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A Child Called "It" Dave Pelzer Published in 1995 184 pages

This story is about a child named Dave. He is being abused by his mother. She has 3 other children. Later in the story she has two more children. His mother does many mean things to Dave. Only Dave. She starves him, she has put on the stove while the fire was going. She has also stabbed Dave in the side. That is only some of the things she does to him.

This story takes place in present time. Most of the time is in summer. Dave's mother once made him sit in the hot summer air outside in the sun. This mostly takes place inside the house. She sends him down to the basement a lot!

The major problem is that Dave is getting beat to death. He is dying slowly. If he tells anyone about this, his mother would kill him! So Dave is really scared to tell anyone about his mother beating him. Another problem is that his dad is leaving. Will he take Dave with him? Or will he leave Dave to starve to death or get beat to death by his mother? Find out by reading this wonderful book. :)

I would recommend this book because it is the best book i ever read! It is so good. I recommend this book people that are in middle grades. My friend's next door neighbor told me that she could never read this book again because it makes her cry. She said that she also couldn't read it because once you have children you could never think of anyone doing that to their children. So I hope you like my book review and I hope you read it and enjoy it! :)