A Child Called It Book Summary

A Child Called It Book Summary. A child called it, by dave pelzer, is classified as a biography. As a small child, david gets into mischief.

The inclusion of a book’s review does not constitute an endorsement by focus on the family. A child called 'it' david j. A child called it is a heart wrenching true story about one child's survival of one of the worst child abuse cases ever reported in california history.

As a small child, david gets into mischief.

Despite this terrible beginning he manages to turn his life around. Mother hits dave, and dave thinks about all the abuse he’s experienced at her hands. At a young age, pelzer’s mother treated him normally. 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.