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More upbeat than the first book, this tells of David's life as a foster child from age twelve through eighteen. Further, there are some eye-opening moments that explain the foster child services. There are some clues to what caused David's abuse at the hands of his mother, but a few questions still remain. How resilient this young man is despite a few rough moments under foster care.

This was an sad book

I recommend this book because it has a very detailed description about a very young boys life named David. Lives in a physical and verbal abuse home with an alcoholic mother that has so much hate towards her son David. His mother doesn't give him the "identity" of a child. Just imagine 7 year old getting hit and beaten everyday without any cry out for help. Terrified of everything and anything that surrounds him. His only possession that he can call his own is his torn up clothes that he has in a paper bag. His mother treats him like an animal more specifically, like a dog. Lives in fear that if he leaves his home that his mother will look for him and torture him again like she always does. Although he gets rescued from this horrible alcoholic mother and is sent to foster care, his pain and suffering and living in fear everyday and night is just the beginning for David. The theme of this novel would have to be self discovery for young David. Why self discovery? Well, Davis is finding and figuring out who he is and is battling to overcome the suffering of his mothers abuse. He wants to feel "free" and feel the love with somebody cares deeply for him and will defend him whenever he needs it. Even though he wants to please his mother in staying home he knows what has happened is best for him to discover who he really is. What I mean by self discovery I mean is that David the main character in this book was isolated with suffering and never felt how it really is to have a "normal life". So now that he is away from all these things, he is feeling how it really is to be a kid and looking for the answers he always wondered about his family. That is the theme of this novel, self discovery. Symbolism takes a really big part of this book. The descriptiveness within the words that give you the clear image of how David feels is incredible. I cant say I cant relate to this but I sure know how David felt living with his alcoholic mother and family that did nothing but hurt him mentally and physically. If I would have to convince or persuade someone to read this book I would say that its incredible book never boring and keeps you guessing. I was not disappointed reading it and from the people that I know including my family members they read this book. Specifically someone who enjoys emotional reading, nerve wrecking, love and affection

This book is the sequel to A Child Called It. It's called The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. This is a true story about a child's journey as he learns how to live a normal life and try to cope with his horrible past. David's mother has burned, abused, stabbed, and practically brainwashed David into believing he was a bad child and that he deserved every bruise she gave him. David is emotionally as well as physically scarred so it's very complicated for him to learn how to fit in with others who are not exactly sure what he's been through. In this book David learns to cope with his last and every traumatic thing that has happened to him.

I liked how Dave included most everything that happened in his childhood, the good and bad. He included many details about how he was feeling exactly and to the best of his ability, he recalled what was said during events in his childhood. I didn't really like how he skipped over some years and didn't say much about from when he was ages 12-17. Pelzers style is simple because he does not need to add anything to try and capture the readers. His story and writing do the capturing itself. It's like the first book obviously because it's by the same author and the same story, this book captures David's childhood as well as him growing up and trying to start a better life for himself, while the first book focuses only on his childhood. I think people would like to read this book because if they've read the first book, they know how terrifying and horrible his childhood and life was. They'd be interested to see how he grows up and how he tries to move on from his dark past. I think anyone who read the first book, A Child Called It, would enjoy this book because I picked up this book after I'd read the first one because I was curious about how David's life changed as he got older.

The Lost Boy is a very eye opening and sad book. The story is told from the perspective of the little boy David. This book is about David a little boy who was abused for quite a while by his own mother. David says his mother is “playing a game”. He thinks that as long as he follows her rules in the game that he’ll win by getting a beating or punishment. Though David’s father is present and knows about this he will take the risk of David getting tormented for peace in the house. David is one of the five children. There is really no explanation why his mother only torments him and treats his brothers well. When David is nine years old his mother kicks him out of the house and the police pick him up. He has the chance to tell them about the abuse but he doesn't. David’s teachers finally take notice and he is moved to many foster cares. David misses his mother’s so called “love”. So he stops by her house to be disappointed that he is not able to see her. David moves through foster cares all the way until he is eighteen. Even though he hasn't been exactly happy anything is better than his mother’s house. So in the end David gets his G.E.D then joins the air force.

I think this book is a good one for teenagers. Though David is young not many young kids would be able to understand what is going on the same way teenagers would. This book is based on a true story, so if you are someone looking for something that is sad and has actually happened you would like this book. Readers who can’t handle sadness may not enjoy this book so much.

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars because it is a very interesting and sad book. There are many characters ones that don’t have advantages and ones that do. This book also involves things that happen today. I through out really liked this book because it kept my attention.

I enjoyed this book as much as the first! This is such an awful story, and please make sure you look up the trigger warnings since this whole book is about a true child abuse case. I couldn't even imagine all the things Dave went through as a child.

To be honest i don't think i have the right words to explain how i really feel about this book. What i know is the Biological dad frustrated me to the point i hated him but at the end when David talked to him i felt sorry for him.
I might later on write a better review of The Lost Boy when all my feelings and emotions are settled down.

This book was amazing except for the fact the his mother was a horrible person! Like really who treats their son as a "prisoner" locking him up in a basement giving him beatings almost everyday.Only feeding him scraps off the table.No child deserves to be treated like that.While reading the book I felt sorry for Dave Pelzer except for the fact that he stole things.So,I recommend this book if you like to be fa-filled with mixed/different emotion,but make sure to read "A child called it" the original book.

3.5 stars

This continues Dave Pelzer’s memoirs after “A Child Called ‘It’”. At 12(?) years old, he is finally rescued from his abusive home life (particularly his mother) by a police officer and placed in a foster home. Until he turns 18, he goes through a number of foster homes, though except for the first one, through no fault of his own. None of his foster homes were bad to him.

This was good. The first chapter did back up just a little bit to give the reader a taste of what he’d had to endure previous to being removed from his biological family’s “care”, before moving on to follow him until he no longer needed to be taken care of via foster homes. He has all good things to say about foster care and the love and support he received after coming out of his previously abusive life. He talks more about this in an Afterword, as well as adding notes from one of his foster mothers, a teacher, and other people who helped him during this stage of his life.

The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer

Rating: 7

Review:

In his sequel to the haunting and devastating A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer takes us through the journey of his removal from his mother’s cruel home and into the world of a foster child. As an “F-Child” in Northern California in the early 1970s, Dave often faces hostility and prejudice from other children, teachers, and the community at large. Dave describes the various foster homes in which he was placed, ongoing court battles with his mother, and his painful struggles to be accepted by his peers. The Lost Boy is ultimately about Dave’s quest to find a home and a real family, “I didn’t care whether I slept on a couch or a bed of nails. I just wanted to stay at a place that I could call home.” (Pelzer 252).


The Lost Boy is a really difficult book to read because Dave has to overcome so many challenges and a stunning amount of hardship at such a young age. The book also exposes the unbelievable cruelty and insensitivity of others. At one point the mother of one of Dave’s friends shouts, “”I know all about your kind. You’re a filthy little hooligan! Just look at your attire-you reek of street trash. I don’t know what you do to become….fostered children, but I’m sure you did something hideous, didn’t you?” (Pelzer 271) By the end of the book, however, the generosity and kindness of a few individuals becomes evident and some faith in society is restored.