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A Child Called It A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. Dave was a survivor of the third worst case of child abuse in California history. He has recapped no some of his abuse in this book. David’s story was so sad but interesting cause of all the things that has happened. I would recommend this book to other people because it puts your life in a different prospective. The setting of this story is mainly at his house and his school. There are 5 main characters in this story and that is his mom, dad, Ron, Stan which is his two little brothers and then there is David. There are some minor characters and that is his teacher, his principle, his school nurse then plus his aunt Josie. He stayed at his Aunt Josie’s house for a little bit

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