The Lost Boy
David Pelzer
David Pelzer tells the next part of his childhood. When David was a small boy he was horribly abused by his mother. Locked in the garage, fed with table scraps, and the worst part...suffering through his mothers "games" after she had too much to drink. Finally the time comes David runs away but is soon caught. He thinks that this is the end but what he does not know is that there is an angel coming to rescue him. A social worker named Miss. Gold, she takes David out of his mother's house and puts him into the foster care system. At first David is over joyed finally he can be a normal boy, but soon people start treating him different because he is a foster kid or an "F-child". No one wants to keep him and he bounces around through several homes. All David wants is to feel the love of a family but that dream seems to be crumbling down around him.
This was a very sad, but very enlightening book. David really has a great story to tell and it can teach us all about the trials of foster care and that we should not treat people according to their backrounds. If you get the chance you should read the first book before this one, it is called A Child Called It and it talks about David's early childhood. I loved this book it was hard to put down. A good book for teens and adults as well. But beware it might just make you cry.
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