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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
by: Dave Pelzer

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.76092
EAN: 9781558745155
ISBN: 1558745157
Label: HCI
Manufacturer: HCI
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 250
Publication Date: August 01, 1997
Publisher: HCI
Sales Rank: 2804
Studio: HCI

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'The Lost Boy' is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to 'A Child Called 'It'. The Lost Boy' is Pelzer's story--a moving sequel and inspirational read for all.

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- The Lost Boy
Oh how I felt for this child. My heart was torn in two. Child abuse just astounds me. How does it happen. And then the ignorance of the legal system! The school dragging their feet along, knowing something was wrong. I cried through this book.

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- From A Boy Called It To Foster Child And Grown Man - An Inspiring And Motivational True Story
Some of the writing is uneven, the plot a little bit disjointed, but in fairness to the author, he is writing from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy.

This book is vitally important, because there still isn't much in the way of non-fiction written by grown men who were abused as children. Their needs are completely different from those of girls. Pelzer's reaction to being placed into his first foster home - literally bouncing off the walls, jumping on all the beds, is perfectly normal behavior for a boy who has been abused. At times, boys taken into foster care are doubly abused, by well-meaning caretakers who don't understand the unique temperament of the abused male child.

In my view, the system very nearly failed Pelzer by shifting him from one placement to another, often at the last minute. However, his positive attitude is truly inspiring, and he has only praise for the ... Read More

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- This is a great follow up!
I also enjoyed this book as much as A Child Called "IT". This also made me cry as much as as the first one. I could not put it down as well.

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- The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's search for the love of a family
This book among others written by Dave have left me riveted. I can't put them down. All I see is a man who has overcome the circumstances placed before him. He is such an inspiration, I only wish more people would read his books and make something out of their lives, instead of playing the victim (which is much easier to do)

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