It was intresting and showed me how a real abusive parent can act. It did not give all the answers, but if you think about it Dave did not get all the answers either, so why should we. It realy opened up my thinking about life and all the challenges that we face. Now I have finally realised that compared to other children I have gotten the easy way through my life. This book made it hard to stop reading. One very important thing is that no one in this world should be called an IT. That just shows lack of appreciation and hatred, especially if you realiy mean it. I would highy recomend this book to adults or people with a really good view of life. (written by my daughter 10 yrs.old)

This book will bring you to tears and you will not be able to put it down easily.
You will want to continue reading it to find out what will happen next and if the mother will go to jail. I am in shock the mother never was prosecuted for her actions on her beautiful son Dave. This is the first book I read and I had to get each one after this so I could find out the answer's and how Dave survived what all he did and yet, he turned out to be a wonderful man who made it his life's desire to help other kids in need...Dave was like a Lighthouse to the youth who are searching for answer's. And Dave shows that in spite of what negative's you are told you are still "someone special who has value and worth". I am amazed that Dave Pelzer survived and became the wonderful man he became. God had plans for this man.:)

I have to say that this is the most compelling book I've ever read. I couldn't put it down. I do have to say that I read it in a day. I do have to say that it weighed heavily on my mind for a long time after finishing the book. I kept thinking about the family and what must've happened to them. I immediately ordered the next book to find out.

Honestly, there were times in this book where I doubted if it could be true. That this could happen, that someone could do this to their own flesh and blood, their baby, is beyond belief. The sheer brutality, monstrous evil that he lived through shows the measure of the person inside; that he came through it, made a life of his own, and had a son of his own. The most chilling part, I remember, is learning that Dave Pelzer's ordeal was the third worst case of child abuse in the city. It terrifies me to imagine that there could have been two worse cases. I read this book in a day, and the only disappointment I had was that I didn't get to hear what happened to his abuser. I'm hoping he tells us in the next book. Grab your kids and hug them tight.

It was so cruel. I don't know where his sick mother came up with such sick ideas to hurt him like that? what was she thinking? she was psychotic!
It was shocking.Anyway it was a book I couldn't put down.