A child called "it", one child's courage to survive, Dave Pelzer
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A child called "it", one child's courage to survive, Dave Pelzer
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Intended audience
850L, Lexile
resource.interestAgeLevel
Adolescent
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A child called "it"
Oclc number
32857798
Responsibility statement
Dave Pelzer
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning, UG, 5.8, 5.Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.8, 5.0, 36564.Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 5.8, 5.0, 36564.Reading Counts RC, High School, 5.9, 10, Quiz: 23893, Guided reading level: NR.
Sub title
one child's courage to survive
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
Table Of 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
resource.variantTitle
One child's courage to survive
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Subject
- Foster home care -- California
- Family violence -- California -- Daly City
- Personal narratives
- Biography
- Abusive mothers + Family relationships -- California -- Daly City
- Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Child abuse
- Family violence
- Domestic violence -- Daly City (Calif.)
- Abusive mothers + Family relationships
- Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Children of alcoholics -- Biography
- Foster home care
- California
- California + Daly City
- Autobiographies
- Children of alcoholics
- Pelzer, David J
- Abused children
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- Foster home care -- California
- Family violence -- California -- Daly City
- Personal narratives
- Biography
- Abusive mothers + Family relationships -- California -- Daly City
- Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Child abuse
- Family violence
- Domestic violence -- Daly City (Calif.)
- Abusive mothers + Family relationships
- Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Children of alcoholics -- Biography
- Foster home care
- California
- California + Daly City
- Autobiographies
- Children of alcoholics
- Pelzer, David J
- Abused children
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