This book is a wonderful and very emotional book. This book is very emotional. All the way through the book I felt as if I could just be in the book and take the main character David and the author to safety and freedom away from his alcoholic and abusive mother. I felt sorry for him. He has to do things to earn food and everything and none of his other brothers are beaten just him.It's a very moving book and I recoomend anyone 13 and up read this book.