The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

I’ve loved this book since a little kid because when you can relate to a book like this one it helps you know that you aren’t alone and helps the healing process of the broken child within you. Even if you didn’t have experiences like this man did, you can feel the emotions in his words! He is an absolute inspiration as a writer! 100% recommend reading this book even for psychological reasons to understand what someone close to you has went through! This book makes my tears flow and it’s a tough and hard book to read because of the disturbing facts of the truth but absolutely a WORK OF ART!

I received the book in perfect condition and my son really liked it. He needed it for school.

For a used book this was in pretty good condition.

Every teacher, police officer, foster family, social workers, nurses and doctors should all read this and "A Child Called "It"

I wish I had the opportunity to read books like A Child Called It and The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer whenI began teaching in 1966. I had no idea children might be treated so awful.

After reading a Child Called It I had to read The Lost Boy to find out what happened to Dave Pelzer. It was hard to believe child abuse on this level could happen! I wanted to see if his mother was ever brought to justice for what she did to him. I didn't find out in this book but it was worth reading to find out about our foster care system. I had to keep in mind that that this took place in the 70's and 80's as to not be more upset with a broken system as it was just the times and the realities of child abuse becoming public were just coming into play. I pray that today system is much better. This is an honest book written by a man who desires greatly to never allow another child to go through what he went through.

I wasn't a big reader until recently after finishing my Master's degree and not having anything to do with all my free time. I heard about A Child Called It from a friend and read it in 24 hours. It was a horrifying tale and I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to go through that kind of abuse and neglect as a child. Within the hour of finishing that book, I drove to the closest bookstore to pick up The Lost Boy, but I couldn't find it!!! I ordered it from Amazon and the wait was somewhat painful. I just had to know what happened next and I couldn't stop thinking about little David Pelzer until my book finally arrived!I was so happy that David had been rescued in the first book and that he was fortunate enough to find a few foster parents that showed him the love that he missed out on as a child. The book describes an incredibe adventure and vividly tells of a continued struggle that no one should have to go through.I would recommend this whole series to anyone! I almost didn't read the 3rd one, because I was pretty satisfied that David Pelzer was okay after the second book... but Pelzer had sucked me in with his incredible life story and I just had to know how everything turned out. I honestly recommend all three books to anyone and everyone.It truly broke my heart to read these books, but I feel like a better (more enlightened) person for knowing about David Pelzer and his tragic childhood which turned into an incredible, amazing life. I'm sure you will too!

This is the second book in the series of The Child Called It. If you're going to read the first book, you must read this book as well. It's a little more uplifting than the first book. I would absolutely recommend buying this book.

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I just finished this book right after i read "Child called it", and i couldn't take my eyes off... I read those 2 books in 3-4 days (having 3 small children, it takes reading till early morning)... I am myself a survivor of child abuse... my mother is and always was a sick person, so reading this book I found myself relating to David so often, and I cried...and cried! It's an amazing writing and it makes me so happy to find out that David did not just survive, but made the best out of such horrific experiences.

very enjoyable read