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

My Book Review

The book I am reviewing is The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. Pelzer wrote six books about his life including A Child Called It. The Lost Boy is incredible true story of Dave Pelzer. I believe Dave Pelzer's purpose in writing this book was to get the attention of younger teenagers and adults because of the actions that took place in his lifetime. Pelzer almost died several times by the hands of his very own mentally disturbed alcoholic mother. He wanted others to somewhat know how it feels to go through what he did. It wasn't an easy thing for Pelzer to go through and he doesn't want to see or hear of any child go through what he did. Dave's intended audiences of this book are first of all one's that see the book as an interesting piece of material to read and all ages. He chose this audience group because he wants to help others and try to prevent what happened to him, happen to them. In 1994 he was the only American who received the Outstanding Young Person of the World award. He travels throughout the nation promoting inspiration and resilience.
Dave Pelzer himself is writing the story. He is telling it all from his perspective as a child and into his early teenage years. I think it's very important that Dave Pelzer tells his story because of the way he was treated as a child compared to his other siblings in the household. Almost dying several times because of his mother can touch so many lives. I look at it as there's a lot of people that don't know how lucky they are until they read Dave's story. He touches so many people in the right ways. Dave Pelzer made quite the success in the telling of his story. He touched my heart and made me realize just how lucky not only I am but others that surround me. This book along with all his other books about his incredible life made New York Times Best Sellers List. There were and still is a lot of people that read his books along with The Lost Boy. I think Dave would say that his goals with this book were reached.
The significance about the books title is that it's about Dave Pelzer's life as a young boy. He was lost and lonely in his torturing young life. It was made to touch people's hearts and to see how difficult it actually is for a child growing up that way. Life wasn't easy for Dave but he miraculously made it through and lives to tell about it today. I'd recommend this book to anyone of all ages that want to read it. I'd actually recommend that everyone in the nation reads it at some point in their lives because it's that good of a book. I couldn't put it down and I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one out in the nation that felt the same way I did. I'd mostly recommend this book being read by teenagers and young adults. I found this book very interesting and full of detail. I thought it was pretty horrific that someone so young good go through this from his own mother but then be able to write about it later in life. I didn't think at all that it was confusing; I followed where we went the whole way in the text. I felt so much sorrow after reading this book and looking at his pictures online of his younger days. I enjoyed reading this book even though it was actually quite sad especially knowing that it was a true story written by Dave Pelzer himself. I agree that no child should have to go through what he did one bit. It's totally wrong for a child to go through something like that by his/her own parent. I felt the ending was a really good ending. It left off right where it should'v

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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I dont want a five page book report. I want to know what u thought of the book,ok. So stop with the book reports

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Touching

This book is truely amazing. A true story thatll make it impossible to put it down

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

THE LOST BOY BY DAVE PELZER As a child the author Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and started by his crazy mother.

As a child the author Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and started by his crazy mother.
Nobody know what Dave was going through. The conflict of the story is how Dave was treated by his mother and how he struggled to find a special family. He wanted a family who is caring, loving, and calling him their son. Dave always wanted his abusive mother to tell him what went wrong, why she treated him like that. He wanted to make things better between them. One day Dave's school found out how his mother treated him and told the police. From there his journey away from his abusive mother starts. This story was really touching.I liked how the school and his foster parents helped him throughout his life. Dave faced a lots of problems in his life as a young boy. How his mother treated him was wrong and rude, but deep down Dave always considered her to be his real mother. His foster parents helped him find a better family for Dave and they kept his mother from trying to get to him. Dave moved from place to place to find a family. He always wanted to fit in with boys at school , which made him do somethings in life that he will regret. Dave was blamed for starting a fire at school, which he never did. He then was sent to Juvenile hall. He told the judge that he didn't do anything.Dave thought why did the boy who started the fire blamed it on him. He found out that the boy told on dave because he didnt want to get in trouble. Dave then was sent to Juvenile hall for just fews day. After he came back he was on his way to find a new family but will he?

3 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

It was a great book!

It was a great book. It would be a great book for a seventh grader and up. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone below seventh grade though. I myself thought it was the best book I have ever read. I can't wait to read the next book.

The introduction of my book is the "boy" only gets food when he goes to school. If there is no school, then there's no food. He has to eat his brother's leftover cereal. His mother is an alcoholic. He's moved five different times. He is abused, by his mother. In this book, the "boy" was removed from his biological parents, because his parents beat him.

In the book called The Lost Boy, the "boy" was abused. He never really had a real home. We found out throughout the book that the "boys" name is Dave Pelzer. It's a true story. Dave is a foster child; he was removed from his mother's hands because she was an alcoholic. Dave's father tried to give him the world, but he didn't have that much either. His father didn't even try to stop Dave's mother, when she was abusing him. Dave wanted someone else to know what he went through. His mother was fighting to put him in a mental hospital, but me myself I think she needs to go in one more than he does.

My opinion of the book is, it's a great book. It's by far one of the best books I have read in a long time. I think all of the books will be good; the first two have been great so, why wouldn't the rest be as good? If you have time I would read it. It may make you cry, but it's worth the tears.


In conclusion, if you have time I think you should read this book. It's a very good book, it's full of surprises well, to me there were many surprises. Once you pick up the book, I promise you; you won't be able to stop reading.


