Dave Pelzer, A Child Called It Review

Overall Rating

This book shows the reader that there is a strength in the human spirit that no one can destroy, no matter how evil they are!

No bad points really.

This heart warming book is an horrendous true story. Dave was a young child when he was brutally abused by his unfit mother.
She is one of the most cruel people that I have ever come across in my life whether it be in a book or not. What shocked me the most about this book was the fact that she never treated her other two children this way.
Dave's story will warm your heart, because he was very brave from the off, he never seemed to want his mother to win, he fought for survival often having to eat scraps of food, sometimes frozen as he had to steal it from the school canteen. He ate dog food out of desperation, and rummaged through bins just to get the odd scraps. That was without all of the beatings that he endured.
The abuse this brave little child endured at the hands of his own mother was so far beyond belief that I actually thought it was fiction.
This heart breaking book will not fail to reach your heart!

Members' Comments onShelliec's Review

• Helen of Troy on 7th Nov 2006

  I am a little confused as you have given this book 10/10, but you say you would not recommend it. Could you please explain what your reasons are for not recommending it? I am now a little reluctant to buy it!