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In the book thirteen reasons why there are multiply settings because the main character, Clay Jenson moves around as the tapes progress. For example Clay visits the park in which Hannah got her first kiss. Clay also visits the house in which the big party and he also is sent to many other places. The main characters in this story are Hannah Baker and Clay Jenson, the relationship that they had was very special to Clay. Clay really loved Hannah, and Hannah too loved Clay. However she kept it a secret. Why she did this I’m not really sure. I assume that she thought that maybe Clay didn’t feel the same about her. But she was clearly wrong. This book has a number of themes and or morals. A few examples of these themes or morals is that you always need a true friend you can never be alone. In the beginning of this book Hannah had a ton of friends. But then the rumors started and Hannah’s so called friends believed the rumors which resulted in Hannah becoming isolated from the rest of the school. This also brings me to the point that Hannah’s parents should have realized that Hannah was becoming somewhat depressed. And they should have gotten Hannah help. Another moral or theme in this book is that rumors hurt. Hannah was hurt by a ton of rumors. These rumors also resulted in Hannah having no friends and a family who didn’t care about her. The rumors also eventually led up to Hannah taking her life. In my opinion I personally love the book. I think that it is so real and true. I believe that this is exactly what happens in the real world and that people like Hannah who are being bullied want to kill themselves and they think suicidal thoughts. In my opinion I think that a lot of people could relate to this book. I am not a bully nor am I bullied. However this book has opened my eyes to helping people like Hannah, it also made me want to be a better person. And get to know people that I maybe think are so called “nerds” or “weird”. And I think that you know maybe they aren’t “nerds” and I shouldn’t have judged them before I even ever associated with them. Before I read this book I never thought that I should maybe give them a chance at being my friend or getting to know them or even talking to them. And now I feel differently about the situation. In summary I think this book is truly a great book. In the end after all the wondering that Clay did wondering why he was Hannah’s suicide tapes. He finally concludes that he wasn’t one of the reasons that she killed herself. That she was thanking him for never believing the rumors that everyone had started about her or wondering where she was when he didn’t see her in the hall. However she was disappointed that Clay had never told her the way he felt about Hannah. And because of that Clay feels like if he would have told Hannah the way he felt about her that maybe, just maybe he could have saved her life. Because she would have felt loved by someone even if it wasn’t her family but, someone loved her. This also brings us to another theme. And that theme is that anyone can make a difference. For example Martin Luther King, he was just one guy but he made a difference to the whole African- American race. In conclusion this book is a inspiration who have no friends and that they know that there is hope for them, they just have to believe and hang on. On a scale of 1- 10; I would give this book a 10. I think this is the best book I have ever read.
In Thirteen Reasons Why there are multiple settings because the main character, Clay Jensen, is moving around the whole time going to different places as the tapes progress. For example Clay goes to the park in which Hannah got her first kiss there. The main characters in this book are Hannah Baker and Clay Jensen. Clay and Hannah had some type of special relationship between each of them. Clay loved Hannah, and when he found out the she had committed suicide. He was heartbroken. Hannah loved Clay too; she just kept it a secret. Why did she keep it a secret? I have no idea. Maybe she thought that Clay didn’t feel the same way she did. But she was obviously wrong.
This book has many themes and or morals. An example of a theme is that you are always in need of a true friend. In the beginning of the book Hannah had a bunch of friends. Then a whole bunch of rumors started. Then Hannah’s so called friends believed in the rumors and were no longer her friends. Then this brings me to the point of Hannah’s parents. Her parents should’ve noticed that she was sort of becoming in a depressed mode. And then they should’ve gotten Hannah some help. Another moral is that rumors do hurt. Rumors ended up making Hannah have no friends and a family that didn’t seem to notice what was going on. In the end, Hannah came to the resulting conclusion of taking her life.
In my opinion I loved this book and it was great. It was a great book because things like this happen in everyday real life. I also think it was great because it was just so real and true. In the present day right now kids are being bullied because of rumors, their sexuality, and people’s judgment of your complexity. Teenagers and kids all around the world are taking their lives because they are sick and tired of being bullied at school or even at home. I myself am not a bullied and have never been bullied. However this book has opened my eyes and made me see what is going on in this world and how people are actually taking their lives because of things people are doing and saying. In the end, I think that this book was amazing.
In the end of all Clay’s wondering the came to the conclusion that he wasn’t one of the people the made Hannah take her life. He was only in the tapes because she was thanking him for not believing in the rumors that he had heard, and staying true to her. But she was upset with Clay because he didn’t tell her how he really felt about her. Once Clay started thinking about it he thinks that maybe if he had told her how he really felt about her that she might not have taken her own life in the progression.
On a scale of 1-10, I would definitely give this book a 10. All in all, I think this is one of the best books I have ever read!
Book title and author: Holes by Louis Sachar Title of review: Holes book review
This book is taken place in Texas in 1999. The main character is Stanley Yelnats. Stanley was convicted of stealing a famous basketball players shoes. So they gave him the option to go to jail or Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake and he had to dig 1 big hole the size of his shovel everyday.
One day Stanley was walking home and all of a sudden, a pair of shoes fell from the sky and hit him. He picked them up and then started walking. Then the police came after him and accused him of stealing a famous pair of shoes and he had to go to court the next day. The Judge gave him the option to go to jail or Camp. He chose to go to camp for 18 months. While he was there he ran away from camp. He found his friend Zero that ran away a few days before. Once he found him, he said that we have to go back or we will die. So they went back to camp but before they let everyone know they were there the wanted to dig an other hole. So while they were digging, they found a treasure chest. It was weird because it had Stanley’s name engraved to it. So Stanley’s lawyer came and picked him a Zero up and they went home. Stanley’s family kept half the money and Zero and his mom kept the other half.
In my opinion, I really like the book. I think it is a very good book. Most people would like reading this book. Once you start reading the book, you don’t want to stop reading the book. I like all of the adventure of the book. It is a very exciting book.
In conclusion, Stanley was accused of stealing shoes that he didn’t steal. The judge didn’t think that so he had to go To a Juvenile camp for 18 months or until the lawyer closed the case. So he took it like a man and did what he was suppose to do until his lawyer came and got him.
So basically, what I think of the book is that is a very interesting book. If you like books with excitement you will really like this book. I recommend this book for all ages.
The name of the book is The Outsiders. It is by S.E. Hinton. The Main characters are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Johnny, Darrel Curtis, Sandy, Cherry Valance, Marcia, Randy Adderson, Bob Sheldon, Paul Holden, Jerry Wood, Tim Shepard, Curly Shepard, Mr. Syme. When a accident happens and a rival gang member dies Pony and Johnny have to run away. Or Johnny and Ponyboy have to take a seat in the electric chair. So they go to a friend and he helps them get out of town. But a few days later the friend tries to get them back into town and succeeds. My Evaluation is that this book is basically when rival gangs meet and have a rumble. The fight begins about turf but as the story continues it is also about Johnny killing Bob the Socs. Bob was upset and drunk when he met up with Pony and Johnny. Because earlier Pony almost picked up Bob’s girlfriend.I would give this book 5 stars and recommend this book to you.
The title of my book that I read was treasure island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The main characters of the book that I read are: Jim Hawkins, Jims mother, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, Black dog, paw, Long John Silver, Captain Smollett, Ben Gunn, and the sailors on the Hispaniola. The conflict of the story is all of the main characters are after the same treasure. The story takes place at the Admiral Benbow Inn. The main points of the story treasure island is captain flint, who was the holder of the treasure map, dies and creates a mass of people waiting to find his treasure, and another main point in the book treasure island is when Dr. Livesey finally finds captain flints treasure with the help of john Hawkins. The main point that caught my attention was when john Hawkins was held hostage by captain flint and Dr. Livesey shot captain flint out of the bushes. My opinion on the book treasure island is that I Highly recommend to you to raed this book. The book is good for you if you like pirates. This book is hard to put down when you start reading it. The conclusion of the book Treasure island is that The pirates got onto a island looking for treasure that was berried by captain flint. They thought that captain flint told john Hawkins so they held the little boy hostage, and going through the bushes was Dr livesey and he shot the guy holding john Hawkins. Then john Hawkins and Dr livesey found the treasure in an abanded cave. They split the treasure evenly between all of the sailors and the boy and the dr. My final review on this book is that I highly recommend to you to read this book.
The name of the book is Going Nowhere Faster. The book was written by Sean Beaudoin. The main character is Stan Smith. His little sister Olivia, his dog and parents. He has a best friend who steals his girl friend. Stan is a genesis and is doing nothing but working at a video store. He doesn’t know what his is going to do. He is writing story scripts. He thinks there is guy trying to kill him. He tries to get a girl but his mom makes a fool out of him. I think that is a great book for young adults. It’s funny and fast. All in all it is a great book. It’s a book you will want to read because in life we all have those moments where it seems like we’re not going anywhere. He’s poised to take off on what may be the most exciting adventure of his life – a road trip to California. One can only hope that this provides the atmosphere and experience that he needs to figure out what he wants to do with his life. It’s the best book I have read in a year if not in my life. I think everybody should read this book. I enjoyed the comedy in it. It showed the hard time people go through when they get out of high school. It has a lot of stuff that more than likely wouldn’t happen. It has a lot of life lessons in it. I hope everyone reads this book. It is a easy read and its funny. It will increase your reading level. It shows how friends should make up. It shows lives real values and we should take life. Take it and show it whose boss.
The title of my book that I read was treasure island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The main characters of the book that I read are: Jim Hawkins, Jims mother, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, Black dog, paw, Long John Silver, Captain Smollett, Ben Gunn, and the sailors on the Hispaniola. The conflict of the story is all of the main characters are after the same treasure. The story takes place at the Admiral Benbow Inn. The main points of the story treasure island is captain flint, who was the holder of the treasure map, dies and creates a mass of people waiting to find his treasure, and another main point in the book treasure island is when Dr. Livesey finally finds captain flints treasure with the help of john Hawkins. The main point that caught my attention was when john Hawkins was held hostage by captain flint and Dr. Livesey shot captain flint out of the bushes. My opinion on the book treasure island is that I Highly recommend to you to raed this book. The book is good for you if you like pirates. This book is hard to put down when you start reading it. The conclusion of the book Treasure island is that The pirates got onto a island looking for treasure that was berried by captain flint. They thought that captain flint told john Hawkins so they held the little boy hostage, and going through the bushes was Dr livesey and he shot the guy holding john Hawkins. Then john Hawkins and Dr livesey found the treasure in an abanded cave. They split the treasure evenly between all of the sailors and the boy and the dr. My final review on this book is that I highly recommend to you to read this book.
Summer Ball, Mike Lupica A Slam Dunk. 5 stars Danny Walker, the star of the travel team that won the national championship, is back for another time to shine. Danny takes his place at “Right Way” basketball camp, the biggest summer camp available. But because of his smaller size, he just is a bigger target. Danny and his two friends, Will and Ty, travel to a basketball camp named “Right Way”. Danny is somewhat excited about the trip, but not as much as his friends. He doesn’t want to go and get embarrassed, but he wants to go, for it is a big opportunity. He regains his strength when Tess, a girl from his hometown, comes to watch him play. He gets picked on a team that had Rasheed, a kid he played in the national championship against, and Rasheed doesn’t like him at first. He also gets put on a team with a coach that relates back to when his dad played NBA ball. He gets made fun of, and is considered the oddball. He deals with it though, and finds the people that like him. Even though he is small, he never gives up. Danny is a normal teenage boy who is good at basketball. He is shorter than most kids, but with hope, he pulls through. He wouldn’t of been able to, without trust in himself. Summer Ball is a very good book for teenagers. If you read this book, you will gain a lot of knowledge about basketball, and you will feel good about small things in life. I would say you should read this book, because it is one you will read again and again.
Jon Leeper 2-3rd Period January 19th, 2011, 9:07 AM
Sam Gribley runs away from his New York Home in the month of May. He leaves with only a penknife, a ball of cord, a hatchet, and $40.00 he had saved selling magazine subscriptions, and a flint and steel set that he had purchased at a Chinese merchant’s store. Sam gets a ride with a man driving a truck north of New York in search of his family’s abandoned and overgrown farm in the Catskill Mountains. He hike the Catskills and spends a lonely first night in his small hemlock lean-to. He catches five trout, but fails to start a fire to cook them. Sam learns that he can live in the wilderness by himself by hunting, fishing, and trapping. In the morning, he climbs a hill and discovers a small cottage near his cold and uncomfortable camp it’s the residence of an old man named Bill. Bill shows the inexperienced Sam how to prepare and cook his own fish and, more importantly, how to make proper use of the flint and steel with which Sam had been unable to make a fire that night. I really liked this book, because I would like to do the same thing Sam did. I would want to learn how to live with nothing. This book was a very good book. The book it self was very short but gave a lot of information on each page. The book also taught you some survival tips in it also. As Sam’s life past by him in the wilderness he learned skills and knowledge of the mountains. Sam’s parents got very worried about him being missing. He woke up one morning to someone walking in the leaves by his tree. HE walked outside and it was his mom and dad. All of Sam’s younger siblings came also. Since Sam didn’t want to come home his mother brought home to him by bringing his siblings. The Gribley family begins to build there house that will be there shelter. I wouldn’t recommend this book if you weren’t into survival and the wilderness. This book would be great for anyone that likes that kind of stuff. I would give this book a 4 also because this book isn’t for everyone. Some people wouldn’t like this book as much as people who likes the wilderness and survival. By: J.J. Potts 2/3 pd.
To start with, the book The Glory Field has many examples of life lessons. Curry Field, a piece of land, belonged to the Lewis family. Generations went by and the Lewis Family kept their field with them. Throughout the story, there are many life lessons: I've learned that true love continues to grow, even over the longest distance; I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be; I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences; I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel; I’ve learned that my best friend can do anything or nothing and have the best time. Some of these life lessons that are identified throughout the story are: I've learned that true love continues to grow, even over the longest distance. This is a life lesson that was identified from the book. In the book Elijah has to leave for Chicago to get away from the white men that were planning on whipping him that night. Elijah and Goldie both had feelings for each other. They were willing to wait for each other, even if they were a long distance apart. I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences. This life lesson was identified in the situation between Joshua and Lem. Joshua and Lem were escaped slaves. Lem was found and was brought back to the plantation. Joshua knew it was unsafe but came back to rescue Lem. Then Lem, Joshua, and Lizzy left the plantation and headed for freedom. I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. This life lesson dealt with Luvenia as well. Luvenia was a maid for the Deets family. Luvenia let Florenz Deets lie about Luvenia being pregnant so she could drive the car. Luvenia learned that after she let Florenz lie to her father about her she was responsible for letting Florenz do that. Luvenia lost her job for it nd felt dumb for letting Florenz lie about her to get what she wanted. She felt that it was Lorenz’s fault she lost her job, but it was really hers. I’ve learned that my best friend can do anything or nothing and have the best time. This is another life lesson identified in the book. Elijah and Abby were best friends. They went out in the ocean during stormy weather to go find David for Mr. Turner. Even though it was hard to get through the water and they were getting tired they still had fun. They got their reward from Mr. Turner. Their reward was thirty five dollars. They used it for Grandma Saran so she could pay her taxes. In my opinion I think The Glory Field was an interesting book. Teenagers from different generations of the Lewis family go through troubles and difficulties. They were a black family so it was even harder for their family because they were slaves. It is fun to read about how they handle what is going on and how their family takes it. I would give this book five stars. I also would recommend this book to teenagers. In conclusion, all these life lessons were identified in The Glory Field. Because it dealt with so many generations of the Lewis family, many life lessons were learned. This is true in real life as well. There are always lessons to be learned from our experiences if we choose to be taught. I think this book was a great book for teenagers.
