A Child Called It

The book I'll be reviewing today is A Child Called it by Dave Pelzer. Dave  pelzer has a series of books such as Help Yourself, Moving Yourself and also an sequel to this book named The Lost Boy. This book is very similar to his other books because they all cite back to problems he has had in life throughout growing up and, inspire others. This book is one of a kind and is very saddening from front to back. The book takes you throughout David's childhood growing up and, struggles he has faced he also explain his bravery and how he overcame and dealt with issues in his life. The genre of this book can be classified as a autobiography,biography and children's literature.

A Child Called "It" takes you through our author david’s heartbreaking true story of the abuse that he suffered from his alcoholic mother. Dave was born December 29, 1960 in Daly City, California. Dave counts his struggles over and over to cope with the abuse, which he survived by relying on faith hope determination, and the kindness of others. There are several types of abuse methods  that Dave received when he was a child. Those are explained in this book in great detail. You can find his story when his mother forced him to drink ammonia or even starved him.  She also forced him to eat his own vomit. Another physical abuse was when his mother tried to burn his arm on gas stove and stabbed his stomach. I was just so shocked on how someone could treat their own child this way. Here is evidence from the text that shows how abusive she was for example “ mother came closer and closer then placed a hard slap on my face, punch after punch she kept punching my face in, then she yanked and pushed me then we heard a POP we both looked at each other.” This part of the story surprised me most in left me in shock.

I truly love this book because it inspires me and also gives me hope in knowing even though I may have it rough people are going through tougher things, and to be appreciative with everything I have in life. Lastly I like this book because it also teaches me to greet and meet everyone with kindness for I don't know what problems they can be facing in life. In my opinion this book could be provided to a wide range of people only because somebody in any situation could read this book and still take something away from the reading. In conclusion I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a nice book to read. This book will give you chills but will also want you reading more and more I cannot express how much of a great book this is.

Book Review by Sophie P.