A Child Called "It" Reviews

A Child Called It was recommended to me by one of the Deacons at our church.  He is the chaplian for the police department.  I read it in one sitting.  The book would be a horror novel if it were not true.  It makes you cry because it is true.  I felt so helpless.

As an educator, I looked over the children I interacted with for several weeks to be sure I saw no signs of malnutrition, poor sleep, neglect, or abuse of any kind.  My heart did not want to believe that there are more children in our schools like the one in the book that went to school every day and was not noticed by teachers...

This book was assigned to me in one of my classes in high school and at first i wasn't to excited because i didn't like reading alot back then. Although as i read through the first couple pages it just sucked you into this poor kids story. Each chapter there was something new. I loved this book it was one of my favorites because it opened my eyes to how some people live and this book also showed me how a book can pull emotions from you just like a movie. A great story. I would recommend this book to anybody.

the  book a child called it  was touching, emotional, and heart wrenching no child should have to go through what mr pelzer went through.  this was a well written book that went straight to the heart. i cried the whole way through the book. but after i cried i said there must be something that we can do to prevent this from happening to our children . they are our most precious assets.anyone that does anything to hurt a child need to be put away for good. a child need to be cuddled and hugged not beaten and slugged.if you haven't read this book please do so.

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...

Dave Pelzer is NOW one of my fave authors!  I could NOT put this book down and as a matter of fact, cried through a lot of it.  I have read the entire series AND his brother's book, as well.  I have read this series several times, actually.

After reading this book, I did research on Dave and in that time-frame (70's) he WAS one of the top cases of the worst child abuse in history!

It sure opens your eyes to the terrible living conditions he had to live with.  I was appalled with the types of abuse his mother used on him.  Ever more sickened that his father did NOTHING to stop it, knowing it...

I read page after page of horrific abuse because the cover promised the story was "inspirational".  The only thing I was inspired to do was get my money back.  Tacking a couple pages of happy ending on a snuff book doesn't equal inspiration.  Yes, it's wonderful that he survived and overcame.  That doesn't mean his book is in any way inspirational, just that he is.  I mean, "Faces of Death" doesn't become inspirational if you add a scene of a cow escaping the slaughterhouse either.

 Not only does this book not live up to it's promises of inspiration it's poorly written.  We're told that it's...