TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pelzer,David J.
TI  - A child called "it": one child's courage to survive 
SN  - 9781558743663 (trade paper)
AV  - HV883.C2 P45 1995
U1  - 362.7/6/092 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Deerfield Beach, Fla.
PB  - Health Communications
KW  - Pelzer, David J.
KW  - Abused children
KW  - California
KW  - Daly City
KW  - Biography
KW  - Children of alcoholics
KW  - Abusive mothers
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Foster home care
N1  - Originally published: Omaha, Neb. : Omaha Press Pub. Co., 1993; Rescue -- Good times -- Bad boy -- Fight for food -- Accident -- While father is away -- The Lord's prayer
N2  - [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 cover
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/childcalleditone00pelz
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL788430M
ER  -