Dave Peltzer the author of "The Lost Boy" tells his story from the time he left his

abusive mother and alcoholic father, through his experiences in five foster homes and

juvenile detention, and how he eventually made it into the Air Force. He was a defiant,

rebellious boy who, despite his background and personality, managed to endear himself

to many guardians, social workers, and teachers. Pelzer writes in an honest, sometimes

rambling, style; he is never bitter, and his story will find many sympathetic readers. The

main purpose for Dave to write this book is to show at what lengths children and

adolescents have gone to over come the unmentionable hardships of and abusive family.

The three most valuable things I have learned from this book are very hard to

choose. The book was full of many things to help me in my everyday life. Ranging from

how to deal with kids who have be through abusive situations to how kids of abuse act in

general. The first one has to be, Dave was very tactful in how he handled his thoughts and

feelings. Many children his age are running around chasing girls and hanging with the

guys. Not him he was studying hard and trying to be better than

send She was Dave's social worker she took the time to understand Dave's story and be his voice

head strait a head for up to 36 hours at a time no food, bathroom, shower or other needs to

he left school so that he could at least enjoy his home or at least what home he had. Dave

book that child abuse is everywhere in every degree. Some are hidden ways such as

had done. His mother made him out to be an evil unwanted child who was worthless.

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Approximate Word count = 1768
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)