Child+Called+It



Amazon.com Review David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel, //[|The Lost Boy]//, detailing his life in the foster-care system.
 * Child Called It**

Where did his mother make him sleep after he stole the frozen food from the delivery truck at school? under the dining room table

What was his fathers nickname for him? Tiger

Where does Dave live? Daly City, California

What is the name of the school? Thomas Edison Elementary School

On Christmas what did his father "go behind his mothers back" to get for Dave? 2 color by number pages

What was the "accident"? David's mother stabbing him