Dave Pelzer was a young boy that survived one of the worst beatings in California’s history. In his book, A Child Called “It”, you too will learn to enjoy life a little bit more and to never give up.
Dave was a skinny, malnourished, and weak boy that was brutally beaten, starved, and mistreated by his mother. He has short blonde hair and soft light blue eyes. Many times he came to school with bruises and and scratches all of his body covered up only by his old, unwashed, smelly clothes. He has light skin covered with many scars as well.
Often how Dave looked on the outside resembled how he felt on the inside. He had no friends, so at school he was lonely, quiet, shy, and sad. At home was different; he was very scared. At some