A Child called "It" by Kyndra Gammon

A Child called “It”
By: Dave Pelzer
The book that I have been reading was ‘A Child called “it”. This book is
based on a true story, the story of Dave Pelzer. This story is about a boy beating
beaten by his alcoholic mother. The mother would be playing torturous,
unpredictable games. The games that the mother would played, nearly would
have the boy dead. This boy is not considered as a son to the mother only a slave;
and no longer a boy, but an “it”. The boy’s real name is Dave but his mother
always called him it. Dave’s bed would be on cement in his basement and his
clothes are torn and old. Dave’s mother would treat his baby brother like an angel
but would treat Dave like he was nothing. The only way that Dave would eat
anything was only if he finished his chores on a certain time and if he doesn’t he
doesn’t get any food tell he finishes his duties. Dave’s father would be at the bar a
lot or at work but if he was home he would help Dave and he would save him. If
the father is home the mother wouldn’t be treating the boy how she usually
treats him, but the father does know how the mother would really treat him. The
boy would always get picked on at school because he always smelled and always
had torn clothes. Dave would always have to find a way to survive from his
mother’s brutally games so he wouldn’t end up dead.
This is one of my favorite books to read but a little disturbing. I love to read
books that are about other people’s lives and what they have been through. I
would and wouldn’t recommend this book to people because there are some
parts in the book that is a little bit disturbing and gross but there will be some
parts that are fine. But if you’re like me and you like to read books that’s about
other people’s life and if you can take the gory parts and some intense parts then
I’d recommend it.
By Kyndra Gammon