A Child Called It

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 …

…had no idea that actual people have and are going through this torture. This book made me have a more open mind to kids that are outcasts. Some people see a dirty unkept person and automatically think that it was his/her own fault for their looks. I have decided that it isn’t always the kids fault for their looks or their actions, they could be in as much trouble as Dave was in.