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting, by: Natalie Babbitt Title of review: Tuck Everlasting Review Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Tuck Everlasting is a very well written novel. It has excitement and mystery in it. My favorite character was Jesse and Winnie, followed by Miles, Mae, and Angus. The ending, however, was very sad and I didn’t care for it much because of what happened. The novel made you get pictures in your head of what was going on in the book. You could really feel the sadness and the joy that the characters felt as the story went on.
In the novel Winnie foster wondered out it to her forest one day and came across a boy named Jessie tuck. Jessie, Miles (Jessie’s brother), and Mae (Jessie’s mother) had to take Winnie back to their little home where she met Angus tuck (Jessie’s father ) where they then discussed what to do since she saw Jessie drink from the spring. They decided to tell her their secret, the fact that they could live forever. After that she stayed with them for awhile and as she did she fell in love with Jessie. Then the man in the yellow suit made a deal with Winnie’s father and went to the tucks to get Winnie back. Winnie did not want to go and so Mae hit the man in the yellow suit in the head with a gun. After she hit him he died and she had to go to jail and the gallows. To get Mae out they pried open the window and got Mae out. Then Winnie took her place.
I feel that it was a very exciting book and a very sad love story. I have always loved this book. It is one of those stories that make you think if what you think you want is not what you really want. I do wish that Miles was not so depressing. When ever we read about miles story I felt so much sadness and pity for him. I felt bad especially for Jessie because in the end he found out that Winnie had not drank the bottled water and had died.
Over all it was a very good book and I would love to read it again some day. It has a sad ending, but not all books can have a happy one. You really get in to the characters and feel for them. At the end you think you know what is going to happen, but it is just the opposite
I would definitely recommend this book for some one. I enjoyed it very much; it was a very good book. When I read this book it was like I took a journey with the characters. It was fun and exciting to read. If you have little siblings or you are a parent I think your kids or little sibling will enjoy it very much.
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting, by: Natalie Babbitt Title of review: Tuck Everlasting Review Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Tuck Everlasting is a very well written novel. It has excitement and mystery in it. My favorite character was Jesse and Winnie, followed by Miles, Mae, and Angus. The ending, however, was very sad and I didn’t care for it much because of what happened. The novel made you get pictures in your head of what was going on in the book. You could really feel the sadness and the joy that the characters felt as the story went on.
In the novel Winnie foster wondered out it to her forest one day and came across a boy named Jessie tuck. Jessie, Miles (Jessie’s brother), and Mae (Jessie’s mother) had to take Winnie back to their little home where she met Angus tuck (Jessie’s father ) where they then discussed what to do since she saw Jessie drink from the spring. They decided to tell her their secret, the fact that they could live forever. After that she stayed with them for awhile and as she did she fell in love with Jessie. Then the man in the yellow suit made a deal with Winnie’s father and went to the tucks to get Winnie back. Winnie did not want to go and so Mae hit the man in the yellow suit in the head with a gun. After she hit him he died and she had to go to jail and the gallows. To get Mae out they pried open the window and got Mae out. Then Winnie took her place.
I feel that it was a very exciting book and a very sad love story. I have always loved this book. It is one of those stories that make you think if what you think you want is not what you really want. I do wish that Miles was not so depressing. When ever we read about miles story I felt so much sadness and pity for him. I felt bad especially for Jessie because in the end he found out that Winnie had not drank the bottled water and had died.
Over all it was a very good book and I would love to read it again some day. It has a sad ending, but not all books can have a happy one. You really get in to the characters and feel for them. At the end you think you know what is going to happen, but it is just the opposite
I would definitely recommend this book for some one. I enjoyed it very much; it was a very good book. When I read this book it was like I took a journey with the characters. It was fun and exciting to read. If you have little siblings or you are a parent I think your kids or little sibling will enjoy it very much.
“Zach’s Lies” By Roland Smith “Zach’s Lies” Review by Rebekah Hines 5 stars.
“Zach’s Lies” was a very interesting novel to read. I enjoyed reading “Zach’s Lies”. This novel had a lot of emotions in it like depression, frightening, action, but at times there was happiness, joy and entertaining times. I would recommend to anybody to read “Zach’s Lies”. “Zach’s Lies” is bout a family with a disappeared father. The mother and her children were asleep in their house when masked men invaded their home and ransacked their house. Stories unfolded bout their fathers’ disappearance. The family was forced to enter the Federal Witness Protection Program, and was relocated to Elko Nevada. Jack was now known as “Zach Granger”. If they were found it wouldn’t be a good situation, but there could be death involved if they were found. “Zach’s Lies” was a very interesting novel to read. As a teenager I enjoyed this book because me and Jack “Zach” are in the same age group. I would recommend this book to anybody it’s a big shocker. In conclusion, “Zach’s Lies” was a very interesting book. I would recommend anybody to buy and read this book. I give it a 5 star book. “Zach’s Lies” could be your next summer reading project. “Zach’s Lies” would be a great book to read in a classroom.
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting, by: Natalie Babbitt Title of review: Tuck Everlasting Review Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Tuck Everlasting is a very well written novel. It has excitement and mystery in it. My favorite character was Jesse and Winnie, followed by Miles, Mae, and Angus. The ending, however, was very sad and I didn’t care for it much because of what happened. The novel made you get pictures in your head of what was going on in the book. You could really feel the sadness and the joy that the characters felt as the story went on.
In the novel Winnie foster wondered out it to her forest one day and came across a boy named Jessie tuck. Jessie, Miles (Jessie’s brother), and Mae (Jessie’s mother) had to take Winnie back to their little home where she met Angus tuck (Jessie’s father ) where they then discussed what to do since she saw Jessie drink from the spring. They decided to tell her their secret, the fact that they could live forever. After that she stayed with them for awhile and as she did she fell in love with Jessie. Then the man in the yellow suit made a deal with Winnie’s father and went to the tucks to get Winnie back. Winnie did not want to go and so Mae hit the man in the yellow suit in the head with a gun. After she hit him he died and she had to go to jail and the gallows. To get Mae out they pried open the window and got Mae out. Then Winnie took her place.
I feel that it was a very exciting book and a very sad love story. I have always loved this book. It is one of those stories that make you think if what you think you want is not what you really want. I do wish that Miles was not so depressing. When ever we read about miles story I felt so much sadness and pity for him. I felt bad especially for Jessie because in the end he found out that Winnie had not drank the bottled water and had died.
Over all it was a very good book and I would love to read it again some day. It has a sad ending, but not all books can have a happy one. You really get in to the characters and feel for them. At the end you think you know what is going to happen, but it is just the opposite
I would definitely recommend this book for some one. I enjoyed it very much; it was a very good book. When I read this book it was like I took a journey with the characters. It was fun and exciting to read. If you have little siblings or you are a parent I think your kids or little sibling will enjoy it very much.
My Book is called Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The Characters are Bella, Edward, Jacob, Charlie. This Book takes place in Forks. Bella left her mom so she can go see her father. While she is there she meets Edward and that’s where it all begins.
Well it all begins when Bella meets Edward. From the beginning we know that they’re going to fall in love. When Edward walks into the cafeteria, and Bella see’s him, they all ready have the connections in their eyes. Then with them falling in love, there always going to be drama. I give it 10 out of 5 stars. I love this book. I recommend it to everyone. It has a wonderful moral. I love that it has you reading it over and over again. It has you coming back for more. It has teens all over America reading it. Over 40 Million Americans have read the Twilight Seriees In conclusion this is an awesome Book. Over 40 million people have read the series. Like I said I give it 10 out of 5. I really like this book. If it was a guy I would marry it. Jk (: I love this book. I think it is good for teens to read.
Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom Julie review: This book has many conflicts. The setting is at Morrie’s house every Tuesday. Morrie was Mitch old professor in college. Morrie and Mitch had not talk since graduation day. Then Mitch heard on TV about him how he was dying for ALS. So he decided to go and visit him. When Mitch comes to visit every Tuesday Morrie talk to Mitch about the world, feeling sorry for yourself, regrets, death, family, emotion, fear, money, love goes on, marriage, culture, forgiveness, and the perfect day. But when Morrie passes away Mitch has a hard time letting go. I think that this book is a very good book to read. I think everyone who has lost a love one this would help you a lot to let go. In conclusion the reason I picked conflict as you can see was because there was a lot of problems between the two. It really has made it easier for I because of I lost my grandfather a couple years ago and it made me realized that I just need to let go. I give this book 5 out of 5 because it was very informing. I really could relate to this book so it made it really easier to read.
The book that I read was A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. The novel is focused around the boy developing a strong bond with his father, a butcher who slaughters hogs, and his pet pig named Pinky, and is set in the fictional town of Learning, Vermont. Robert Newton Peck uses his own childhood as a Shaker to reveal the problems Robert faces growing into manhood. For example, he helps his neighbor's cow have two baby bulls and saves one's life, while risking his. As reward his neighbor gives him his prized pet pig. As the pig grows to maturity it turns out to be sterile, though otherwise ideal. Eventually the family faces such economic hardship that Pinky is slaughtered. The slaughter and butchering of Pinky is extremely graphic, but accurate. The boy assists his father in this act, holding his beloved pet down while his father kills and makes sausage out of it. The book takes place roughly during the Calvin Coolidge presidency. The novel is loosely based on Peck's own life, though there is much dispute about the accuracy of known information about Peck's childhood. This book has often been challenged, that is, people have demanded that it be removed from libraries. It was 16th on the American Library Association's list of books most often challenged in the 1990s. Peck doesn’t like how his dad kills pigs for a living. He tried to get his dad do stop killing pigs but he said he can’t because that is his job. And he makes his money and it is his only job. Peck tries to stop his dad but he can’t because he has to make that is how money by doing something. I think this book is really good to read and write about because it is interesting and once you read it you can’t stop. This book can be disruptive at some points in the book but overall it is a great book to read. It talks about Peck’s childhood and his family. But mainly it talks about how difficult Peck’s life is through the entire book. After I read the entire book, I enjoyed it and thought it was really good book to read in your spare time too. This book is very interesting to read and I think they made a movie out of it too. But all in all, this is a great book to read in your spare time and it’s very interesting. I definitely would recommend this book to my friends and other people too. This is a very interesting book and great to read. So I like this book and I would read it again. Drew Kosik 2nd & 3rd period
The book that I read was A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. The novel is focused around the boy developing a strong bond with his father, a butcher who slaughters hogs, and his pet pig named Pinky, and is set in the fictional town of Learning, Vermont. Robert Newton Peck uses his own childhood as a Shaker to reveal the problems Robert faces growing into manhood. For example, he helps his neighbor's cow have two baby bulls and saves one's life, while risking his. As reward his neighbor gives him his prized pet pig. As the pig grows to maturity it turns out to be sterile, though otherwise ideal. Eventually the family faces such economic hardship that Pinky is slaughtered. The slaughter and butchering of Pinky is extremely graphic, but accurate. The boy assists his father in this act, holding his beloved pet down while his father kills and makes sausage out of it. The book takes place roughly during the Calvin Coolidge presidency. The novel is loosely based on Peck's own life, though there is much dispute about the accuracy of known information about Peck's childhood. This book has often been challenged, that is, people have demanded that it be removed from libraries. It was 16th on the American Library Association's list of books most often challenged in the 1990s. Peck doesn’t like how his dad kills pigs for a living. He tried to get his dad do stop killing pigs but he said he can’t because that is his job. And he makes his money and it is his only job. Peck tries to stop his dad but he can’t because he has to make that is how money by doing something. I think this book is really good to read and write about because it is interesting and once you read it you can’t stop. This book can be disruptive at some points in the book but overall it is a great book to read. It talks about Peck’s childhood and his family. But mainly it talks about how difficult Peck’s life is through the entire book. After I read the entire book, I enjoyed it and thought it was really good book to read in your spare time too. This book is very interesting to read and I think they made a movie out of it too. But all in all, this is a great book to read in your spare time and it’s very interesting. I definitely would recommend this book to my friends and other people too. This is a very interesting book and great to read. So I like this book and I would read it again. Drew Kosik 2nd & 3rd period
In this book, there are 7 main characters. Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, two-Bit Matthews, Steve Randal, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade. Ponyboy is the main character in this story. He is the narrator, and the protagonist, in this story. He is fourteen years old, and he is also the youngest out of all of the Greasers. Darrel Curtis is Ponyboy’s oldest brother, and also the leader of the Greasers. He is 20. Sodapop is the middle one of the Curtis Brothers. Ponyboy envies Sodapop’s good looks and charm. The joker of Ponyboy’s group. Two-Bit, whose real name is Keith, is a wisecracking greaser who regularly shoplifts. He prizes his sleek black-handled switchblade. Steve is a seventeen-year-old greaser who works with Sodapop at the gas station. Steve knows everything about cars and specializes in stealing hubcaps. He is cocky and intelligent, tall and lean. He wears his thick hair in a complicated arrangement of swirls. Dallas, known as Dally, is a hardened teen who used to run with gangs in New York. He has an elfin face and icy blue eyes and, unlike his friends, does not put grease in his white-blond hair, and he takes pride in his criminal record. Dally feels protective of Johnny Cade.
The novel is the story of a time in the life of a recently orphaned fourteen-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. He lives on the East Side, a member of the lower class and a gang of the greasers. Quiet and dreamy, Ponyboy has conflicts with his older brother and guardian, Darrel, who keeps the family together. The greasers who Ponyboy distinguishes from hoods are the heroes of the tale. Set against them are the upper-class socials, or Socs, who enjoy drinking, driving nice cars, and beating up greasers. The circumstances of this social situation result in the death of three teens. The story explores the themes of class conflict, affection, brotherly love, and coming of age in a way that young people readily appreciate. This novel's portrayal of disaffected youth has been criticized for its violent content, but it is now regarded as a classic of juvenile literature. It can be considered one of the first examples of the young adult genre, and after its publication literature for teens gained a new realism, depth, and respect for its audience.
I would recommend this book to other people. The book explains how life was, and for some people still is. I don’t like to read much, but this is a very good book. It explains how gang lives are, and what they were for some people, in the past years. This book describes how people would act, and how they would have/use self defense. Most young adults like to read this book, but also some kids.
It's the story of the relationship between the greasers and the Socs, two different groups of kids growing up during the early sixties. The story emphasizes the consequences that these teenagers face when they make some important decisions that affect their lives. There is a great deal of violence in the book. There are guns and a huge fight between the two "gangs". There is a stabbing and one of the characters dies. The book refers to alcohol abuse, child abuse, smoking, and hiding from the police. It tells of three young boys living without adult supervision. It alludes to teenage pregnancy and one of the main characters is a high school dropout. There is a lot of stuff that happens in this book, and the main one is the fights between the “Soc’s” and the “Greasers”.
