Detailed Summary of a Man Named Dave A Man Named Dave is the third installment of Dave Pelzer’s life. It tells the story of Dave Pelzer struggling to get money and to survive in society and how he tries to overcome his memories of being abused as a child. For those who haven’t read the first two books (The Child Called It‚ and The Lost Boy) this book starts with Dave remembering the last day of abuse with his mother on March 4‚ 1973. He describes being hit in the throat with a broom‚ pushed down
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“A Child Called ‘It’” is a non-fictional novel written by a survivor and activist of child abuse‚ Dave Pelzer. Among Pelzer’s many works of several autobiographies and self-help books‚ this novel is the most popular. “A Child Called ‘It’” was published in 1995 by ¬¬¬HCI and has won two literary awards: West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2005)‚ Abraham Lincoln Award (2005) (Good Reads). What makes people want to read “A Child Called ‘It’” is that it is a primary
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Book written by Dave Pelzer This book report is based on the book A Child Called It‚ Written by Dave Pelzer. This paperback edition was published in 2000 by Orion Books Ltd‚ and is copyrighted 1995 by Dave Pelzer. The book A Child Called It was written by Dave Pelzer. Dave Pelzer is famous for his books about his life The Lost Boy‚ A Man Named Dave‚ My story and A Child Called It. Dave has worked hard to overcome the obstacles of his childhood to become a better and productive person of society
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A Man Named Dave is a sad story of an abused child named Dave and his life as a grown man. The book has to do with a persons mind and how it reacts to different situations and events‚ such as being abused. This story touches your heart and makes you appreciate life and all it has to offer. Dave Spencer wrote this book to tell the world the affects of abuse and to change peoples lives. Dave does a brilliant job and by reading the book‚ it really changes your life. Dave presents abuse in this
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Following A CHILD CALLED "IT" and THE LOST BOY‚ Dave Pelzer’s latest book in the trilogy‚ A MAN NAMED DAVE‚ is his journey from youth to manhood. A powerful testimony to the resilience of the human spirit‚ A MAN NAMED DAVE details some of Dave’s early childhood experiences as the son of a brutal‚ alcoholic mother. He knows his mother under many guises: the preferred Mommy but‚ more often‚ The Mother. He is known as "the boy" or "it" rather than by his name. She tortures him until lies
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Background: What are the main points and main characters? What are the themes? In this book Dave tells of how he worked hard trying to save up money for when he turned eighteen. Soon after his eighteenth birthday he discovered that his savings were rapidly going. He knew the only jobs that he could have were in burger bars‚ as he had no qualifications and was a high school drop out. He decided that he would join the United States Air Force. After weeks of taking tests and having medicals he was
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The main characters were a little boy in fifth grade named David who was a child that was abused since he was in about second grade. This story started to take place on March 5‚ 1973 in Dale City‚ California. It further continued on as the main character gets older. There’s a little boy named David that gets beaten daily. His father is a fireman so he’s always gone. David’s mother had two other sons and treats them good. Then there’s David. The mother treats him like nothing. She rarely ever feeds
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his mother and going through his childhood without any parents. He lived with his mothers parents that he calls them “Gram”‚ and “Grim”. Max is illiterate and has failed 7th grade twice. He was told to take tutoring for reading‚ his tutor was a kid named Kevin. Kevin Dillon‚ who wears leg braces and uses crutches‚ suffers from Morquio ’s Syndrome‚ which causes physical growth to stop after the age of six. Kevin gets picked on constantly at school for his disability and being a “nerd”. His nickname
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Lakewood‚ CA 90713 Dear Ms. Monarrez‚ The title of the book I read is A Child Called It. This novel is an autobiography and was written by a man named Dave Pelzer. There are one hundred eighty-four pages in this novel. This book is about Dave’s life as a child. It took place in the year 1973 in the city of Daly City‚ California. Dave talks about his life from ages seven all the way up to twelve in this book. Everyday Dave’s mom makes him wear old clothes to school. His shirt has holes
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A Man Named Dave‚ by Dave Pelzer is the story of hope and eventual love and how a child called “It” finally found himself as a man free at last‚ after early childhood experiences as the son of a brutal‚ alcoholic mother. When his father is dying of cancer‚ Dave attempts to reestablish contact with him‚ he spends innumerable hours with his father‚ trying to disentangle in his mind the broken family relationships. Much later‚ after his mother’s death‚ Dave realizes that his mother’s maniac actions
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