A child called "it" : one child's courage to survive / Dave Pelzer
- Author:
- Pelzer, David J.
- Additional Titles:
- One child's courage to survive
- Published:
- Deerfield Beach, Florida : Health Communications, [1995]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1993
- Physical Description:
- xi, 184 pages ; 19 cm
- Series:
- Contents:
- The rescue -- Good times -- Bad boy -- The fight for food -- The accident -- While father is away -- The Lord's Prayer -- Epilogue -- Perspectives on child abuse -- Resources for help.
- Summary:
- A Child Called "It" is an account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."--Back cover.
- Subject(s):
- Pelzer, David J.
- Abused children—California—Daly City—Biography
- Children of alcoholics—California—Daly City—Biography
- Abusive mothers—Family relationships—California—Daly City
- Family violence—California—Daly City
- Foster home care—California
- Abused children
- Abusive mothers—Family relationships
- Children of alcoholics
- Family violence
- Foster home care
- Child abuse
- Children of alcoholics—Biography
- Domestic violence—Daly City (Calif.)
- Child Abuse
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Foster Home Care
- California
- California—Daly City
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 1558743669 (trade paper)
9781558743663 (trade paper)
0613171373 (permabound)
9780613171373 (permabound)
9781435235632 (Paw Prints)
1435235630 (Paw Prints)
9780757319105 (rebound)
0757319106 (rebound)
9780752837505
0752837508
0606227814
9780606227810 - Audience:
- Age group:: Teenagers
- Interest Age:
- Adolescent.
- Form of work:
- Biography
Book - Audience Notes:
- 850L Lexile
- Note:
- Originally published: Omaha Neb. : Omaha Press Pub. Co., 1993.
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