I would recommend this book to other people. The book explains how life was, and for some people still is. I don’t like to read much, but this is a very good book. It explains how gang lives are, and what they were for some people, in the past years. This book describes how people would act, and how they would have/use self defense. Most young adults like to read this book, but also some kids.
I thought the book was good for little kids and not for eighth grade and above. It had a good theme to it but it was very juvenile. Introduction: The name of this book is The Tiger Rising. The setting takes place in the backwoods of Florida. The characters are Rob Horton, Sistine, Threemonger Boys, Rob’s Dad, and Beauchamp. This book is about Rob and how he finds a tiger and thinks he is on top of the world. There are many conflicts in this story. For instance, Rob gets bullied everyday on the bus and at school by the Threemonger Boys. He doesn’t fight back though because his theory is that they will get bored with him if he doesn’t do anything.
The first main point is when he is at school and is called down to the principles office. The principle says to him that some of the parents are scared that the rash on his legs is contagious. Then he suggests that he stay out of school for a while. The second main point is when a new girl comes to the school. Her name was Sistine and she was tough and mean. She liked to express her feelings and he didn’t. They didn’t get along very well at the beginning but they became friends throughout the story. The third main point is when Rob and Sistine are running through the woods and find a tiger in a cage. The owner of the hotel, Beauchamp, had given Rob the keys so he could feed the tiger. Sistine wanted to let the tiger free and Rob gave in. They were so happy but it was lose and angry. So once Rob’s Dad saw it, he killed it. Rob was very upset but got over the feeling.
I thought the book was good for little kids and not for eighth grade and above. It had a good theme to it but it was very juvenile.
At the end of the book, Rob and Sistine let the tiger out of its cage. Since it was very angry and vicious, Rob’s Dad killed it. Rob was very upset with his dad but overcame the feeling very quickly.
I thought it was not that good and I recommend it for ages 10 and below. It was too short for me. I give it 2 stars.
Book Review Outline Alex Harris Book title and author: Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton Title of review: Number of stars (1 to 5): 5.0 out of 5
Rumble fish is about a group of people being in a gang. These people have to grow up without any supervision. The protagonist’s father is an alcoholic that doesn’t pay any attention to his own two sons. One of them was trying to find their mother. Rusty, the younger of the two, looks at his older brother, known as motorcycle boy, as a hero. Motorcycle boy is called that because he rides a motorcycle all of the time. Rusty wanted to be like him when he grew up. Rusty was an enemy to a cop. He always tried to run away. One of the main points is that he got kicked out of school. He got kicked out because he had bad grades. At first, he was going to transfer schools, but he didn’t want to. Later that day, his girlfriend broke up with him. At the end of the book, motorcycle boy went to the fish store, and stole the rumble fish out of the store. He handed rusty them and he got shot. Later, while rusty was running, he got shot too. It is a very exiting and interesting. I loved this book because of the action in it. The book was really cool. I wouldn’t suggest this to younger children because of the smoking, drinking, and violence. I liked it overall. If I had to rate it 1-5 stars, I would rate it 5 stars. Although it had violence, smoking, and drinking in it, it is really good. This is so interesting, that I might want to buy it on Amazon. Overall, this book is a really good book. I rate it 5 stars. I loved the ending too. When you finish the book, you figure out that it is a writing itself. He started the essay exactly how the book itself started.
In this story an African American family live in the south during a time of poverty. They live in a small house with a young dog named Sounder. The author does not give the people names. He only tells the name of the dog.This story is very heartfelt and sad. Every chapter makes you want to cry. Sounder, the dog, never leaves his master’s side no matter where he goes. He goes hunting with his master and stay with him at all times. In this story Sounder and the dad go hunting but come back with nothing as usual. They are discouraged and the next morning wake up overjoyed when they find a delicious ham cooking. A couple days after their happiness is shattered when they find out that their dad supposedly stole the ham wagon. While on their way, Sounder chases after them and tries to save the dad. The sheriff shoots the dog with his shotgun. The dog is severely hurt. The dad is taken to a jail and left there. The dog later dies. He says he didn’t steal it but they take him away in a in peace.
I recommend this book to kids my age because it has many important things to learn to help you in life. It is a good book but it is very short. It helps you learn about what it was like to live as an African American boy during a poverty stricken time.
This is a very good book that is a little hard to understand because the dog is the only creature with a name. It is about a boy living in the south during the 19th century. He goes through an emotional time and has a hard time getting through it.
I recommend the book to kids my age because I think it is a good book and has an interesting point to it. It is interesting and has many good points to it. I think it is a wonderful story and the author did a good job.
In the small, quiet town of Long Island, a deranged man has been stalking open houses, waiting for the right moment to snatch away his victims. In this grotesque and intense book, I felt the pain that Kara, one of the main characters felt when her daughter went missing. I felt the hopelessness that Lindsay, Shannon, and Ellen, the masked man’s victims, felt after being confined, starved, and beaten for nearly two weeks. As an eighth grade student and an avid reader, this intense novel is perfect for those who enjoy harrowing and suspense filled reading. The book starts out in the small town of Long Island. After open houses, three women, Lindsay Marshall, Shannon, and Ellen Fine, have mysteriously disappeared. After Lindsay’s disappearance, Kara, her mother, goes on a frantic search in order to find her daughter. For a long time, the search proved to be hopeless, and after a prayer session at her daughter’s school, Kara receives news that her husband, Steve was killed in a car accident. Kara is ready to give up, when her friend Claire introduces her to her brother, Patrick. Patrick tells her that he also lost his family a long time ago due to a house fire. Hearing Patrick’s story, Kara found the strength to continue searching for her daughter. That night, she stayed the night at Patrick’s house. Waking up in the middle of the night, she hears screaming. Kara goes outside to see where the noise is coming from and is surprised to see Patrick’s servant, Neville, sneaking around the house at night. After going back to bed, she hears more noises and even hears people singing happy birthday. She gets up and tries to find Patrick. She doesn’t find him, but she does find an open trapdoor in the library. Going down the trapdoor, she enters a dungeon like room where she finds her daughter along with Ellen Fine. The other girl, Shannon, was already dead. Kara soon realizes that the masked and deranged man who stole her daughter was Patrick himself. After being found, Patrick goes to is sister’s house in the middle of the night to do something that he had been meaning to do for a long time. He kills her after reminding her about his sixth birthday when she and her friend had a “surprise” for him in the playhouse. After killing his sister, Patrick points a gun to his head, and pulls the trigger. This is an intense and suspense filled horror book that I highly recommend for anyone whom is interested in this gruesome field of literature to read. It is a very realistic book, as many of these events that take place could happen, and had it not been for my mother telling me that it was a fictional story, I would have believed that it were real. In conclusion, Perfect Nightmare is an intense and grotesque horror book about the disappearance of three girls, a mother’s determination to find her daughter, and the dark and twisted soul of a man after facing a childhood tragedy. I recommend those who enjoy the harrowing to read this book, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. This book was undoubtedly the best I have ever read, and I hope to find more like it in the future. I highly recommend anyone whom is interested in this field of literature to read it and see what they think.
The main characters in this book, Elijah of Buxton, were Elijah, a boy in Buxton, Canada a slave camp for runaway slaves, and slaves whom bought their freedom; he lives there with his mother who is very afraid of frogs. Cooper his best friend, Mr. Travis Elijah’s teacher,and reason he makes his big adventure. A theme of this book is that Elijah goes on this journey not only because he’s getting Mr. Travis’s family but he’s also getting to get a firsthand experience of slavery for his first time I rated this book 3 stars because at the beginning of the book it is really slow but once you get to about the 12th chapter it starts to get better. Another reason for my ratings is that I know that it is written the way it is because; it is supposed to be him writing the book but all the misspellings get annoying. Though with these problems Elijah getting to go on the adventure that he did at that young of age is a good story. In the conclusion two men beaten to death, one with a whip. Slaves are shackled, branded and starved; a man shot and badly injured; another is lynched; adults slap punch and punch children, dog attacks wounding boys; slaves think of murder and suicide , fingers cut off in a knife fight On a scale of 1-10, I would give this book a 7 because it got its point across, but it could have put more detail in. And left some of the other business out of it.
The book Premiere: On the Runway by Melody Carlson has two main characters, Erin and Paige. Erin a Paige are sisters. Erin is more of a tomboy and Paige is all about the new trends and fashions. This book is set at California in present time. The mother of Erin and Paige works in a newsroom for a local news channel. Sometimes, she lets Erin be part of the camera crew and Paige work as a reporter. They are talking about a local theme park and are running out of things to say. Suddenly, Paige starts critiquing two little girls’ outfits. They think they lost their mother’s job, but they actually get put on their own show! They travel to different places to review different designers’ styles, with Paige in front of the camera and Erin behind it. After being on Malibu Beach to get publicity for their show, Paige gets caught up in the celebrity drama and almost loses their job. Soon they get back on track and their show is getting more and more popular! Their fashion adventure continues in the next book, Catwalk: On the Runway. I really enjoyed reading Premiere: On the Runway by Melody Carlson and I have already started the next book in the series. I really liked this book because it shows how two very different people, like Paige and Erin, can get along and do something amazing. It doesn’t have nearly as much drama as Gossip Girls and it is really fun to read. It’s fun to read about the different designers’ fashions as Paige reviews them for her show. Premiere: On the Runway is definitely a book that I will read again. Reading this book makes you realize that anything is possible and that working together is the best way to work. It shows you that no matter what happens, everything will turn out fine. All of the different parts of this book work because Melody Carlson used characters, setting, and theme that go well together. Premiere: On the Runway is definitely a book that I would suggest to any teen girl that loves fashion and drama! Bethany McPherson – Periods 4 and 5
The book by Elie Wiesel called Night is the true story of a young boy during the Holocaust. It takes place in Sighet, Transylvania, and in various concentration camps. It also takes place in the 1940’s.
Night, is an autobiography of life in the Nazi concentration camps, it is a must-read. Elie Wiesel, the author, takes his readers with him from his home, into the ghetto, on the transport, through Selections, into the concentration camps, on the Death March, and beyond. Elie Wiesel deals with his loss of faith during the holocaust, and relives the horrors of the concentration camp. He shows how such a life affected the people in the camps and how it changed many of them into something less than human. He explains how he was very faithful in God, then when he was put through all of the misery of the concentration camps, how he stopped believing in God. But, then, at then how he his faith in God grew once again towards the end of the book. Furthermore, reading this book gives readers a deeper and more personal understanding of the Holocaust.
This book, Night, was a very heartfelt and deep book. It is definitely a must-read. It explains how life actually was in the concentration camps; therefore, it gives the readers a deeper and more complex understanding of the tragic happening. This book compared to all of the other books that I have read about the Holocaust is my favorite. I give this book five out of five stars. It is very much so worth reading. Although it is an extremely distressing and tragic book that actually happened, it is definitely one of my favorites.
In conclusion, if you are wanting to read a book about the Holocaust that is very in depth and true, this book is the book to read. I would highly recommend this book if you are truly wanting to read about the Holocaust. It explains this happening very well and really gives a good understanding of the Holocaust. It is a very heartbreaking book, but it is also one of my favorites.
For my final review, Night is a tear jerking, heartbreaking, and complex autobiography by Elie Wiesel. I am highly pleased that I read it and I definitely recommend it for all readers.
Book title and author: The White Mountains by John Christopher Title of review: Review of the White Mountains Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Introduction The whole book is three kids named Will, Henry, and Beanpole. The kids were chosen to make a long journey to the free people at the White Mountains. It all started when a man walked up to them and asked if he would like to be a free person so he said yes, from then on it was a race to the Mountains where they could live and be free.
Description and summary of main points It’s about kids going to a place called the White Mountains where people are free and not controlled by the tripods. Henry and Will started out but soon they ran into another kid trying to make his way to the Mountains named Beanpole. Through out the story the have to sneak around and sometimes even fight the tripods. They almost get caught a few times by people but in the end they make it to where they need to be. In the end everyone has to work together to make sure that they make it to the White Mountains
Evaluation
I liked the book pretty well because it mixed a few things together. In the book the author mixes angry, sadness, happiness all in a good way. I think the books flows along with you when you read it. Conclusion
The book is a very great book which I enjoyed very much. For some people however, it may not be a great book for them if they don’t like action or a alien kind of book. All around it was a good book though.
Your final review
I would recommend this book to other people because it is all around a good book. I would also recommend the other books that go along with this one because they two are also good and enjoyable books for everyone.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about children being chosen from twelve different districts around North America to fight against each other until the last one is standing. The main characters in the novel are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta. The setting of the story doesn’t have an exact date of time, but it is described as post-apocalyptic North America. In the beginning of the novel, The Hunger Games, the city of Panem choose a boy and girl to compete at the Hunger Games. Everyone in the city enters their name according to how old they are. At first a young girl by the name of Primrose was chosen as their girl position of District 12. Her older sister, Katniss, was afraid of her little sister dying of a young age, so she took over the position. The boy that was chosen was Peeta. After being chosen in the positions, the were sent off to the Capitol for the competition. They went through a few days of training for the Games and then it was time for them to compete. In the end, Katniss and Peeta were the last two standing, so they made a new rule that two people from the same district could win, which meant that they didn’t have to kill each other. After reading the book and articles about The Hunger Games, I believe that it is a book that someone would be able to enjoy at anytime. The Hunger Games is basically an adventure book that explains how relationships can get between one another in a drastic situation. Most people that enjoy reading adventure and romance novels would really like this book because it is a combination of both. In conclusion, The Hunger Games is a book about two children, Katniss and Peeta, getting chosen from District 12 to compete in the Games. They went to the capitol to compete in the Hunger Games against eleven other tribes. Each of the tribes trained for a few days one at a time until it was time for the games. The Games began and Katniss and Peeta were the last two standing. Their love and compassion in front of the audience made the leader of the games change the rule to that two people from the same tribe could win the games. I would recommend this book because it has a great adventure in the novel with a little love and compassion mixed in.
Book Review Outline Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Title of review: Review of Tuck Everlasting Number of stars (1 to 5): 4.174 stars Introduction Basically the book is about a family who can never die. They meet a little girl named Winnie and tell her their secret. Then the whole story turns to chaos when a man overhears their secret.
Description and summary of main points When Winnie Foster walks into the woods she sees a boy drinking from a spring in the ground. She asks for a drink and the boys family appears and kidnaps her. They explain to her that if she were to drink the water she would live forever. A man overhears them telling her the secret and he tries to get the water for himself so he can sell it. Mae kills him so that he won’t tell. She gets sent to be hanged and Winnie helps her escape. They run away and Winnie dies.
Evaluation I personally enjoyed this book. It had a very good climax with instance rising action. It had very happy parts as well as very sad parts. I only wish the book could have been a little longer. It seemed like the book went very quickly. That is just my opinion, though. So overall I would say this is a great book for all ages. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a good fiction book.
Conclusion So in conclusion, Tuck Everlasting was a very good book. It has a very good plot and a twisted ending. I would recommend it to anyone of all ages. I might even read it again someday. Your final review Tuck Everlasting was a good book but it was short.
Introduction Nathan is an eleven year old boy living with his father and sister. Suddenly his Pa doesn’t return home from hunting and there visited by a strange man named Ezra. Ezra leads them threw the woods back to his cabin.
