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

dave pelzer

The sequel to Pelzer's autobiography of an abusive childhood, THE LOST BOY follows Pelzer through the California foster care system.

Genres nonfictionmemoirbiographyautobiographypsychologyabusetrue storybiography memoiradultfostering

203 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1997

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Dave Pelzer

Places

the united states of america,

This edition

Format: 203 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1997 by Omaha Pr Pub Co
ISBN: 9780929099033
ASIN: 0929099036
Language: English

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David Wade

He is Mcleans intelligent neighbor. He is a “boy genius who skipped, like, all of junior high and was taking college courses.” To his parents dismay he decided to transfer from an elite private school to a public school because he wanted to have a normal ...

About the author

An author best known for his 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called It.

At the age of 12, Dave was removed from an abusive home and placed in a series of foster homes. In 1979, he joined the Air Force and later became an author of memoirs and self-improvement books.

A CHILD CALLED "IT" IS COMING TO THE BIG SCREEN.

August 2017 - We are very excited to announce that writer/producer David Goldblum of Conscious Contact Productions has acquired the film rights to Dave Pelzer's, #1 New York Times bestselling book, A Child Called “IT” which was on the New York Times Best Sellers List for a record breaking six years. Tamlin Hall, whose film Holden On has won multiple awards around the country is attached to direct. Dave Pelzer is adapting the screenplay alongside Goldblum and Hall. The movie is in pre-production, with production set to begin in Spring 2018. A-List talent are already circling the project. Be sure and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates. https://www.facebook.com/AChildCalled....