The Lost Boy

I read the book The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. This is the sequel to A Child Called “It.” This book is just a continuation of the first book, now having the young boy grow up even more, getting through all of those little problems in his life. Dave, who writes about his life experiences as a little boy, tells the reader his difficult living. David moves from home to home, never staying somewhere for a long time. He learns to trust adults and hate others. His new nickname is F-Child, (Foster Child), according to his not trusting peers. He learns more about his Foster Care life, and loves his social services worker named Ms. Gold. She helps his through many experiences, helping him get through his feelings towards his life, and his mother. David learns what expectations he must accomplish. He also feels that he can’t be taken seriously so he must go above and beyond only because he is a Foster Child. He has to prove him self. How will David learn to live? Will he every find a real life, or will he just be left in the shadows?
I liked this book because it really got into depth about all of his life growing up form the age of 12 to his 18th birthday. The book talks about his expectations, and I felt that I could really relate to what he was being asked to do. Actually, he was asked nothing, but he did everything possible. This book added some memories that were touching and and other memories that would make someone smile. I really liked this book because it really shows the reader how much courage that this writer, Dave Pelzer, must have to share his whole life story. This book may be a total of 340 pages from cover to cover, but I practically read the whole thing in a week. This is not a really hard book, you just need to keep up reading it, and not put it aside for a month.
I didn’t really like this book because someone it seemed to unreal and over exaggerated. Some times I wondered if he was just showing off in some weird way. Other times, it seemed really long and boring; only knowing that works were there on the page in front of you. This book also got confusing from time to time, him telling the reader about all of his past experiences. Though I was confused with all the names and people he was talking about, I felt that Dave felt that way too. Over all answering this question about what is disliked about this book was hard. I found most of the book very good and straight forward. I would recommend that you read this book.

Nikki
Hour: 5
5/2/08