Description and summary of main points Ezra leads them to his home where the two kids find that there dad’s leg has been torn and ripped wide open and is asleep. They swarm Ezra with questions but he cannot talk because of an incident with Weasel at his cabin. Weasel had cut Ezra’s tongue out as a punishment for disobeying him. Nathan is out alone one night and is captured by Weasel. He is taken to his cabin and is tied up. He is untying the rope when Weasel falls asleep with Nathans dad’s gun. Nathan hurries to untie himself and picks up the gun and leaves with there horse. The next day there Pa is better and takes them home. Nathan that night has second thoughts of why he didn’t shoot Weasel. So he makes up his mind to sneak out in the morning to go kill Weasel. When he arrives at Weasel’s cabin he is shocked when he finds Weasel dead. He wanders back home where his Pa comforts him and they go back inside to live a happy life knowing Weasel is dead.
Evaluation I really liked this book because of the action and it made me want to keep reading. In this book two sides collide and only one side will survive. The good people meet Weasel whom represents the bad side.
Conclusion My conclusion is the book was great if you like action this is the book to read. If you like people fighting and dark scenes in the woods also this is your book. Overall it was a pretty good book.
Your final review
Weasel is a great book! I recommend this book to everyone. It has a lot of action and it is also a thrill.
The book I did for my online reviews was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The characters in this book were Ponyboy,Johnnycake,Sodapop, Two-Bit,Steve Randle,Dallas,Sandy,Cherry Valance,Marcia,Randy, and Bob. The book is about how there are differences in where they live, like one side is rich and one side is the unwealthy place. It was the Socs against the Greasers all the time. They had to constantly watch each others backs while on the streets. While Pony,Soda and Darry all live in one house together without parents. Their parents died when they were younger leaving Darry to take care of them while working two different jobs. Darry and Pony were always getting into fights so one night Pony decided to runaway also with Johnny. The Socs came to them and tried to kill Pony, and Johnny stood up and stabbed one of them, Bob. Bob was then dead , so they decided to runaway so they would not be taken to jail. It was always the court masters believed the Socs over the Greasers, and they weren’t taking that chance on that this time. So as they were running away Two-Bit had came to see them in their little church to update them on what was going on and who was looking for them. They had changed their identities also in the process, and went wherever they had to go to stay away from the cops. Then one day Pony,Johnny and Two-Bit rescued some little kids that were in a burning fire. They were considered as heroes and not taken into jail because of that. Johnny and Pony went back home to normal things but little they didn’t know there was going to be a huge rumble tonight between Socs and Greasers. Later that night Johnny decided to go to the pet store and free some fish. He had gotten shot during the hour trying to save the fish and that was the end. For this book I defiantly give it 5 stars because it was really good and for me I don’t normally read. This book was also everything, it had drama, comedy, life lessons and everything someone should read about. This book isn’t just for one kind of person either, it’s for all because it has things people can relate to. Especially how people judged them just by how they looked, because that still happens in the world we live in today. So this book is very entertaining and worth reading, it actually feels like your there and into the situations they are because the literature is amazing So as you can see, I really enjoyed this book and most of the reviews I checked out said that they did too. This book basically has it all and even more to enjoy throughout each chapter. If everyone would take the time to read this they could understand how life was and still is like this for some people. It teaches you the value of friendship and how you have to go through life no matter what happens. I actually do recommend this to people that they should read this because everyone needs a good story like this to just have fun with. It also teaches you lessons and other things in life that other people should know, like don’t take people you have for granted. Also that whoever is your family to you, keep them in contact because you don’t know when they aren’t going to be there and when they aren’t. So if you like good books and action, drama and comedy they read on the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
This book is started in the late 1800’s to the early 2000’s. It is about a family that drank from a spring on there journey westward. The spring was different from others. The water from the spring had eternal life. Then one day Winnie Foster went into the woods and saw the youngest son drinking the spring water and she wanted to but, they didn’t let her. The Tucks had to kidnap Winnie to explain why she couldn’t drink it. The main characters in Tuck Ever Lasting we’re Winnie Foster, Jesse Tuck, Mae Tuck, Angus Tuck, Miles tuck, and the strange man in the yellow suite. Winnie and Jesse fall in love during the few days they spent together. When she was being kidnapped by the Tucks a strange man saw her being taken, and he went to get help and went to get her back and the Tucks killed him. They had to leave town, and Winnie had to live the rest of her life not knowing whether they would ever come back. The tucks came back around 2000 to find that Winnie had passed away the year before, and was married and had kids, and decided not to drink the spring water. I evaluated that this book is one of the best books I ever read. It is written for all ages of readers. I like how it is based from along time ago till the present. One thing I dislike is that it isn’t a very long book, I wish it was longer. It had stories in the book even, like how Winnie and Jesse fell in love, and how Winnie lived the rest of her life without drinking the water. It leaves you with a mystery, because it doesn’t really say what happened to Winnie and her life. I think that this book was the best book I have read so far. My conclusion is that this book was one of the best books I’ve ever read. I feel that this book would be good for all ages. My thoughts on this book were that, it is based from a long time ago clear to the present. Unlike many books I’ve read I actually remember this book. Overall this book was great. Overall this book was great; out of five I would give it a 5.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle is a very good Sci-Fi book that tells the story of a girl named Meg Murry and her journey through the universe in search of her dad. The main characters are Meg Murry, Charles Wallace, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs.Who, Mrs. Which, and Mr. Murry. The setting in A Wrinkle in Time is on earth. The other settings take place throughout the universe.
A Wrinkle in Time is about a girl named Meg. She doesn’t know where her father is because every time her mom speaks to the government they tell her he is on a top secret mission. Meg and her brother Charles Wallace know something is peculiar when a strange woman comes to their house in the middle of a bad storm and tells their about the Tesseract. Meg and Charles end up meeting a boy named Calvin O’Keefe and tessering with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. They end up having to save their father from The Black Thing. Overall, Meg goes through a very dangerous journey to save her father.
My opinion of A Wrinkle in Time is that is a very exciting book and once you start reading this book, you can’t put it down. It is put together very well. I like this book better than any other Sci-Fi books I’ve read. This book makes you want to know what happens next. If I would have to rate this book, I would rate it a 9 out of 10. One of the other good things about this book is that it can appeal to all ages. I find it cool how the author wrote about the dimension and how it might be possible to tesser.
In conclusion, A Wrinkle in Time is about a girl named Meg that must search for her father. This book is very well put together. All of the main characters in this book help keep the story going with their different attributes. The main characters also help the reader make a connection to the book. The setting of A Wrinkle in Time makes the book different from other books. Overall, A Wrinkle in Time Meg needs to tesser with these beings to find her father.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to read.
Characters: Jamie, Landon Setting: Orphanage, School Nicholas Sparks writes about a young man and woman in 1958 on the coast in Morehead City in Beaufort, North Carolina. This is the story of their first love. Landon never even knew Jamie. The homecoming was coming up and his girlfriend broke up with him so he had no date to go with and he would be embarrassed in front of his friends. So he went through his yearbook to ask anyone else. Well he called all of the girls he knew and they said they already have dates. So he came upon Jamie. At first he didn’t want to, but after asking every other girl he had to. She said yes and they were going to the homecoming together. Second, after homecoming he thought he would never talk to Jamie again. Landon never even knew Jamie he always thought that she was a goody-two shoes and would always read the Bible. But he didn’t know that she was diagnosed with a disease that would kill her in a few months. Then after all that he knew he wanted to marry her. And then she died but they were still married. Those are the reasons why I love this book. I love the book because it talks about a boy who doesn’t know this one smart, intelligent girl and he ends up falling in love with her. Little did he know that she had a disease that is going to make her die in a couple of months. But she didn’t want to tell him because she told him not to fall in love with her and he did. So she got so sick that she had to go to the hospital. While they were at the hospital Landon knew exactly what he had to do for them to be together forever. He asked her dad(the preacher) if he could marry her. He said yes. Then they got married and she died. But it is a romantic book about how they fell in love. In conclusion in this book both of the characters end up falling in love and getting married before Jamie dies. It’s a romantic book and I think people should read this book. I would recommend reading this book.
The novel Something Upstairs by Avi and it is a really adventurous book that a boy meets a ghost and has to help him find out who really murdered him. The main characters of this book are Kenny, Caleb, and Mr. Willinghast. The settings are Providence, Rhode Island in 1988 and Providence, Rhode Island in the early 1800’s.
The novel Something Upstairs is about when a boy named Kenny has to move to Providence, Rhode Island. When he moved into his new house he found a ghost named Caleb that was trapped in a Memory which he wanted to be free of. So Kenny says yes and goes to help him break away from his memory. When they were back in the 1800’s, Kenny finds Mr. Willinghast that he just met at the Library a couple of days ago. Then Caleb tells Kenny that he is a slave. They go on strike and Caleb gets hurt really badly. They go back to the house and make a plan. Then they found out that Mr. Willinghast was the one that killed Caleb and Kenny shoots Mr. Willinghast and freed Caleb from the Memory.
My opinion of Something Upstairs is that is was an action packed book that you would never want to stop reading it until you finish it. I think that it is better that any other book that Avi has made. It is an adventurous, Action Pack, History novel that a lot of people would love. If theirs was a reward for the best book ever it would get it. I think that the rating should be a 10 out of 10. This is the best book that I have read in my inter life.
In conclusion, the novel Something Upstairs is the best book ever. It has a lot of History, and Action Packed scenes in it. It also tells you that it doesn’t matter what skin color you are, you can work things out and solve the problem.
Book title and author: the Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton Title of review: Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Introduction: My book is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The setting is in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid- 1960s. The characters in this novel were: Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop, Two Bit, Steve, Dallas, Johnny, Sandy, Cherry, Marcia, Randy, Bob, Paul, Jerry, Tim, Curly, and Mr. Syme.
Description and summary of main points: Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers Soda and Darry are in a gang called the Greasers. They always fight with the Socs, a rich group of boys from the other side of town. This book is mainly about how the Greasers and the Socs get into a huge fight which leads to other issues like killing and then running away. This book also shows how Ponyboy is shy and Soda is the popular one out of the two and how he can get all the ladies before Ponyboy can even see a girl. Later, in this book they get into a huge rumble at the local park. The Greasers and the Socs are fighting until one gang gives up and leaves the scene. This is when it gets intense. The Socs brought weapons and knives when it was going to be a no weapon battle but the Greasers found some weapons and started kniving people in the stomachs and this all lead to Bob being killed. Bob was a mean Soc. Ponyboy was being drowned in the big water fountain located at the park so Johnny killed Bob by stabbing him in his stomach and Johnny hands were seeping with Bob’s blood all over him. Then, Ponyboy and Johnny run away and hide from the police. Eventually in the end it was all over and they did get put in jail by the cops for breaking into a pet store and freeing some animals.
Evaluation: I liked this book because it had a lot of dialogue and action scenes. This book also had a lot of great characters to play these action packed scenes. I thought that this book was great and I give it 5 stars out of 5. I couldn’t get over in how much action it had filled in the book and the movie, this author did a great job on writing this book and the director of the movie did also an awesome job.
Conclusion: I enjoyed this book it had a lot of action packed scenes and suspense, I really go into this book because of all of its dialogue and actions. I usually do not like to read but this book really got my attention. I absolutely loved and adored this book. It had a lot of great actors and characters. Also,
Your final review: I recommend this book to all people. This book shows great lesson. This book was just great and it packed in a lot of action and suspense. I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars. It was great, action packed, suspension filled, and enjoyable. There were a lot of good and bad parts of the book. Overall the book was just great and it was one of the best books that I have ever read.
This book is a award winning book that teaches people how two groups of societies may seem total different can be alike in many ways .The main characters Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny has found him self on the lower class side of town called the who are called the greasers and the upper-class side of town is called the soc’s.Some of the main points in my story are in the first few chapters where the two sides of town get into a rumble. Another main point in the first few chapters is the two boys Johnny and Ponyboy are walking in the park and the Soc’s found them and they got into a fight where Johnny killed one of the Soc’c because he almost killed his friend Johnny by drowning him. This starts the book at a new setting because now the boys have to find a new home where no one knows who they are or what they’ve done. The next main event in this book is when they move to a banded church on the top of a rural town. One day they left and came back to find the church on fire because they had left a cigarette lit in the church. So then the decided to save the children in the church and they were known as heroes in the town but with the fame came there secret getting out and Johnny got burnt from the church every badly. Johnny died soon after and Johnny was Dally’s strength ,so with out Johnny , Dally commented suicide. My thoughts on this book were it is a very good book for all ages it shows that a book can relate to many ages .I personally related to this book very well because it is based on people my age, and on day I could very well have the same problems on day. This book is a five star in my eyes because it is a very engaging, thrilling and emotional book. It is a very descriptive book that can really give you a thrill. In conclusion this book is a must reader. It is readable for all ages and can treat many life lessons.I think that this book is based for teenagers and adults because some of the language and the actions done by the characters are more appropriate for those age groups. This book can really make you think not only about your life but others as well. One thing you must do before you die is… read this book! This book can change your perspective on our world today and how fast your life can change.
This book grabbed my attention as soon as I opened it. I think the authors’ purpose for writing this book is to teach us work for what we want no matter how tough things get. I also think that the theme of this book is, never say never.
This book is about a boy, Sam Gribley, who lived in New York with a very large family. He could not stand all of the noise so he decided to run away to the Catskill Mountains. Once he got there he made a home in a hollowed out tree and learn everything he could about the outdoors. He got most of his food by fishing, trapping, gathering, and he even hid some deer that hunters had shot and lost. One day he heard sirens so he hid in his tree a little later he went outside to see a man beside his tree. The man helped Sam out by making a fireplace out of clay. Then Sam asked his dad to come and spend some time with him. A few weeks later Sam got a visit from his entire family, and his mom said they were moving in with Sam.This book made me want to fallow in Sam’s footsteps because it has everything. It is like a field guide to edible plants and ways to trap animals. Sam braved all of the elements and survived throw them. Then everything that happened grabbed your attention. Those are some of the reasons that this book grabbed my attention. He was brave and persistent. He was intelligent and quick witted. Lastly he never said never. This book was great and will never get boring.This is a terrific book for all ages, and I recommend it to anyone.
This book is a award winning book that teaches people how two groups of societies may seem total different can be alike in many ways .The main characters Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny has found him self on the lower class side of town called the who are called the greasers and the upper-class side of town is called the soc’s.Some of the main points in my story are in the first few chapters where the two sides of town get into a rumble. Another main point in the first few chapters is the two boys Johnny and Ponyboy are walking in the park and the Soc’s found them and they got into a fight where Johnny killed one of the Soc’c because he almost killed his friend Johnny by drowning him. This starts the book at a new setting because now the boys have to find a new home where no one knows who they are or what they’ve done. The next main event in this book is when they move to a banded church on the top of a rural town. One day they left and came back to find the church on fire because they had left a cigarette lit in the church. So then the decided to save the children in the church and they were known as heroes in the town but with the fame came there secret getting out and Johnny got burnt from the church every badly. Johnny died soon after and Johnny was Dally’s strength ,so with out Johnny , Dally commented suicide. My thoughts on this book were it is a very good book for all ages it shows that a book can relate to many ages .I personally related to this book very well because it is based on people my age, and on day I could very well have the same problems on day. This book is a five star in my eyes because it is a very engaging, thrilling and emotional book. It is a very descriptive book that can really give you a thrill. In conclusion this book is a must reader. It is readable for all ages and can treat many life lessons.I think that this book is based for teenagers and adults because some of the language and the actions done by the characters are more appropriate for those age groups. This book can really make you think not only about your life but others as well. One thing you must do before you die is… read this book! This book can change your perspective on our world today and how fast your life can change. olivia wilson 4th/5th period
The Outsiders is about a group of guys named the Greasers who are enemies with a much more high- class group named the Socs. The main character is Ponyboy. Ponyboy has two brothers named Sodapop and Dally. His parents died in a car accident when Ponyboy was little so Dally has to take over and make all the money. The Greasers and Socs already had enough problems when Ponyboy met Cherry ; one of the Socs rich, beautiful girlfriends. Ponyboy ended up killing one of the Socs and hid away for two weeks. Both sides eventually got into a rumble (huge fight) and the Greasers won.
