A Child Called "It" Review

I've never been one to NOT be able to put a book down but this one was one I couldn't put down.  There are 2 more in this trilogy, The Lost Boy and A Man Named Dave that I am now looking for to read.  How a mother could have 5 children and pick one that for no reason I could ascertain, hated with a passion; whom on several occasions she tried to kill...and a husband who didn't try to stop the abuse.  I wanted to reach through the pages and pound this woman senseless.  Children have no way to fight back; they are defenseless; looking to the parent for love and protection; yet this child knew if he wanted to stay alive, he had to learn how to play his mother's "games" to survive.  Stealing food because she refused to feed him; the school faculty looking the other way except to punish him for stealing from other kid's lunches for food.  Thank God, one day, the school nurse and principal stepped in and took action and removed this boy from certain death.  I can't wait to read the next 2 books.

 If you've never read or seen child abuse in action, this is a MUST read.   It will open your eyes to the hidden world of child abuse.....and we wonder why our society is so screwed up?