treating the family dogs better then you? Quite unimaginable to me, but that is what

David Pelzer had to go through. My book is the second of a three book series

about the true story of David Pelzer.

Ever since David was the age of 5 years old to maybe nine, his mother started to

hurt him. She told him that he was a "bad boy" and deserved it all; it was some kind of

game to her. At times she would curse at him, beat him vigorously, burn him, make him

eat out of the trash, and starve him for days. The only time he really ate was at school

during lunch because he would just steal food. When he got home from school he was

givin a long load of chores. Sometimes he got the scraps from dinner, but often times on

weekends he didn't eat the whole weekend because there was no school. At night, he

would sleep on an old army cot with no blankets. Very rough and harsh living conditions

for a little boy, but he thought he deserved it because she [his mother] always said he

did, and he had no one to tell him that she was wrong.

Every night he would hear his parents after he was in "bed." He heard them

the door. He expected to get about a block away and hear his mom coming after him in

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Approximate Word count = 938
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)