The Outsiders is a novel based in 1965 by S.E Hinton, first published in 1965 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, and 18 when it was published. S.E. Hinton is a very talented and gifted author. To write this book that is a bestselling book. This book can be one of two things, interesting or boring. I would definitely say this book is a bestselling, interesting book for me. The characters are the key element in this book. The characters make the book, such as a setting makes a book more realistic. This book completely and successfully achieves its purpose and goal. In conclusion, this book is all about how life has its ups and downs, but always turns out okay. It’s also about how to get along with your enemies. It teaches you a lesson about how to deal with life and its problems. If you ever pick up The Outsiders, you’ll never want to put it down. This is by far my favorite and most interesting book I have ever read. I would highly recommend this book for any reader.
Book title and author: The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank Title of review: The Diary of Anne Frank Number of stars (1 to 5): 5 The Diary of Anne frank was one of the emotional books I’ve probably ever read. It was full of everyone’s point of view, and it was very well written. It wasn’t just about Anne’s life, it was about the lives of the hidden people, and how they managed to survive.When I was one the first chapter, it got very detailed very quick. When Anne was just a little girl, she taken into hiding, along with her parents, her sister, her parents friends, and her love interest. They were hidden in Mr. Frank’s old office, behind a bookcase, that they called, the secret annex. After hiding for two years in the annex, they were caught and sent to a concentration camp. When they arrived, they men were separated from women. After Mr. Frank was separated from his loved family, the rest of them all died except for Anne. Anne and Mr. Frank were sent to another concentration camp, where Anne died a couple months later. Unfortunately, Anne died one week before they released everyone, so Mr. Frank was alone. Years later, Mr. Frank died of old age, leaving all of the Franks, All of the Vandanns, and the dentist, Mr. Dussel gone forever! This book was very good, and I recommend it to everyone, young or old. I recommend it because it was a very good book, and people should know all about the holocaust, and Like I said, the Diary of Anne Frank was a very emotional book’s, with all of its excitement and action, it is truly one of the greatest book out there. This book is the one to read. I rate this book 5 stars and I will read it again if I ever get the chance.
The book Thirteen Reasons Why is written by Jay Asher. He does a great job of introducing the main character, Clay, by describing him through his actions. Another main character is Hannah Baker, a dead classmate of Clay’s. The book is set in a small town although they never tell you the name. This book is very intense and will keep you reading for hours.
In this book, Hannah Baker commits suicide. Two week later, Clay Jensen, her classmate and crush, receives recorded tapes of the thirteen reasons Hannah killed herself. On the first tape, she explains that if you are listening, you must be one of her thirteen reasons. On the next tapes, Hannah names each person and the reason they contributed to her suicide. She tells the story of her misled life and the listeners realize what she was really going through inside. Clay is number 8 on her list. She tells of how she had a secret crush on him, and how he never got up the courage to talk to her. Hannah says that Clay could have been the one good thing in her life, but instead he was too scared. She says that he could have made a difference in her life, and he chose not to. After listening to the tapes, Clay isn’t the same person. He takes things into more considering now. He is a better person in general.
The book Thirteen Reasons Why is certainly the best book I’ve ever read. It is definitely five star worthy. It always had me on the edge of my seat, dying to know what would happen. I think it sends a good message to teenagers. You just never know how you’re going to impact someone’s life. This book has taught me that there are no such things as small details and everything has consequences, good and bad.
In conclusion, the book Thirteen Reasons Why, written by Jay Asher, is the best book I’ve ever read. It explains how teenagers can feel at this point in their life and in return, makes you want to be a better person. The message in this story is that you never know what others are going through, and every small detail can make a difference. It has taught me many lessons, but the biggest one concerns how you treat others. If you’re ever lucky enough to read this book, I hope it impacts you as much as it did me.
I would highly recommend this book for all teenage girls.
The story starts out on the beach. Rusty-James is lying in the sand and he sees an old friend. His name is Steve. He reminds Rusty of some old times. Rusty-James was one of the toughest kids in his neighborhood. The story is about how he always looked up to his brother, the Motorcycle Boy, and wanted to be like him. Rusty is 15 and he isn’t very smart in school at all. He lives at home with his father and brother but his brother is usually gone a lot.
In the beginning Biff Wilcox wants to kill Rusty so they get in a fight and Biff pulls out a knife. The Motorcycle Boy shows up and saves Rusty from Biff. Then Rusty is with Steve and he steals some hubcaps. The owner chases them and they run across buildings to get away. Later in the book Steve, Rusty, and the Motorcycle Boy go to town at night time to hang out. Rusty and Steve get jumped and once again, the Motorcycle Boy saves them. When Rusty goes to Benny’s, he is no longer the number one tough cat. Smokey is and he took his girlfriend, too. Then, the main part of the book is when the Motorcycle Boy takes Rusty to rob the pet store. The Motorcycle Boy gets shot and Rusty gets slammed against a police car and sees black and white and hears nothing just like the Motorcycle Boy.
I really liked this book, “Rumble Fish”, because it was very intense and had a lot of action. I recommend this book, but not to young children. They wouldn’t enjoy it because it contains some violence. It is one of the best books I have read. It is a good fiction book.
In conclusion I thought this book was exceptionally good. A life lesson you could get from it is, ”sometimes you get what you wish for,” because Rusty always wanted to be like his brother. It is a great story and I recommend it.
My final review of this book is that I would recommend this book. You won’t regret reading it. It is a very good story. I rate it four out of five stars. If you like sad stories, then you’ll like “Rumble Fish.”
Recently, I have read The Guardian by Nicholas. I am writing this review to encourage you to read this book. It was by far the most spine tingling novel I have ever read! This book was mainly about Julie Barrenson’s life after she lost her husband, and is ready to start dating again. Soon she finds herself being stalked by her former boyfriend, Richard Franklin. I think Sparks’s purpose for writing this was to entertain us, and to really make us think. The main point is to show that you never truly know who someone is. All of Nicholas Sparks’s books take place in North Carolina. This novel particularly takes place in a small town called Swansboro. In this novel Julie uses the help of the police, and her current boyfriend Mike to try and stop Richard Franklin. They will soon find out that they have a bigger problem on their hands then they realize. The main police officer Lisa suggests them running away. Julie and Mike like the idea. Though it was smart Richard manages to find them. Stopping him will be harder than they thought. One of my favorite quotes comes from this book. Julie said “It is funny that you could know someone for years but still discover something that you never noticed before.” Though this book seems like it has a lot of drama it truly is good. I am judging this book based on others by Nicholas Sparks. It isn’t the saddest of his romance novels, but it is most definitely the most interesting This novel is Sparks’s seventh novel, and it is phenomenal! It seems that his books just continue improving. Though his previous six novels have been great, interesting, sappy love stories this one adds an extra chilling twist. The readers should greatly appreciate this. This type of book is found interesting by many people. Sparks’s really knows how to dig at your heart. The novels he writes seem so true to life. The quote “Everyone – you included – is on her best behavior in the beginning of a relationship. Sometimes little quirks turn out to be big ones, and the big advantage that women have – sometimes the only advantage – is their intuition,” is said and is thought to be very true. Julie is defenseless and has had a hunch about Richard from the beginning. A few of my favorite books Dear John and The Rescue are of the same genre, romance. Though it may not be as romantic it does have more drama. So in conclusion, The Guardian was an amazing novel. It not only evolves the two main characters falling in love. They have a problem on their hands though. Julie’s former boyfriend is stalking her. Together they will have to stop him. I feel that this novel covered a lot of main points that are critical to the end of the story. I believe that this was Sparks’s strongest most entertaining novel yet! I would highly recommend this novel to anyone.
The author was trying to teach us a lesson, and entertain us at the same time. The lesson was, don’t let tangible items destroy you or your family. Another lesson I got out of this book is just be glad to have a family even if your family isn’t the way it should be. I also learned that what you see value in sometimes others won’t. I enjoyed this book immensely! The book is an older book, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an amazing, interesting book. John lived from February 27, 1902 to December 20, 1968. This is one of my favorite books. Kino found an insanely large pearl while pearl diving one day. His son was stung by a scorpion, and almost died. The doctor wouldn’t help him, because he couldn’t pay for the services. When Kino found the pearl the doctor went to them, because he knew they could then pay for his services. In The Pearl, Kino kept trying to give himself up to save his family even though it was unnecessary. He also had to convince himself that he should keep the pearl, despite the many troubles it was causing. In the end, Kino came to his senses, struggled to, but eventually threw the pearl away. The book definitely achieves its purpose; I got many lessons from it. One was tangible items don’t mean much compared to your family. I have never really read any other books with this genre, but I’m sure it is one of the best of its kind. I enjoyed this book immensely! The author was trying to teach us a lesson, and entertain us at the same time. There are many lessons to be learned from this and many ways you can interpret them. The book definitely achieves its purpose; I got many lessons from it. One was tangible items don’t mean much compared to your family. The Pearl a great book! I could easily read it and comprehend its meaning.
As he makes his way through the cold with nothing but the clothes on his back and the food he can find he tries to figure out what he really wants in life and then finally he finds it. Jonas goes on a long journey that saves his community and an infant named Gabriel. He escapes without a trace in the middle of the night with nothing but memories that will change his life forever.
The Giver is an exciting book where a boy from the perfect Utopia finds out his society isn’t as perfect as thought it was. There is no real feeling or emotions. There is no color here. This city is a bland, blank, barren place where no actually knows anything. When children in Jonas’ town turn twelve their jobs are chosen for them and Jonas is chosen to be the receiver. Receiver is the most honorable career in the whole community. You must be brave and strong to be a receiver and Jonas fits like a glove. As he realizes there are better things than what he has he decides to fix what he has and sacrifice his life for it. Gabriel, an infant about to be killed, inspires him to sneak away in the darkness of the night. As he moves forward all of his memories stay behind, fading away from him. As he climbs this last hill he finally finds it, the life he would die for.
This book deserves the stars it received because it is the best book I’ve ever read. The Giver makes you keep coming back for more. The moment you set this book down you can’t wait to pick it back up if you can put it down in the first place. The Giver is exciting and mysterious and what we all imagine.
Though The Giver has very intense moments I loved it and anyone eleven and older should read it at least once in their lifetime.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspenseful stories and vivid descriptions because this is the most well written book I’ve ever read .
I have just recently read the novel Tuck Everlasting By: Natalie Babbitt. This book was very enchanting adventurous, and enjoyable to read. Tuck Everlasting tells a tale of having to choose between life and death or to be forever young or to forever age and with that come great life lessons. What I found most entertaining about this novel was how hard of a decision the characters in this book had to face. I also found the challenges of the characters entertaining also. Tuck everlasting is a novel that tells a tale about a 10 year old girl named Winifred foster. Winifred Foster wishes nothing more but to escape from her 4 foot fence around her yard and to explore her wood also known as tree gap. Well one day her wish comes true she escapes from her yard to explore her wood. While escaping from her yard and running through her wood she comes along a boy. The boy tells her to go away and to not come back and she argues with him a little and finial agrees to leave after she gets a drink from the spring the boy was just drinking out of .The boy grabs her and says no you mustn’t and she ask why but before he could answer his brother comes up behind Winifred with a hose and grabs her. He takes her back to their house there she learns about the Tucks and their secret .The Tuck’s Miles , Jesse, Angus , and Mae all share their secret with Winifred about the spring giving you everlasting life. This novel by Natalie Babbitt is truly inspirational with all of the life lessons that come with it. Some of the quotes that I found truly inspiring to me were a quote made by Angus Tuck. “We are like rocks on the side of the road we just are.” With this quote Angus Tuck had made me realize a life lesson that maybe living forever is not all what you think it would be. I would compare this novel to another novel I read a while ago by: Stephanie Myer named Eclipse. I compare this book to Eclipse because they a similar in many ways. They are similar in many ways with the life lessons and similar way with the immorality plus more. I recommend this novel to everyone who likes a great novel that you can sit down and enjoy.
Book Review Outline by Taylor Campbell Book title and author: The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith Title of review: The Jordan Rules Review Number of stars (1 to 5): 5
The book The Jordan Rules is by Sam Smith. It was released in the 1990’s. The book hits on all the points big or small about Michael Jordan on and off the court. Also it tells about his baseball career as well.
College- has a UNC basketball player he was the best player in the NCAA by his junior year but in his freshman year he hit the game winning shot in the national championship in 1982 under legendary coach Dean Smith which is 3rd all time in wins in respect to all NCAA Division 1 head-coaches.
NBA- Just as a rookie he was voted as a All-Star and only got better and most say he is the best basketball player in the world ever. He had won 5 MVP awards the most ever and 6 NBA championships which is also the most ever by any one player. Still to this day the Bulls still have 6 NBA championships. He was also on the USA “Dream Team” in 1992 with Larry, Magic, Dr.J and others and in the Olympics they beat teams by an average of 43 points a game an won the gold metal.
MLB- in baseball he was bad at first but by the end of his first season the White sox had asked him to be on their team but he want to go back to playing with the Bulls. He played outfield for the Chicago White Sox’s Minor League team and had finished his one year career with a .243 batting average. Some say he did this because his dad would have wanted him to try it but he said he was doing this for himself and in doing so proving to him self that he could do what ever he put his mind to.
This book overall was a true five star book. It gave me all the information that I was looking for and gave a lot of details. He gave me every bit of information from why he plays basketball to him growing up to his life in the NBA and everything in between. It also gives who interviews and sayings by Michael Jordan. So if your like me and you weren’t alive or you cant remember him this is an excellent book to catch up on one the worlds most famous person and the biggest international icon to ever live. In addition not only does it tell you about MJ but it also gives you information on Scottie Pippen, BJ Armstrong, John Paxson, and Dennis Rodman along with other teammates of Michael’s.
In conclusion, this book was not only informative but also entertaining to me as a sports fan. I really enjoyed this book from start to finish. This book I would high recommend to anyone even if they are not sports fans I would still tell them to read this book because I think this book sums up the world of sports and how cool and awesome it is.
