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The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer

The Lost Boy

A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

by Dave Pelzer
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  • Aug 1997, 340 pages
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cassie *******

this book and all the others were exciting,heart breaking , and frightful!
Danielle Tudor

This book is for the people who live high and don't know what life could bring when brought into a different family. Children are Gods gift to their parents and many times they abuse that gift that is not meant to be abused. So all of you abuseive parents stop beating your children they deserve to live with love, NOT hatered and cruelity.
kayla stanton

kayla stanton

this is an outstanding book it helps readers understand the phisical and emotional abuse dave has gone through

<< life is to short >>

Stephanie Scherrer

I just loved this book I thoughth about it would be like to be in his position and I couldn't do it so I give Dave Props on his job well done on beating his MOTHER at her own games good job dawg!
brittney

This book was very good and very sad. Now I know I am going to help abused and starving children for sure.
jessi

I loved this book.
eric :-)

this book is 1 of the greatest i've ever read so is "a man named Dave" ;-)
Kuwaity Girl

The book that I really like very much is (A CHILD CALLED "IT") .. It's a sad story that my heart was broken because of it .. I felt that I was living with him at that period ..
Good Luck ..
Enjoy your life :)

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