Overall my final review of the book is, Dave getting abused; No child should have to go through as much as he has. No one even try's to stop his mom from abusing him. I have learned a lot just reading two of Dave Pelzer's book. I plan on reading all of them.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Are you ready to see reality?

My name Is Holly and I am a junior at Holt High School and I have just finish reading The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. This book is an autobiography and is a follow up to Dave Pelzer's book A Child Called "It". I must say that this is one of my favorite books that I have ever read. I truly enjoyed every page and looked forward to what was going to happen next. Throughout the novel the story will make you mad, make you cry, and at the end relieved; you will be crying tears of joy.
The book takes you through young Dave's experiences through the foster care system after being taken.rescued really, from his alcoholic mother. You see him struggling for a place to call "home" and describes his life when he jumps from one foster home to another for six years.
The novel begins were The Child Called "It" had stopped, which is with his mother and her physically and emotionally abusing him. At the age of twelve, he had overcome a trial that questioned him to be free from his mother and then begins his long journey. Dave describes how he is haunted by the fear of being returned to his insane mother, and recovering from the brainwash that his mother had fed him for years, (that's about the only thing she had fed him). His constant search to find love of a family and a "home", the desperate attempts for expectance among his peers, lead Dave through a series of foster families and also a juvenile detention center.
I think that any one that wants to have a career dealing with child abuse or related fields should read this novel. This is a very emotional, in-depth novel. It opens your eyes to the child's point of view. child abuse is still relevant in today's society, and sadly some parents, who are supposed to be protecting their child, instead are the ones that are the most dangerous people in the child's life; as seen in The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer

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Great reading!

A must read for individuals in the helping community.

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No Idea Where To Go

In this story David was removed from his biological parents because his mother used to beat him. His father or brother never did anything about it. His mother one day told him if you don¿t like the way I treat u, u can get out and David didn¿t know what to do but leave. Over the time a policemen came along and rescued him from his miseries. The officer set David in a foster home for a while with one parent and had him say there until his big court day, to see if this mother would keep him or if he would live in foster care. Ms.Gold was David¿s social worker and he really cared about her. They won the case and the mother did not have custody of him anymore. All that was over and David was placed in a new home with the Cantanzes¿for about a year or so. An incident happen with a untrue friend of David¿s causing a fire at school, he then had to be placed in a juvenile center.Over the weeks he was let out and placed back in foster home but moving home to home.

The part I didn¿t really like about the story was that David was moved from house to house and school to school the only really close foster parents he had were the Cantanzes¿ and the Turnboughs. Also the fact that his mother was fighting to put him in a mental hospital with only a bunch of lies. David had gotten in a lot of trouble over his time foster care but had gotten better as he grew up to be a young man, when he turned 18 he had to be taken out of foster care and handle the world on his own, but he seemed really happy to start on his own.

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incredible book(s)

I have just read the first book called 'A Child Called It' and I have to say I was appalled and totally horrified of the way David was treated. Although I thought it was a very violent and graphic account of the abuse he went through, I couldnt put the book down and read the whole thing in 2 hours hoping he was going to be rescued from his Monster of a mother and his weak Dad. I truely have to say David is a inspriation to all the kids out there that have been or are being abuse by thier parents or someone else. All in all, I thought it was a great book and have started to read 'The Lost Boy'

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

The Lost Boy

The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer is about a boy named David going from foster home to foster home. He was a little boy doing anything to be friends with older kids at the foster home or at school. Some kids didn't like him because of the way he dressed or because he didn't have a real family. This book was okay because it shows how every foster parent/character treated David. Some of them treated him with respect and some of them were mean to him. The foster parents/characters that really treated him with respect was Alice and Harold because they let him have freedom. Like they let him do and have whatever he wanted. Alice and Harold welcome David in their home and made him feel comfortable and gave their love to him. Like when they told David that they were moving, David thought that he had to find another foster home, but Alice and Harold told him that he coming with them. I like the book because there were some very interesting topics. David was young and lost. For example, He saw his mom, but she kept blowing him off. She also called foster care and said that he was ¿terrorizing the streets.¿ She left this negative vibe between her and her son. He was only bad because he wanted to fit in. This invent kept me interested because throughout the book it stay on the topic.

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The lost boy

This book is truely amazing and puts you in the place of dave

Aelm

I love this book couldnt put it down get it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***************************************************††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††

Papaboy911

Poor dave and still the story goes on

So so so sad

Up there explains all

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I love this book you have to read it you wont to but it down

Dave's heartbreaking story continues...

The Lost Boy is a very nice sequel to "A Child Called It." Mr. Pelzer takes us through his days in foster care - he writes with great honesty and emotions about seeing "the system" through the eyes of a child who wanted to be loved and fit in. After reading "A Child Called It," which was filled with unthinkable child abuse, I couldn't put this book down until I was finished with it because I wanted to find out what happened to David. Very inspiring.

Sad :,(

Sad but FANTASTIC at the end =]

Wow

This was a very amazing book. It shocked me how many foster homes he has been in and how his mother torchered him now shes now torchering his other 13 year old brother

Gr8 book!

Couldn't put the book down! A very sad book, yet inspiring in the end! A must read!

Good book :'(

I cried best book evrr!!!!!!!!! Wish i could rate it 100 soooooo good!!