children that you don't even suspect of being abused are going though so much pain and suffering during their early years. The author's intent of this book ... was to show how serious child abuse gets as well as the unimaginable things that happen. Children raised in abusive families have written about their experiences in hopes to help others in ...

• Word Count: 695
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Title: A Child Called "It" Author: Dave Pelzer Number of pages: 181 Date of Publication: 1993 Summary: A Child Called "It" is a story based on a real life boys tribulations with his mothers shocking abuse. When he was younger Dave and his family were considered the "perfect" family. Then, all of a sudden his mother and father started drinking and had problems in their relationship. Dave started getting the worst treatment imaginable. His mother all ... of a sudden treated him as a nobody or an "It". His ... described the setting. My least favorite character would have to be the father. Yes, ...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book I read is called "A Child Called It" written by Dave Pelzer. The theme of this book is to keep hope alive. You should have faith and dreams to have something to look forward to in your future especially when you feel you can't go on any more. Like Dave, he felt trapped as if he was never going ... him get away from the pain. This is what kept this little boy alive. He had something to reach for and he never called it quits. The protagonist is a 9 year old boy, Dave Pelzer. The setting mostly takes place in his mother's house. All of a sudden his mother and father started drinking and ...

• Word Count: 549
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School