A Child Called “It” by David Pelzer is his own autobiography of his life as a child being abused by his alcoholic mother‚ Catherine Roerva Pelzer‚ who isolates him from the family‚ then abuses him‚ and nearly killed him through starvation‚ poisoning‚ and once stabbing him. Since Mother starved him for days‚ he began to steal food in order to survive‚ and when she finds out he has stolen food‚ she abuses him with her own “games”. Dave reflects on the “good times” in his childhood‚ because Mother was
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There is much to admire about Dave Pelzer. He proudly served his country during Desert Storm‚ and has received commendations from Presidents Reagan‚ Bush the First‚ and Clinton for his work as a motivational speaker. His other honors include being named California’s Volunteer of the Year in 1990‚ one of 1993’s Ten Outstanding Young Americans‚ and one of the Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 1994. In addition‚ he is a best-selling author and a loving husband and father. That’s a lofty set
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A Child Called “It” is a very tragic book that tells an amazingly true story about a real life little boy in California. Written by Dave Pelzer‚ the story reveals an extreme case of child abuse‚ one of the worst ever report in California history. A Child Called “It” tells the unbearable story of a boy who gets beaten day after day by his alcoholic mother. This story is an autobiography communicating very informative information of the severity of child abuse and how important school officials are
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"A Child Called It." Dave Pelzer is the survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California ’s history. Dave grew up with his two brothers and two parents. Catherine‚ Dave ’s mother‚ loved to cook exotic meals for her family and decorate their home in creative and imaginative ways each holiday season. She was full of energy‚ often taking her kids on tours of downtown San Francisco while her husband was at work as a fire fighter‚ exposing them to Golden Gate Park and Chinatown. Once‚
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“A Child Called ‘It’” is a non-fictional novel written by a survivor and activist of child abuse‚ Dave Pelzer. Among Pelzer’s many works of several autobiographies and self-help books‚ this novel is the most popular. “A Child Called ‘It’” was published in 1995 by ¬¬¬HCI and has won two literary awards: West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2005)‚ Abraham Lincoln Award (2005) (Good Reads). What makes people want to read “A Child Called ‘It’” is that it is a primary
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There is always a more extensive range of situations that could happen to a child being brutally abused. In the book A Child Called It‚ by Dave Pelzer‚ I believe that a variety of situations‚ good and bad will happen to Dave in the next few chapters. I predict the atrocious and exploitative actions Dave’s mother is doing will lead a school staff member to find out about the abuse‚ Dave’s father to leave the home and Dave to be hospitalized. I predict a school staff member will discover the abusive
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Character Essay Dave Pelzer was a young boy that survived one of the worst beatings in California’s history. In his book‚ A Child Called “It”‚ you too will learn to enjoy life a little bit more and to never give up. Dave was a skinny‚ malnourished‚ and weak boy that was brutally beaten‚ starved‚ and mistreated by his mother. He has short blonde hair and soft light blue eyes. Many times he came to school with bruises and and scratches all of his body covered up only by his old‚ unwashed‚ smelly
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“You are a nobody! An It!”(140) Dave Pelzer‚ the author of A Child Called “It”‚ was only 4 years old when his Mother started abusing him. Before he started being abused‚ he lived in Daly City‚ California with his parents and his brothers where they had the perfect life. They were a lovely family and everything was perfect‚ until his parents started drinking and his relationship with his Mother drastically changed from discipline to punishment that grew out of control when Father was away at work
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A Child Called “It”‚ by Dave Pelzer‚ is a first person narrative of a child’s struggle through a traumatic abused childhood. The book begins with Dave telling us about his last day at his Mother’s house before he was taken away by law enforcement. At first I could not understand why he had started at the end of his tale‚ but after reading the entire book it was clear to me that it was easier to read it knowing there indeed was a light at the end of the dark tunnel. This horrific account of extreme
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Name: Bria Brazier Course: ACAC 0321 Reading I Date: November 13‚ 2011 Book Report Title: A Child Called “It” Author: Dave Pelzer Publisher and Year: Health Communications‚ Inc. 3201 S.W. 15th Street Deerfield Beach‚ Florida 33442-8190 A child called it takes place in Daly City‚ California March 5th‚ 1973. It takes place in the Early 70’s where David’s parents seemed to not really care about him and how he looked and if he was taken care of properly. During this time his father
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