The book I chose to write a review on is Maniac Magee by: Jerry Spinelli. Personally, I found it to be a great, exciting, on-your-toes book. It always kept you going. I never put it down! The theme of Jerry Spinelli’s Golden Newberry Award book, Maniac Magee, is that you cannot run away from your dilemmas. Eventually, you’re going to have to stand up to it and find a way to deal with it. Jeffery Magee, the main character, AKA: Maniac Magee, (who earns this nickname throughout the climax of the book), currently was living with his aunt and uncle in Norristown, PA, due to the sudden death of his parents. His aunt and uncle never spoke, which he could not bare, so he ran away after bursting out in a school play. This causes the setting to be changed to Two Mills, PA, which Jeffery ran too. He becomes known as Maniac Magee because he ran 200 miles from his home. He felt that he needed a true home. So he set out on this adventure and came across the Beale family. The Beale’s are an African-American family that lives on the east side of the town. Amanda Beale becomes friends with Maniac and her family takes him in for a short while, until he runs away again. His second home is with Earl Grayson. An uneducated, minor league pitcher, who lives in the bandstand room at a zoo. They become close loving friends, until Earl suddenly dies.
Maniac Magee is a wonderful, emotional book. Jerry Spinelli has written other fantastic books. Spinelli is always able to bring in action but have a heart-warming touch to it. The points leading up to the plot really get you going. It’s honestly upsetting when you have finished reading the book. Jerry Spinelli has always been one of my favorite authors. I judge his work from a specific angle. If I can understand the concept, and I am interested in the subject of the book, then I usually end up loving the book and can give it a thoughtful review. I can positively say without any hesitation, Maniac Magee is my all-time favorite book.
If I had to say which part of the book is my favorite, I would have to say when Maniac and Earl become pals. I just find it so sweet that Earl would take in a random little boy that doesn’t have a home. Although Earl is previously living in a bandstand room, and can barely afford anything for himself, he still takes Jeff in. I thought it was very caring of him. In return, Maniac taught Earl to read, before he sadly passed.
In conclusion, I absolutely adored this book. It was full of intense adventure and conflict, yet it was able to pull in family and a loving environment.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves theme in a book. I would say, from ages 9 and up could take down this terrific book. Well done to Jerry Spinelli for another breathtaking work of art.
The Last Olympian is one of the best books Rick Riordan has ever written. This book has action, drama, fun, and keeps you into it till the end. The story begins when Percy Jackson and his friend Rachel, are driving in Percy’s step dad’s mustang on a little private beach. Rick Riordan is great at using descriptive words in his writing, And explains things with a lot of detail. This book starts with Percy Jackson (main caricature) and his fried Rachel, are driving in Percy’s step dad’s mustang on a private beach. All is going well until Black Jack (Black Pegasus) Lands on the hood of the car. Percy’s friend Becandorf pikes up Percy and they both fly to a(n) ship that is full of monsters and blow it up. Becandorf in killed in the explosion. Percy gets back to Camp Half Blood. They plane to go to Mount Olympus and defend it from Kronos’ army. They fight for several days before Kronos was finally killed. I loved this book. The way the author writes and all the details. It had to be the best out of all the books. I can’t wheat for the next book of the next series to come out. This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It kept my waiting for the big finally. It had twists and turns and all the things you love in a book. I recommend it to all teens. This book is great I recommend it to any kid I meat.
The A-List is on my A-List! The A-List by Zoey Dean 5/5 stars
The A-List by Zoey Dean’s main character, Anna Percy, faces a lot of different challenges during her 17th year on earth. Her emotions face a lot of twists and turns and friendships are put to the test. She’s off to college soon and has many decisions to make. Because her wealthy mother takes a trip to Europe, she decides to spend half a year in L.A. with her father who has never been there for her. Anna also chooses to start living her life to the fullest. As a result, Anna’s life completely changes under the sun of Los Angeles. While on the plane to L.A., Anna finds herself blushing while talking to a boy from Princeton, Ben Birnbaum. She was recently in a relationship with a boy from back home, named Scott, but there was a dramatic end to their love when he betrayed her trust. Ben invites her to be his date during the event the whole book is based around, the wedding of Jackson Sharpe (a made up movie star). Of course, Anna accepts the invitation, but the ceremony turns out to be less beautiful than expected. Sam Sharpe, Jackson’s daughter, Cammie Sheppard, and Dee Young, three girls the same age as Anna, don’t give her a very warm welcome. All three ladies have had a hidden obsession over Ben. The rest of the novel tells the story of how Anna learns to deal with the relationship drama, the trust of her dad, and the result of her choice to change her boring life into a nonstop party. The end of The A-List definitely leaves you hanging. It’s suspenseful and makes you beg for more. The juicy relationships between Ben and all three girls grow deeper and deeper. Will Anna and her father be able to come to a middle ground? Will Ben make the right decision? Just like a young adult TV show, you’ll have to tune in for more in the next novel. Seeing as I love girly, drama-filled books for young adults, I really enjoyed this book. It includes all the components needed to make a teen soap opera—a beautiful girl in a new town, a cute, single guy to go with her, betrayal, and catty girls looking for a fight. I am continuing to read the rest of nine books in The A-List series such as Girls on Film and Blonde Ambition. All of the novels by Zoey Dean are well written and include feelings any teenage girl can relate to. The A-List is a perfect novel for teenage girls who enjoy dramatic storylines and emotions they can understand.
The Notebook was written by Nicholas Sparks. The book focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he read to the old woman is about two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who are in love. But they were separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's UN wealthy family, and Allie was forced to move away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love. The Notebooks main points are that it is a flashback. An older man reading a story the notebook to older women in a nursing home. The older lady is losing her memory and can barely remember anything. Allies’ parents don’t like Noah at all. They think this because he doesn’t have as much money as the Hamilton’s have and also they say that he’s dirty and not clean. I think that this book was amazing. It was very touching that made me cry at some parts. I think that the author could have expressed Noah and Allies feeling for each other. In conclusion the Notebook is a great book that I suggest everyone should have a chance to read. I enjoyed reading this book. I thought it was very entertaining. The notebook is one of my favorite novels to read. I really was interested in finding out what was going to happen next. The novel was sad, romantic, and funny at times. I would suggest this book for other young readers to enjoy and read. The notebook is one of my favorite novels to read. I really was interested in finding out what was going to happen next. The novel was sad, romantic, and funny at times. I would suggest this book for other young readers to enjoy and read.
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Title of review: Bud, Not Buddy Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis’s main character is Bud Caldwell. This book takes place during America’s Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud describes the hard things about being a kid and not an adult throughout the book. He lives in an orphanage because his mom died. He is sent to a foster home. They are very mean to him, so one night he sneaks out. Now he is on the lamb. With him he has only a suitcase, inside is the only possessions he has. They are mostly his mothers that belonged to his mother. He goes to the nearby library and it is locked so he sleeps under a tree outside. There is something special about this particular library; this is where he and his mother would come when he was little and they would read books for hours at a time. He meets an old friend there and they together decide to go to a Hooverville. There they meet people who tell them to try jumping on a train the next morning. They listened and tried but Bud was unsuccessful. Unlike his friend who was. So now but gathered facts about things in his suitcase that were his mother’s and thought that he new who his possible father was. So now he was in search of is so called father. Making his way there, walking along the road a man stops and picks him up. This man takes him to his “father”, Herman E. Calloway. Herman is a very grumpy man. They have many disputes because they see the world from two completely different views. I read this book when I was in my seventh grade language arts class. I thought that that this was a great book for kids my age to read. It has many interesting points in it. The ending turned out to be very different than I originally thought it would. In the end, Bud and Herman started getting along because Herman realized that Bud was a lot like him. Unfolded was a long past. Bud and Herman are related. Herman is Bud’s long-lost grandpa. Years before, Bud’s mother got in a big fight with her dad, Herman and fled. Now they are finally united together. This is an excellent book to read.
Dear John is wrote by Nicholas Sparks. The setting of this novel is Wilmington NC. This book is mostly about a young man named John Tyree and young woman named Savannah Curtis. This story starts out when Savannah and John were on a beach in North Carolina. They met when John had caught Savannah’s falling purse. They started talking and spending more time together and they eventually fell in love. The main points in this story are when John and Savannah fall in love. When John has to leave and go to the military. He has to leave every 6 months. They write letters to each other to stay connected. And When John has to leave for a year one time Savannah stopped writing to him for a long time. Finally when Savannah writes him back, in her message she said that she had fell in love with someone else. When John returns from the military he finds out Savannah had gotten married. I thought this book was amazing! I know a lot of my friends who also enjoyed this book. The movie Dear John was well played. They didn’t show as much as they book explained but it was still a wonderful movie. I think the book is way better than the movie but that’s my opinion. In conclusion I think this book was the best book I have ever read in my life. I would encourage anyone to read this book. I think everyone would enjoy to read it. Its every interesting and amusing. If I wanted to I would read this book over and over again. When I first started reading it, I never wanted to stop reading. This book is very upsetting and touching. Its also really romantic! The ending really upset me but I still absolutely loved it anyway. Everyone should read this book!
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Title of review: Bud, Not Buddy Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis’s main character is Bud Caldwell. This book takes place during America’s Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud describes the hard things about being a kid and not an adult throughout the book. He lives in an orphanage because his mom died. He is sent to a foster home. They are very mean to him, so one night he sneaks out. Now he is on the lamb. With him he has only a suitcase, inside is the only possessions he has. They are mostly his mothers that belonged to his mother. He goes to the nearby library and it is locked so he sleeps under a tree outside. There is something special about this particular library; this is where he and his mother would come when he was little and they would read books for hours at a time. He meets an old friend there and they together decide to go to a Hooverville. There they meet people who tell them to try jumping on a train the next morning. They listened and tried but Bud was unsuccessful. Unlike his friend who was. So now but gathered facts about things in his suitcase that were his mother’s and thought that he new who his possible father was. So now he was in search of is so called father. Making his way there, walking along the road a man stops and picks him up. This man takes him to his “father”, Herman E. Calloway. Herman is a very grumpy man. They have many disputes because they see the world from two completely different views. I read this book when I was in my seventh grade language arts class. I thought that that this was a great book for kids my age to read. It has many interesting points in it. The ending turned out to be very different than I originally thought it would. In the end, Bud and Herman started getting along because Herman realized that Bud was a lot like him. Unfolded was a long past. Bud and Herman are related. Herman is Bud’s long-lost grandpa. Years before, Bud’s mother got in a big fight with her dad, Herman and fled. Now they are finally united together. This is an excellent book to read.
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Title of review: Bud, Not Buddy Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis’s main character is Bud Caldwell. This book takes place during America’s Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud describes the hard things about being a kid and not an adult throughout the book. He lives in an orphanage because his mom died. He is sent to a foster home. They are very mean to him, so one night he sneaks out. Now he is on the lamb. With him he has only a suitcase, inside is the only possessions he has. They are mostly his mothers that belonged to his mother. He goes to the nearby library and it is locked so he sleeps under a tree outside. There is something special about this particular library; this is where he and his mother would come when he was little and they would read books for hours at a time. He meets an old friend there and they together decide to go to a Hooverville. There they meet people who tell them to try jumping on a train the next morning. They listened and tried but Bud was unsuccessful. Unlike his friend who was. So now but gathered facts about things in his suitcase that were his mother’s and thought that he new who his possible father was. So now he was in search of is so called father. Making his way there, walking along the road a man stops and picks him up. This man takes him to his “father”, Herman E. Calloway. Herman is a very grumpy man. They have many disputes because they see the world from two completely different views. I read this book when I was in my seventh grade language arts class. I thought that that this was a great book for kids my age to read. It has many interesting points in it. The ending turned out to be very different than I originally thought it would. In the end, Bud and Herman started getting along because Herman realized that Bud was a lot like him. Unfolded was a long past. Bud and Herman are related. Herman is Bud’s long-lost grandpa. Years before, Bud’s mother got in a big fight with her dad, Herman and fled. Now they are finally united together. This is an excellent book to read.
In the book, Bud Not Buddy, there are three main characters. They are Bud, Herman E. Halloway, and Bud's friend. The boo takes place in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression. The year the book took place was in 1936. The plot is about a boy whose mom dies four years before he is put in a orphanage. Bud was moved around alot from foster home, to foster home. He's tired of linving in the orphanage so he decides to go on a journey to find his dad, which he thinks os a man named Herman E. Calloway. Bus is ten years old, and he does not like to be called Buddy. Herman E.Calloway is a member of a band all the way Grand Rapids. Even though its a long way for Bud to go on feet, he's very determined to find his dad, so he does it anyway. One night while Bud was laying in the barn house, where his current foster family made him sleep, he snuck out the barn house and was on his way to Grand Rapids. During his journey he found a family that let him stay at there house until he was ready to continue. After reading this book, I was very impressed at the overall story. That book has been my favorite out of all the books I have read. I liked the book alot and I think everybody else who reads it for the first time will like it too. I highly recommend this book to everyone who is trying to find the perfect book to read. I like the book because I think it relates to alot of kids who have to live in an orphanage, and one there family members have died. I think any boy or girl who has gone through something like this would want to find there dad too. In conclusion, even though it took Bud two days to get Grand Rapids, and three days to find his dad, he finally found him and he was very happy. At first Herman E. Calloway denied that Bud was his son, but after Bud told him about himself, and tld him about his mom, Herman finally believed him. Bus ended up living with Herman E. Calloway, and he even got to play in there band. I think this book was the best book I have ever read.
Book title and author: The 6th Target By. James Patterson Title of review: Book Review - The 6th Target Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 1/2
A fantastic book that later turned into a TV series called The Women's Murder Club in which the main character, Lindsay, tries to catch a madman. In this chase of wits and many more misfortunes along the way, Lindsay tries and tries to solve this case at all cost. All of which she still completes other cases. As for the madman he goes on a ferry with a gun that he calls "Bucky." On that ferry he shots a women and her son, who of which dies later in the hospital. That’s just the beginning of this horrible mans crime spree.
Lindsay Boxer is going through a big number of personal issues as she solves several different crimes. Her career is in jeopardy as is her long-distance relationship with boyfriend Joe. Lindsay, and Joe both have highly stressed jobs and are both divorced with bad leftover baggage. Lindsay also has a new male partner and there is big potential for a relationship there. In addition, Lindsay's best friend nearly dies of a horrible gunshot wound and it’s all more than Lindsay can stand at many times. Meanwhile, little geniuses are disappearing and their nannies are being murdered without ransom notes except those of mysterious phone calls instructing the parents never to try to find their children again.
I like this book because you don’t expect what is right around the corner. You will think you have the case solved and yet you get a curveball. It’s a surprising story that twists and turns and hocks you on the story so much that you can’t stop reading.
It’s a fine read that many people would enjoy. With a main character that has many problems and many cases to solve. As she faces this madman that seems to be impossible to catch, she faces many hardships. I would recommend reading the 1st-5th before reading this book. A very good book for anyone to read again and again.
This is a book I would recommend this book to anyone that loves a good mystery! jeff stimm
There are four boys there names are Pony boy, Johnny, Soda pop, Two-bit, Darry. They all want to explore life and they suddenly get in to trouble when their friend Dallas robs a convenient store and gets shot by the police. The boys always go to the drive-in and hit on girls. Then the cops find out that they have been sneaking in and not paying so they come after them and chase Dallas down the street. Then later on Pony boy and Johnny go and run away to hide in an old, wooden, abandoned church because Johnny killed a Soc (preppy boys on the other side of the town. Dallas says it is ok to come out after the newspaper news wear away). Then when Dallas decides to rob a convenient store he gets killed by a cop. This book is a great book and I completely approve and recommend this book for ages 13 and up. At the end Dallas dies and tells Pony boy to live a good life and not to waste it. This book was great and has a great life lesson it.
