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 …showed first 75 words of 902 total…

…showed last 75 words of 902 total…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.