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A Child Called It

One Child's Courage to Survive

by Dave Pelzer

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There are currently 270 reader reviews for A Child Called It

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bubbles (01/10/12)

a child called it

This book is a really amazing book. It's also upsetting how he got abused by his own mother :/

libby adams (01/08/12)

this book was fantastic! 3

I can not believe that you survived through all of that brutal beatings.. I am just glad that you did! All of your books are so fantastic.. I am going to read all of them! :)

sporty (01/03/12)

amazing story

I just cant believe you survived through all of this. I would have given up. But no, David never gave up. He pushed his way through his miserable life. His mom didn't know what to do after her husband left so she became an alcoholic and beat her kids. This book is AMAZING!

Shanaya (12/22/11)

AWSOME

This book is a sad true story about a boy who is trying to survive his mothers harmful games. I usually never finish books but for the first time this book carried me in to reading the whole thing. I recommend people to read this book to show how child abusing is. This is a book that I would read over and over again.

Amy (12/21/11)

Awesome

I loved the book when I picked it up i couldn't put it down, a story about a boy being abused :( But it's the best book I EVER read in my life

Ali cruz.3 (12/17/11)

The child called it was.. just..

This book is amazing .. so depressing. If I were him I wouldn't know how to survive . it takes so my strength and courage to survive though that!

Emmanuel (12/14/11)

summary

Wow. This book is very good.

Jillian (12/10/11)

"the child called it"

It was a sad story, it's amazing how the story goes. How could someone just do that to a child. I recommend this book to anyone but EVERYONE!

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