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 ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A Child Called "It" This was a very touching and inspirational story told by Dave Pelzer. It is about the awful maltreatment that David endured as a child and also how he survived to become a strong man today. The story begins when David was 12 years old, on the day ... torment though. For many years he and his mother had a wonderful, loving relationship. Then suddenly, after years of drinking, David became a slave for his mother, an "it", no longer a boy with a name or worthy enough for a family. He withstood everything from beatings, broken arms with no hospital visit for 18 hours, stabbing...

• Word Count: 983
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School