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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself." These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality. But even after he was rescued, his life remained haunted by memories of his years as the bruised, cowering "It"...
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
[This book] is [an] account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."--Back...
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author continues the story of his own child abuse, and his experiences being a foster child moving in and out of five different foster homes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dave Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in California history, tells the story of his adolescent years after he was removed from his home and placed in foster care, and discusses the influence on his life of Dan Brazell, the man he came to regard as his father.
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
Español
Description
Imagínese un muchacho que nunca ha tenido un hogar. Sus únicas posesiones son las viejas y gastadas prendas de vestir que lleva en una bolsa de papel. Su único mundo es el aislamiento y el miedo. Aunque este muchacho ha sido rescatado de su madre alcohólica, el verdadero calvario acaba de comenzar para él: no tiene un lugar al que pueda llamar hogar. Discriminado ahora como "niño acogido", el joven David experimenta la inestabilidad de pasar...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
The author reveals the story of his struggle through the challenges of adolescence, detailing the taunting he endured from bullies, the joys of making his first real friends, and his quest to escape his difficult home life.
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
A child called 'it' is the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, who played torturous games that left him nearly dead ... In the sequel, The lost boy, Dave is finally 'rescued' by the social-service system, then shuffled in and out of five foster homes. Tears and laughter, despair and hope, all create the journey...
10) The lost boy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
As a child, Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his mother. The world knew nothing of his living nightmare and he had nothing and no one to turn to. But his dreams kept him alive -- dreams of someone taking care of him, loving him and calling him their son.
11) A man named Dave
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The long-awaited conclusion to his trilogy in which he describes how he triumphed over years of physical and emotional abuse from his parents to become a self-accepting and confident adult.
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