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A Child Called 'It': One child's courage to survive

by Dave Pelzer | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1558743669 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BouncingFerret on 1/21/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by BouncingFerret on Thursday, January 21, 2010
Truly amazing story of one boy's awful childhood. He struggles with life, yet tries to overcome the abuse he is subjected to. Inspiring story. I will probably read it again before I release it, because the first time I read it was about 5 years ago.



Amazon.com Review
David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel, The Lost Boy, detailing his life in the foster-care system.

Journal Entry 2 by BouncingFerret on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This book is a RAY-IT-FORWARD

Here are the rules: I’ll find the first person that wants this book and send it to them. I just ask that they pass the book along “BookRay” fashion when they are done with it.

If you have this book then please look for another BookCrosser to pass it to. Check the wish lists, leave a message on the forums, a yahoo group, the BookRelay, or offer it at a meeting...whatever way you choose to pass it on is up to you. If no other BookCrossers want it then send it along its way as a wild release but this should be a last resort.

What are the advantages of Ray it Forward? Time frame – I ask that you pass the book along in a couple months or so, but because there is not a “waiting list” the time is a little more relaxed than a standard BookRay.

Shipping Preferences – Choose your own. If you need to post within your own country then do so. If you choose to send international that is great too. If postal costs are a problem right now then hand it to another BookCrosser at a meeting, ask for postage from the receiver or find some other way to get the book in the hands of another BookCrosser.

***Please note that it would be polite to let the next person know that this is a Ray It Forward book before you pass it along to them so that they will know that they will be expected to pass it on in a couple months.

Enjoy the Book!

(Ray it Forward Rules borrowed from Surmisez)

Released 13 yrs ago (7/25/2011 UTC) at -- BookMooch.com, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed to a bookmoocher in the USA. Thanks!

Journal Entry 4 by wingAnonymousFinderwing at Leonard, Texas USA on Monday, July 25, 2011
I haven't been able to read it yet because I just received it in the mail today. I am really looking forward to reading this. This book fascinates me, as a psychology major. Also, my fiance is a social work major. We figure if we can't read about it, then we can't hear or see it, so we might need to change majors.

Journal Entry 5 by turtlebaby at Leonard, Texas USA on Monday, July 25, 2011
Sorry. I am the anonymous above. I thought I was signed in when I typed in the BCID. =/

Journal Entry 6 by turtlebaby at Bailey, Texas USA on Sunday, October 21, 2012

Released 12 yrs ago (10/2/2012 UTC) at Bailey, Texas USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I sent this book to a bookmooch member in GA.

Journal Entry 7 by wingAnonymousFinderwing at Atlanta, Georgia USA on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Mooched the book 3 years ago; listed it on book mooch and will be releasing it soon.

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