Book title and author: Diary of Anne frank Title of review: yip yip Number of stars (1 to 5):
Anne Frank's diary begins on Sunday, June 14, 1942, during World War II. At this time, thirteen-year-old Anne and her family live in Amsterdam, where she attends the Montessori School. As the Nazis march into Holland, they force Jews to wear identifying badges displaying the Star of David. Shortly thereafter, the Jews begin receiving "call up notices" and are sent to concentration camps. When Margot, Anne's sister, is told to report to S.S. Headquarters, her father realizes that the family must hide and arranges for them to stay at the "Secret Annex" of the warehouse on Princengracht. My evaluation for the book Anne frank is a good one because I enjoyed the book. And I would definitely read the story again. I liked the whole purpose of the story because of how it was based on a true story. Conclusion Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend. It was a very suspenseful book also very sad. Anne franks story was based on a true story that really happened during the holocaust. Your final Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend.
Book title and author: Heroes of Football by: John Madden Title of review: Greatness on the Gridiron Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Introduction In the book, John is explaining football’s players and plays that changed the game for better or worse. The plays and players are mostly from his team. The team that he coached in the super bowl and won.
Description and summary of main points
When John is talking about the plays and players that changed the game for better or worse. He is explaining the days from when he saw plays and players from his coaching days and still to this day his analyst days. He goes into detail about how some of the players lead the team. The main thing he is doing is talking his own team leaders from the days when he coached the Oakland Raiders. You can tell when John is talking about plays that he was witnessed, because they are teams that John Coached against. Evaluation The book is not that bad. He could of done better but for not being a professional artist. John put a lot of hard work into this book that he wrote. I can tell that he wrote most of the book from the super bowl point of view.
Conclusion The book is very interesting and goes into a lot of detail.
Your final review
I liked the book I would recommend it to a friend.
Among the Enemy, Margaret Peterson Haddix This book is the 6th of 7 books in the series Shadow Children. In the beginning it starts out, when they’re at a school that is hiding them, because third kids are outlawed. Matthias comes up with an elaborate plan after they are put onto trucks to be sent to work camps. Unfortunately, his plan doesn’t work out and it injures his friend Alia. Percy and Matthias carry an injured Alia into the woods. Later, Percy gets shot, and Matthias must go out on his own to find help for both of them. But before Matthias can ensure that Percy and Alia will be all right, the cabin is set upon by a Population Police patrol. But before they can get off a shot, rebels open fire from the trees, with Matthias caught in the middle. Main points are when they wreck because of Matthias plan to set them free. Also there are many other main points that go along with him trying to help his friends. Another one is when he goes to the Population Police Headquarters. Lastly is when he is made a hero of the PP (Population Police). I liked this book, because not only it was good, but it kept you very interested during the whole thing. Also how the author wrote it, it made you feel like you were a part of the story. I think this book fits along great with the other books of the series. In this book, it shows how friendship can keep a person from giving up, and conquering many obstacles along the way. It also shows how bad the world could be. The author made a very good choice to make a series, because it makes every book a little better. Matthias, the main character is only 13 years old but has a lot of courage and stands up for the rebellion that he is involved with. This book of the series ends while Matthias is in the HQ trying to bring down the system. This book is very good, because it shows good and evil, triumphs and downfalls. I liked this book a lot; it was very realistic throughout the entire book.
Book title and author: Diary of Anne frank Title of review: yip yip Number of stars (1 to 5):
Anne Frank's diary begins on Sunday, June 14, 1942, during World War II. At this time, thirteen-year-old Anne and her family live in Amsterdam, where she attends the Montessori School. As the Nazis march into Holland, they force Jews to wear identifying badges displaying the Star of David. Shortly thereafter, the Jews begin receiving "call up notices" and are sent to concentration camps. When Margot, Anne's sister, is told to report to S.S. Headquarters, her father realizes that the family must hide and arranges for them to stay at the "Secret Annex" of the warehouse on Princengracht. My evaluation for the book Anne frank is a good one because I enjoyed the book. And I would definitely read the story again. I liked the whole purpose of the story because of how it was based on a true story. Conclusion Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend. It was a very suspenseful book also very sad. Anne franks story was based on a true story that really happened during the holocaust. Your final Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend. Coleby cook
frankie greenlee-In the beginning a young boy named Billy really wants some dogs but his parents say no because they do not have the money and he dreams of these of these all the time but doesn’t get them so he decides to go work for them instead.
Billy saves up money for sometime working at his grandpa’s store and then after some time he earned enough money and had to take a long bumpy trip to Kentucky where he got his two dogs and then he made his way home from his long trip and were safe and sound.
I liked this because a young boy set a goal to get his dogs and instead of sitting down and crying to his parents he got up and worked or his money and bought his dogs and even through the death of his dogs he learned a lesson of live that will be with him for the rest of his life. Also I liked the book because Billy’s family all stuck together threw the god and the bad times witch show what family’s today a lacking and shows us what all this hate is doing to our family’s and that we should all be one big happy loving family.
In this book a young boy set a goal to get his dogs and instead of sitting down and crying to his parents he got up and worked or his money and bought his dogs and even when they died he always kept them in his hearts and thoughts.
In this wonderful book a young boy named Billy wanted some dogs but his parents said they didn’t have the money and time to get his very high priced dogs. Billy dreamed about his dogs and at one point didn’t even eat because he was just so upset and then one day he got the idea to work at his grandpa’s store to earn some money and he worked until one day he learned he just got enough money to go and get his dogs but it would not be easy they had to go all the way to Kentucky but sadly when it was all said and done the part that made us a cry his dogs sadly all died but there spirit would live on in Billy’s heart and mind.
The Outsiders Book Review By: T. Newbrough S.E. Hinton first started writing the novel The Outsiders when she was only 15 years old, publishing it in 1967 at the age of 18. Not much older than the characters in the book, her debut novel did not go unchallenged. She made the decision to publish it using her initials, instead of her name to add ambiguity to her gender, which still served as a point of discrimination in the late sixties. It has been listed on the 100 Most Challenged Books, but is still read by many high schools every year. The main plot is the class war that is waged between two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs (pronounced "so-shs"). The Greasers were the Elvis-listening, black T-shirt-wearing, misfit-labeled juvenile delinquents of the community. They were often in trouble at school and by law, named for the hair grease they used to slick back their hair. (We called them "hoods" back in the early 1990s.) The Socs (short for "Socials") listened to the Beatles, wore the latest fashions of the day and came from families with money. (We called them "preps.") The story is told from Ponyboy's view, a Greaser, whose older brother takes care of them after their parents were killed in a car accident to avoid having the family broken up in the foster home system. They have also taken in two others who were otherwise homeless. The Socs were often pulling up in their cars and picking fights and taunting the Greasers. Life for them was nothing much more than a series of clashes. Ponyboy and his friend Johnny run away from home because Ponyboy’s older brother, Darry, hit him. So the two went to the park and were attacked by Socs. One soc was trying to Ponyboy, then Johnny killed him with a switchblade. After Johnny had killed the Soc, he and Ponyboy went to see their friend Dally who was at a night club. He gave the two a gun and some money. He had also told them to go hide out in a abandoned church until everything was solved. After a few days in hiding Darry went to get them and some lunch. After returning to the church it was on fire with little kids inside it. So Ponyboy and Johnny saved them and got badly hurt. A few days later Johnny dies from being paralyzed. Then Darry is so astonished and upset that he then goes and robs a store. After Darry robs the store he calls the others to meet him somewhere where he pulls an unloaded gun on two police and dies by being shot. triston Newbrough 7-8 periods
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis Title of review: Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Set during the Depression era in Flint, Michigan, Bud, Not Buddy tells the story of a 10-year-old orphan named Bud. After managing to escape a terrible foster home, Bud--convinced that Herman E. Calloway, the bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father--heads to Grand Rapids hoping to find him. Thanks to a kind man named Lefty Lewis, Bud finally makes it to"his father's" club. Herman and the men at the club can't believe their ears when Bud claims that he's Herman's son, but they decide to take him in anyway. Ultimately, Bud and Herman make a surprising connection. Bud is an orphan who lives in Flint, Michigan. This was during the Great Depression. Bud was being placed in a new foster home. After a fight with Todd, he had to spend the night in a garden. I liked it because you can learn so many things from the book. I didn’t like some of it because it was hard to understand. Bud not buddy was mainly about Bud Caldwell. He was transferred in and out of foster homes. One day he decided to leave and go find his relatives. He found out that Angie Calloway was his mom. Also Mr. Calloway was his uncle. I love this book and I would recommend it to anyone.
First I think that the gun is a great book and I recommend it to anyone who has heard about it. This book is by is by Paul Langan and it is the best book I’ve ever read.
My description for this book would be… fun, exciting, great, nice, and it always keeps you wondering what will happen next. There are many main points and important parts of this book but the most important would probably be when Tyray, the main character gets taken down by someone he despises on the Bluford high school wrestling team who goes by Darrelle Mercer.
A couple of reasons I think this book is so amazing is because you never know what is going to happen next and it is a fun book it is a book that you would want to read, it is also the kind of book that if you read a page you won’t fall asleep. Although there are many great and exciting things about The Gun the best would probably be the ending because in the end Tyray had chosen the right path and instead of shooting Darrelle Mercer he and Tyray were now best friends.
Last I think that the book is fun to read, exciting, and a great book for all ages. I find all of these to be true first of all because it is fun for anyone to read, it is very exciting because you never know what will happen, and it is a great book for anyone to read because it isn’t bad.
Overall I would rate this book from one from ten I would give it an eleven!!
First I think that the gun is a great book and I recommend it to anyone who has heard about it. This book is by is by Paul Langan and it is the best book I’ve ever read.
My description for this book would be… fun, exciting, great, nice, and it always keeps you wondering what will happen next. There are many main points and important parts of this book but the most important would probably be when Tyray, the main character gets taken down by someone he despises on the Bluford high school wrestling team who goes by Darrelle Mercer.
A couple of reasons I think this book is so amazing is because you never know what is going to happen next and it is a fun book it is a book that you would want to read, it is also the kind of book that if you read a page you won’t fall asleep. Although there are many great and exciting things about The Gun the best would probably be the ending because in the end Tyray had chosen the right path and instead of shooting Darrelle Mercer he and Tyray were now best friends.
Last I think that the book is fun to read, exciting, and a great book for all ages. I find all of these to be true first of all because it is fun for anyone to read, it is very exciting because you never know what will happen, and it is a great book for anyone to read because it isn’t bad.
Overall I would rate this book from one from ten I would give it an eleven!!
The main characters in Bridge to Terabithia are Jess and Leslie. They both made up their own little world and they were in charge of the place but the only way to get there is to swing on a rope. The main points in the story are jess has been preparing for a race all summer. When he first gets back to school the getting to start to race and then this new girl comes and the race was for only for boys. And some boy said “this race is only for girls and you shouldn’t be here.” But she didn’t listen to him and then jess says u afraid of a girl beating you in the race.” And the boy says no. so the race started and jess was behind and then he ran faster and faster and then he almost won but the girl Leslie did and he got so mad he didn’t even talk to her. So then he is in one of her classes. And when they go home she gets off the same stop as jess and jess ignores her and then his little starts to talk to her and then they start to talk about barbies. Then jess becomes friends with her and then they went into the woods and found a rope and then they swung across the lake and they made it across so they made it their own kingdom. Then one day jess went with a teacher and they went to a museum and Leslie didn’t go with them. So they came back and a whole bunch of police cars and ambulance was there and jess went inside his house and asked whats wrong. And they said that Leslie died. And then jess went to the funeral and everything. And then when he got back he made a bridge to go across so no one will die again. I liked the book because it was an adventure book and I like adventure books. And it was a sad book and I love sad books. The dislikes are how the girl died at a very young age. Leslie died and at the very end jess made a bridge so no one can die going to Terabithia. The book that I’m interviewing is the Bridge to Terabithia and I liked it because it was very interesting.
The Outsiders has many great points like about judging and treating each other equal. This book is a story about the hardships that Ponyboy, which is the main character, and his friend Johnny go through. The characters in this book are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Steve, Dally, Twobit, Cherry, and Marcia. Ponyboy has two brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy is what in this book they call a greaser. The people that live on the other side of town are called socs. The socs have more money and are the stereotypical “better” compared to the greasers. The socs often gang up on the greasers and make it an unfair battle. When the socs gang up on greasers they have many more people with them in comparison to the greasers. Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped by a couple of Greasers and they find their selves in a tricky situation. Ponyboy is getting drowned and Johnny has to decide if he wants to sit there and let his friend Ponyboy drown, or if he needs to do anything to stop it from happening. Johnny kills the Socs and they must run away before they get caught by the police. They end up going to their friend Dally for help because Dally has been in trouble before and they figure that if anyone could help them get out of trouble, it would be him. He gives them a gun and some money and tells them to get on a freight train. They jump on the train and they have to do it without anyone knowing so as you can imagine it would be very dangerous. They ride the train to a small town and walk to an abandoned church and that is where they hide out. They pass the time by reading a book called “Gone with the Wind.” Johnny gets this idea that they should disguise themselves so they will not fit their descriptions in the newspaper. They both cut their hair, which is a big deal because to a Greaser, their hair is their pride and joy. Then Ponyboy bleaches his hair. A few days later Dally visits them and takes them out to eat. They end up deciding that it would be best if they just turn themselves in although, Dally disagrees, they are tired of hiding out and Ponyboy misses his family. They return to the church to gather their belongings but they discover that the church is on fire so they go in the church and save the little kids that were trapped in there. Johnny got injured very badly. He broke many bones and had severe burns. They were in the newspaper for saving them and were considered heroes. I really enjoyed reading this book. This was one of those books where you just cannot put it down and must continue reading to find out what happens next. It’s a thrilling, entertaining, touching story that you will love reading. The Outsiders was a phenomenal book and it has gotten many great reviews. If I were to rate this book out of five stars, it would have five all the way. Most reviews that I have looked at have given the book at least four out of five stars. I would recommend this book to everyone that likes exiting books to read. If anyone likes to just read books for fun and really get excitement out of reading it, then this is your book! I also believe that the people I recommend this to will also recommend this book to others. On a scale of 1-10 I would give this book a ten and I highly recommend it!
In the book Tuck Everlasting, Winnie meets the Tucks; Angus, Mae, Miles, and Jesse. They kidnap her for the reason that she knows their secret. Winnie is very glad that she is kidnapped because wanted to run away. She wanted to make a difference and she thought she couldn’t if she stayed in her yard all of the time. The Tucks apparently have everlasting life because they drank from a spring of water in the wood. The man in the yellow suit is a sly man who has a very significant role in this book. Winnie’s family looking after her and she is found with the Tucks. What will happen to the Tucks? The only thing I will tell you is there will be no more yellow suit on any man. Winnie and her family are rich and preppy. They will do anything for their daughter. On the other hand, the Tucks are not the richest nor the poorest and they are very untidy. Natalie Babbitt displays her evident description very well in her words of wisdom. I am a very picky person and I judge things very hard. This book is an attention grabber. Winnie getting kidnapped is probably the main point and everything else follows. One of the other main points will spoil the novel so you need to read it yourself. This book was incredible and live changing. It proves that no one wants to live forever and to cherish every moment that you have with someone. Tuck Everlasting was a 4. 5 star book. One of the most memorable quotes from the book was when Jesse Tuck said, “I am going to be 17 forever.” This book is one of my favorite books and I would recommend it to any age and gender. Tuck Everlasting was a life changing and inspiring book. When Winnie unites with the Tucks, she gets a taste of the outside world. Winnie proves to her family that she can be just like anyone else. This is one of the best books of its genre. I would read this book over and over again and I would recommend it to anyone.
