A child called "it" : an abused child's journey from victim to victor

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Label

A child called "it" : an abused child's journey from victim to victor

Title remainder

an abused child's journey from victim to victor

Statement of responsibility

Dave Pelzer

Creator

• Pelzer, David J

Subject

• Abusive mothers -- California | Daly City -- Family relationships
• Children of alcoholics -- California | Daly City -- Biography
• Family violence -- California | Daly City
• Abused children -- California | Daly City -- Biography
• Pelzer, David J
• Foster home care -- California

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

[This book] is [an] account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it." -Back cover

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 362.7/6/092
• B

Index

no index present

Interest level

UG

LC call number

HV883.C2

LC item number

P45 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Reading level

5.8

Study program name

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning