David Pelzer born and raised in Daly City, California and he fought the same battle for years, survival. David was forced to do chores around the house and was rewarded with left-over food from one of his two brothers, for example his reward might be left over cereal from his baby brother after he finished up cleaning dishes and the mess his brothers made. David was the only child treated like this. School was the only safe haven for David, but even when he arrived to school he was examined and questioned by the school nurse who knew what was really going on. The mother would often send David to school in a ripped, torn and holey shirt that, “looked like Swiss cheese.” She would beat him after he arrived from school because she quotes, “seen
