The Lost Boy

Hello Class Mates :),

This week I read the first chapter of The Lost Boy it is almost as depressing as the original book A Child Called It. So far it is meeting all my expectations such as how it is narrated, the language, and the visual effect . I don't have any complaints with my book yet, but it is still as disturbing as the first.

So far The Lost Boy is about how "It" or David was Giving the choice to run away. He almost let his freedom slip away, but came to his senses and ran like heck (the book describes it a little more vividly though). After running for about an hour, I would assume, he went into a bar that served pizza, and got caught trying to steal money to buy food. After that the police came and took David away. All his chances gone and ruined, because his dad had to come and pick him up and bring him back to the place he wants to be furthest away.

As you can see David does not have the best of luck, but will he try to run away again or will he give up and try to live out his miserable life in that dark cold garage. I personally would hate for him to do that, because he has already fought so hard why would you want to give up the chance for freedom. I guess we will both find out next on the story of the survival of David Pelzer a child called "IT."

A Child Called it.

A Child Called It was basically a story about one of the most disturbing and horrific child abuse cases in California. It is a true story that documents the struggles that David Petzler (the author and main character) had to go through. This story tells about the struggles of going without food for days and surviving horrible punishments by his mom.

I personally thought it was a really good book and was very interesting at times it would make you think about your own life and how thankful you are to be. At some points though I just wanted to put the book down and stop reading because it was that disturbing. The book does use very intense language and is very graphic about the tortures his mom put him through.

A important part of the story was when his mother loved him in the beging. It was import because he always wished that was the mother he would come home too. His mother never did come back she would continue to abuse him until the school system stepped in and stopped the treacherous abuse.

I do have some questions for those who have read the book, can you tell me if you think you know why his mother would do that to him and not the other brothers? Also what happened to the father the book really didn't make that clear?