A Child Called It

John Period:4 English

September 15, 2009

A Child Called "It"

By: Dave Pelzer

The Title of this story is A Child Called "It" is written by Dave Pelzer. So after listening it from my friend talking about the book I got really intrested in the book and decided to get it and read it for myself.

There is this boy named Dave, him and his family were a very happy and loving family.His dad was a firefighter and his mom was a stay at home parent taking care of Dave and his brothers.But after his dad dedicated more of his time to his job everything changed.His mom became and alcoholic,but not only did she become alcoholic she became abusive but not only brutally beating him but mentally to.Dave would go days without eating,bathing and his mom would make him not only do house choirs but sleep in the basement with nothing to cover himself but newspaper.Whenever Dave would be hungry he would get food from the trash.But his mom would always find out for some reason and make him throw it up.

The most interesting thing Dave's mom did was called her own son "It".I think that was really disrespectful to Dave only if she would understand.The whole idea of his mom calling him it means so much in this story because it shows how Dave's life is and how he suffers to live and not stay hungry and die.

If I can rate this book from 1-5 five being the highest, I would probably rate it at a 5 its really a captivating and emotional book since its based on a true story.

MY RATING:

I would recommend this book to everyone who like sad stories or even stories based on real life events.I believe this story will leave you speechless.It will make you appreciate life itself but better yet your family.I don't want to ruin the ending but you have to get this book and read it.