A Child Called It By David Pelzer

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A Child Called It is a 184 page book by David Pelzer. A Child Called It told about David's life as an abused and neglected child, and his the pain and suffering he experienced.
At the beginning of David's childhood his Family was great. His mother was a very caring mother. She would take David and his brothers to places around San Francisco. On those trips they would get food that other countries would eat, and have a feast from that countries. David loved when she cooked, because when she cook is when his dad would be home. When his dad was home and they were all at the dinner table was when David felt happiest. David's dad was a hero to David. His dad worked at the fire department. David thought that was the coolest, and he also got extra brownie point with his friends. When David's dad was home all David wanted to do is to spend time with his dad. He love his family so much, but David didn't that his mother would completely change the family.
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David's mother had started to abuse and neglect David. She would force him to do task as his mother would sit and watch the television. If David didn't do the task right she would beat him, and even if he did it right she still would beat him. She would also punish him by gassing him, stabbing, and whole lot of of other evil and despicable abusive punishments. The whole family also started to neglect David. His mother would make sure David wouldn't get feed; unless she feed him. The family also did a lot of things without David. Once his family went to the zoo, and David was forced to sit on his hands out side the house. He was also ignored at school because he was called a bad kid, and he was dirty. David had to fight through hunger pain, and trauma all through his childhood until he was

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