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 The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family :: 1558745157
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Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-Child (Foster Child), Dave is moved in and out of five different homes. He suffers shame and experiences resentment from those who feel that all foster kids are trouble and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a "real" family. Tears, laughter, devastation and hope create the journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one thing -- the love of a family. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
The book is about a little boy named Dave who has had problems living with his mother because of the way she treated him. Children's services had taken the boy away from his family because of the abuse that he had gotten, mainly from his mother. Dave knew that h is father loved him and his brothers, but he knew that his father wouldn't leave his mother, because he knew that the boys needed him to take care of them. It is also about how the boy had been taken a way from his family and put intoa foster home. The boyhas a grteat foster family who takes care of him. He saw his older brothers, but they were not a loud to talk to him. He gets out of the system by the time he is eighteen years old. He saw his father again couple years later and found out that his father had finally left his mother. His father had apologized to himbecause he never did anything to help him out becasue dave's mother would yell at his dad for helping him out.
When you read this book you will be suprised in what you will read becasue there is a lot that this little boy went through as a child. You will also find thatthat authorof this book is telling a story about this childhood. I think that this book is a grteat book because it will open your eyes to what some parents do to their kidsand what the kids have gone through in their life. I htink that kids who like to read about thing that other kids have experienced should rea this book. It will break your heart to hear what this boy went through but also how he survived this all and is able to relive this to write a book about is so that everyone who reads his book will know what happen to him. You will learn something that you didin't know about the author's life.
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Author: Guest
Despite this easy reading, Dave Pelzer has some remarkable stories that involve various emotions; one minute he's happy and the next he's sad and crying. This story starts off when Dave is nine years old and living in Daly City, California.
Dave is held captive in the dark, cold garage of his home and is only allowed to partake in something if his mother gives him the okay. He is not even allowed to breathe without her permission, no joke! After a night full of anticipation, Dave was finally called by his abusive mother and father to come upstairs. He raced up the stairs; his mother stood at the top of the landing with her hands on her hips, and yelled "Get out of my house! I don't like you! I don't want you! I never loved you! Get the h**l out of my house" (p.9)!
In my opinion this is an inspiring and crucial novel. Everyone should read this book to see just how valuable their lives really are. When you read this book, you begin to think about all the magnificent things you have had while growing up compared to what Dave Pelzer had as a child. Dave went through life trying to find a place to fit in. For awhile, he was emotionally unstable because of all the torment that he had gone through previously. Luckily, all this pain did not overcome Dave. Dave saw it as another challenge, a challenge that he needed to overcome.
In the long run, we realize that this novel is filled with inspiration, sorrow, endurance and most importantly love!
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Author: Guest
This middle book of the trilogy of Dave's story is equally heartwrenching to the first. Again, grab your tissues and be prepared to feel uncomfortable, edgy, and upset through most of the book. But I truly admire a man who can drudge up all those emotions again to make peace within himself, as well as sound the warning to others to try to prevent anyone else ever having to experience anything even close to what he lived through.
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Author: Guest
Between the authors David Pelzer and Katlyn Stewart's true to fact novels about child abuse, and know one hearing I have cried actual tears from the power of these books.
They are must...MUST reads...Lost Child, A Child called It and Nightmares Echo. Read the power of the human soul!
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Author: Guest
Second in the trilogy written by David Pelzer, details experience in foster care once rescued from his abusive mother. Very easy to read, was on our son's required summer reading list for 9th grade, and he also appreciated the story. I suggested and he did read "A Child Called It" first. We are anxious to read the third book in the trilogy.
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