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Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML:Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining ā?? he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through the compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-Child (Foster Child), Dave is moved in and out of five different homes. He suffers shame and experiences resentment from those who feel that all foster kids are trouble and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a "real" family. Tears, laughter, devastation and hope create the journey of this little lost boy who searches desperately for just one thing ā?? the love of a f… (more)
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At the start of the book, Dave insists this one is written using the language and perspective he had at that age. He also insisted the same thing in the last book. This is not a completely accurate description as many times I felt the writing to be reflective and also some of it beyond the years of the under-educated teenager he was at the time. We catch up with Dave where we left him in the last book, in the passenger seat of a police car heading outside the city limits, where after medical examinations he meets his social worker and is placed in the first of five foster homes.
Living in a foster home is very different from where Dave has come from and throughout the years that follow he struggles to find his place in the homes and in school. He has a stint or two in a juvenile detention hall and is passed around a bit until he settles down and decides where he wants to go in life.
More than anything I found this book to be a testament to the hard work of social workers and foster parents. Their job is far from easy and yet they strive to remove child from abusive homes and place them suitably, and provide them with the help they need. The part of the book I found most worth reading was after the Epilogue, the section entitled Perspectives on Foster Care which contained statements from Daveās foster mother, a juvenile detention worker and a teacher. I found this to be an eye-opening view on the foster system and I appreciate the acknowledgement of foster carers and other authors of works on being a child in the foster system. If this content could be expanded further it would make for a great read on the work of foster carers and an insight to the foster system. Just maybe leave Dave Pelzer out. Heās got plenty of books under his belt already and we all know his perspective.
As for the content itself, I enjoyed reading this book more than I did A Child Called āItā. But considering it is supposed to be an autobiographical memoir, some of the recollections from his life as described in the first book had facts that didnāt match up, which makes you question the credibility of the āmemoirā. It could simply be due to the passage of time, he was only a child so of course heās not going to remember everything and things get mixed up. I would have hoped that the editor would fix this up but clearly it wasnāt noticed or was ignored. These kind of things can be infuriating for a reader like me.
A slight improvement. 2.5 stars.
this book is great!
it true and from the heart
youll never put it down!
READ IT!
D.L
I really loved this book as much as the first. It saddens me to think that people can actually be this way. I think back to my childhood and praise God that it wasn't that bad.
This book could be used to show how what happens to us as children leave an imprint on the rest of our lives. It also shows that every person is different and those differences need to be taken into consideration when playing with friends.
A little boy wants to be loved and goes through a lot to get the love he desires. I wasn't disappointed at all. I will read
5Q, 5P; Cover Art: Okay.
This book is best suited for highschoolers and adults.
It was selected due to reading the first book in the series.
Grade (of reviewer): 11th
(TC-AHS-NC)
Dave then continues about the wonderful people that took care of him during the ages of 12 to 18. You get to see how it is for children living in foster homes and the stigma that society has placed on being a foster child. I enjoyed this book and hearing from Dave the troubles he went through trying to figure out why things happened to him. I look forward to reading the final book in this trilogy.