What readers think of A Man Named Dave, plus links to write your own review.

My cousin sister gave me the book, the moment I was reading I couldn't put the book down.I read it in one day. And I'm 15 years old. It was very sad and painful for u. keep your head up Dave Pelzer!

i just got this book from the library for a book report and so far i think it is great and i feel really bad for what happen to him!!!!

I've never been so moved by a story as I was when I read the "A Child called It" series. I am only 15 and this book taught me how much I have truly taken advantage of in my short life. I already know when I grow up that I want to be a foster parent and hopefully be able to help children in the same way David was helped by his foster parents.

although, my childhood life wasn't as horiffic as his, but i understand about the isolation,hunger, and the incredible way it affected myself image. i relived memories and feelings that i had refused to remember. Ifeel so much better about myself. All my questions have not been answered, but I hope some of them will be. I salute you dave! what courage and resolve on your part. you and I joined the service the same year (feb 78) and for some of the same reasons. thank you ! very,very inspiring. God bless you!


Rafael

I never knew that child abuse was so bad but after reading these books they broght me to terms with just how bad it is these days. I was so intregued with these books that I am doin my Negotiated Area of Stuy on them at school. I was glad that Dave got his life back on track after a miserable life.

i loved a child called it and all of his books even though im only 14 yrs old.

I just finished reading "A Man Named Dave". This was a very moving book. When I first began reading it, I felt sorry for him but, by the end, I admired and envyed him. He went through so much in his life, but never gave up. And always looked for the best in people and believed in him. I honestly do not know how he got through all of his misfortunes and kept plugging along to become who he is today. The part of the book when he had the talk with his son made me cry. This is a great book and really makes you put your own life into perspective. Congratulations and God Bless You Dave!

My sincere admiration goes out to this man. It is not evident to be able not only to survive a life that was worse than hell, but even to become an U.S. Air Force pilot , get a G.E.D., shortly said, to be an honoured and respected person is an achievement that not many people with a normal, happy background reach, let alone someone who was abused an tortured in every possible and impossible way and made to understand that he is even less than the lowliest filth and normally only destined to belong to the lowest of the lowest on earth. Mr. Pelzer, you deserve every possible admiration and respect, and keep up the excellent work you are doing!!