Book title and author: Bud Not Buddy; Christopher Paul Curtis Title of review: Bud Not Buddy Review Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
The name of the book is Bud Not Buddy. The author is Christopher Paul Curtis. The story takes place during the Great Depression in Flint Michigan. Bud the protagonist is a ten year old orphan who is searching for a real home and his father. The world is the antagonist, meaning the distance from flint to his destination and everything that keeps him from getting there are the antagonists. The book is full of different people that play a roll on Bud’s life. Some important characters are Herman E. Calloway, Lefty Lewis, Grace Thomas, and Angela Caldwell. They mostly all help out Bud in the story.
Throughout the book Bud meets some people that help him out and others that make things worse for him. For instance, Bud is put in a new home with some very mean people that end up locking him in a shed. Afterwards Bug escapes and the next morning goes to the Mission for some breakfast. Bed gets to the Mission too late and is not let in. A family in line act like Bud is their son who got out of line so that Bud could get some food. This is what I mean by people playing a role in Bud’s life. Bud believes Mr. Calloway is his father. Bud learns some things while he is on his journey. He learns that when God closes one door, he opens another. Bud is also impacted by segregation in the book. There are certain things Bud isn’t able to do, and certain places Bud isn’t able to go because of segregation.
Bud wouldn’t have been able to make it to Grand Rapids without the help of some people like the librarian. Bud goes to the library and talks to the librarian about how long it would take to walk to Grand Rapids. Bud is determined to walk for 24 hours to Grand Rapids. Bud believes that has long lost father Herman Calloway is there. As Bud is walking he is picked up by a nice man names Lefty Lewis. Lefty ends up taking Bud to Grand Rapids. Bud creates many relationships with the characters he meets throughout the story. Many feelings can come out of small interactions between people. Buds life is changed throughout the story by the people he meets. People help him make his journey. Bud realizes that not just relatives are your family.
In the end Bud realizes that all the good people he met on his journey that helped him and cared for him are like a real family to him. When Bud goes with Lefty Lewis to meet Lefty’s family, they feed and care for Bud. After Bud realizes that Herman Calloway is his grandfather, not his dad, and all of Calloway’s band members become family to him.
I recommend this book because it is comical and entertaining. I think people of any age would like reading this book. After reading this very good book you will understand why it got so many awards. I really enjoyed reading the book Bud, Not Buddy, and I think others would too. Lucas Kinder 2-3 period
As he makes his way through the cold with nothing but the clothes on his back and the food he can find he tries to figure out what he really wants in life and then finally he finds it. Jonas goes on a long journey that saves his community and an infant named Gabriel. He escapes without a trace in the middle of the night with nothing but memories that will change his life forever.
The Giver is an exciting book where a boy from the perfect Utopia finds out his society isn’t as perfect as thought it was. There is no real feeling or emotions. There is no color here. This city is a bland, blank, barren place where no actually knows anything. When children in Jonas’ town turn twelve their jobs are chosen for them and Jonas is chosen to be the receiver. Receiver is the most honorable career in the whole community. You must be brave and strong to be a receiver and Jonas fits like a glove. As he realizes there are better things than what he has he decides to fix what he has and sacrifice his life for it. Gabriel, an infant about to be killed, inspires him to sneak away in the darkness of the night. As he moves forward all of his memories stay behind, fading away from him. As he climbs this last hill he finally finds it, the life he would die for.
This book deserves the stars it received because it is the best book I’ve ever read. The Giver makes you keep coming back for more. The moment you set this book down you can’t wait to pick it back up if you can put it down in the first place. The Giver is exciting and mysterious and what we all imagine.
Though The Giver has very intense moments I loved it and anyone eleven and older should read it at least once in their lifetime.
This story, The Outsiders, is about Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop and Darry. They are what the are labeled Greasers. There are two types of people Soc’s and Greasers. The Soc’s think they are better then the Greasers. These two groups have a lot of differences and they sure show it. In the book these boys get in a lot of trouble because of the Soc’s. Before the story started they told about how Johnny was jumped by a Soc, and he was hurt very badly, which causes him to be a little on the jumpy side. He is quiet shy and doesn’t really talk that much unless he’s with the other greasers. Then after that the two boys Johnny and Ponyboy get in a fight with these Soc’s and they started to drown Ponyboy so Johnny stepped up and stabbed them. Thus, forcing the two boys to run away to this church without telling anyone except Darry. Johnny decides that he wants to turn himself in, as it isn't fair to Ponyboy to have to hide out while his brothers are worried about him. As they leave for home, they notice the church has caught on fire and that several small children are trapped inside. Johnny and Ponyboy rush to rescue them, but a large piece of burning wood falls on Johnny and breaks his back. In the end Johnny ends up dying. Darry was so heartbroken because he loved Johnny like a little brother, he ended up robbing a store and getting caught by the cops in this parking lot and he pulled out a not loaded gun, knowing the cops would kill him. I think this book was an amazing book. It had a common problem that a lot of people can relate to, so I think that is what would make the book popular. This book really caught my interest, and I would love to read more books like this one. It was very astounding! In the end of the book Johnny ends up dying and everyone is heartbroken. Especially Darry, he took it to such an extent that he went and got himself in trouble with the cops. He robbed a store and when he was standing a few feet from the cops he pulls out an unloaded gun, knowing they would kill him. All because he lost the one person he had ever truly loved. This is the best book I have ever read!
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A fun and chilling book that will send tingles down your spine and this young girl goes to visit her aunt Greta and spooky things start to happen, they keep getting more and more scary as the weeks go on. After the first couple weeks things started to calm down and everything was going good. Then everything started getting bad again and they stayed bad the rest of the time she was there but at the same time she had lots of fun. She and her aunt Greta had the most fun the time she was there and they were never board because of all the things that had happened.
The case that this young girl is going through with her aunt Greta just seems like bologna to me because anyone who went through what she and her aunt went through because I know that I would be the first to go crazy like no lie.!!!!!!! And I am surprised that she didn’t go crazy I mean she had a lot of problems and nothing ever went well for her. Everything she did went wrong no matter what she had done it all went down hill After a few months after the young girl stayed there that’s when all the crazy things started to happen. And she just couldn’t get over all the crazy things that had happened to she and her aunt. She always had a dream that she would get to see and smell the sweet aroma of ghosts. She had never thought of anything like it she wouldn’t trade those few months for anything else in the world no matter what she had to go through. She went home and told her mom everything that had happened to her and her aunt Greta! Then she went back to school and she wrote a book about everything that had happened to she and her aunt Greta. from were she started. I liked this book because it had a lot of specific points to it and it’s a ghost story and you can never go wrong with a ghost story no matter what I also liked this book because it had and made a lot of since something that you could understand without getting confused. There is nothing better than a mystery in a ghost story. Some people think they are wrong but I know they are just for entertainment if you know what I mean
After a few months after the young girl stayed there that’s when all the crazy things started to happen. And she just couldn’t get over all the crazy things that had happened to she and her aunt. She always had a dream that she would get to see and smell the sweet aroma of ghosts. She had never thought of anything like it she wouldn’t trade those few months for anything else in the world no matter what she had to go through. She went home and told her mom everything that had happened to her and her aunt Greta! Then she went back to school and she wrote a book about everything that had happened to she and her aunt Greta.
A story that will send a chill down your spine. Kim Walton 7th/8th Period
Book title and author: Rumble Fish – S. E. Hinton Title of review: Rumble Fish Review Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 (alright) Rumble Fish is a story about a seventeen year old boy named Rusty-James. Rusty-James has one older brother only known as “The Motorcycle Boy”. There only seems to be one neighborhood foe for Rusty-James who is named Biff Wilcox who tries to knife him in a street fight. There are also a few side characters that pack a big punch to the story line (Smokey, Patty, BJ, Steve, and RJ’s parents). This story takes place in the late nineteen-seventies, early nineteen-eighties. This is a story about the hardships during the great depression for all Americans. Throughout this story you will be following Russell James (Rusty-James) on a trip to find his mother. Rusty-James is a tough teenager who is constantly alienated, and gets attached to people too fast. Alongside him on most of his journey is his older brother “The Motorcycle Boy”. While you read this novel you will learn the throughout American history that there was hardships for all people of any and all ages. It might also teach you about the effects of drugs and alcohol in public and that it is never a good idea to steal from others. These lessons will help you for the rest of your life. If you like stories of the lives of others in The Great Depression I think that anyone with a little free time on there hands should consider this book as there first read. After I read this novel I was shocked by the ending, but I won’t ruin it for you. Enjoy this novel, and try to understand the hardships that they went through. This is w a wonderful story about a teen who feels alienated by his piers. Rusty James is a lot like his older brother “The Motorcycle Boy” If you have hardships in your life then read this among other books by S. E. Hinton such as The Outsiders or That was Then, This is Now. Remember, don’t read this book all day and all night or you just might get hooked! This is a great story for anyone who has some free time and should be read by anyone who has any troubles or confusion about who they are.
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE BY: C.S. LEWIS
In the beginning of the book there are four children that have to move away because of the war and get sent off to a house that is occupied by two people one is a lady that takes care of the house and the other is a professor that is always in his office. The names of the kids are Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. One night they stared to play hide and go seek they went off to hide and Lucy had no where to go so she went upstairs and went in a room with a wardrobe that had a tarp over it so she hid in there and felt pine needles and she went back further and found a whole new world.
There are four kids that move away because of the war and in the house they are staying in one of the kids finds a wardrobe and finds a world. She comes back tried to tell her brothers and sister about it but they didn’t believe her so they go check it out find nothing and then have to go back to the wardrobe find the world help the people in the world get away from the evil witch and help them win the war against the witch spend a lot of there lives there then come back out when they had gone in.
It was a very good book, I liked the whole story and the conclusion of the book. The reason why I liked this book so much was that it was always interesting. The book always kept you wanting more and more.
They win the battle against the witch and stay in Narnia for about another 15 years. One day all the kids that are now some what of adults are going through the woods on a horse ride. They stop to rest and continued on there ride. A few minutes later they ran into the light post that they ran into when they first came to Narnia and so they went off looking for the wardrobe. They found it went in and when they opened the door they fell out as kids when they first walked in the wardrobe.
I really liked the whole book because it was very well written and it had a very good story behind it.
Book title and author: The Outsiders By. S.E. Hinton Title of review: Review For “The Outsiders” Number of stars (1 to 5): * * * * * In this book there are seven main characters Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, two-Bit Mathews, Steve Randal, Dallas Winston, and Jonny Cade. In This book Ponyboy is the main character. He is the narrator and the antagonist. He is fourteen and the youngest of the greasers. Darrel Curtis is Ponyboy’s older brother he is twenty and the leader of all the greasers. Sodapop Curtis is also Ponyboy’s older brother he is sixteen and is very good looking. Two-Bit Mathews is the joker of the greaser he is always making joke. His most prized position is his switch blade. Steve Randal is Sodapop’s best friend he is seventeen and works with soda at the gas station. Dallas Winston is the toughest of the greasers. He is violent, dangerous, and harsh. Jonny Cade is sixteen he comes from an abusive family. In this book Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers Darry and Soda because, both of his parents died in a car accident. The three brothers are members of a gang called the greasers. This gang has seven members and each has there own very different personality. In this book the main conflict is between two groups the greaser and the socs. The greasers come from the bad side of town and the socs come from the rich part of town. The main conflict in this book is Jonny kills one of the socs because he is drowning Ponyboy. This is considered murder so they contact dally and hide from the police. They hide from the police in a church on the top of a hill. One day after they had left to go get food with Dally the church catches fire while the school was having a picnic. A few children got trapped in the church while it was burning to the ground. Jonny and pony go in and save the children but’ Jonny came out badly injured and Dally just barely saved them. Jonny is in very bad condition and dies in the hospital. This drives Dally crazy and in the end he made a seen so the cops would shoot him. This was a fantastic book. S.E. Hinton goes into so much detail and keeps you on the edge of your seat. There were so many surprises I would recommend this book to people of all ages. If you haven’t read it you need to. You should totally read this book. Once you pick it up you won’t be able to put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone. And you would be stupid not to read it so get this book you wont regret it.
A biography that greatly impressed me was A Child Called It. First, I'll start with the characters. Dave (David) was the main character. He had a very nice family until his mother turned all crazy. His mother would beat him for stupid reasons that she would make up. Then there is father. He never helped Dave because he didn't want to get in a fight with mother. Mommy dearest herself, was the worst mother you could ever think of. His brothers also never helped him and they didn't even acknowledge him. Would you want a family like this? I wouldn't. Second, there is the conflict. Dave would have to steal food from kids at school because his mother would never feed him. When she finally found out, he would go up to the shop n' save and steal food. When he would get home, mother would make him throw up the food that he ate. Later he had to scoop it out and eat it. He had to eat his THROW UP!! He always had to do chores before he went to school and if he didn't finish them in time he wouldn't get his brother's leftovers. At school, he had no friends because he had to wear the same clothes everyday and smelt really bad. Once she had made him drink ammonia. Also, his mother would play this game with him called "the gas chamber". It was when he would get locked in the bathroom with a bucket full of Clorox and ammonia. Never the less, she came up with new punishments. For example, he had to lay in the bathtub with his head completely under the freezing cold water, his bare body exposed to whomever walked in. After that he had to sit outside in the shade, still completely wet from the bath treatment. Then there was the mirror treatment where she would bang his head against the mirror. One time she tried to get him to lie on top of the stove, but she only burnt his arm. She stabbed him once but I’m not sure if it was an accident or not. When they went to the Russian River, he had to stay in the cabin with mother and she tried to make him eat his baby brother's poop. Third is the plot. There were only a few times he was happy and these are those few. In the summer they would go to the Russian river and he liked it there because he felt like he was loved when they were there. One time the family went on a picnic in the park, so his brothers and he would go exploring the unknown. When father was at work, mother would take them on tours to places like for example she would tale them to China Town. When they were there, they learned about the culture and the people. Mother always made the best food to. Right after thanksgiving, mother would bring up the Christmas decorations and decorate. Everyone would always get a bunch of presents from Santa (mother). Other holidays were a joy to the family as well. If you haven't guessed, this was before mother turned crazy. When Dave had to wash the dishes, father would help him. Father would wash and Dave would dry. The last time he was happy was when he finally got free of her. Also whenever he won in her games.
A biography that impressed me was (A Child Called It)
The setting of this story is in California. The characters are Dave Pelzer, Dave's mother, Dave's nurse, Dave's father, Dave's brothers the mother was abusive, the brothers were so clueless that they didn't see that there brother was getting abused, his father was so weak that he couldn't control the mother enough to save Dave from the beating, the nurse is the one that saves him in the end. The most of the time they was in David's house where he was beaten but sometimes they went to the park or the Russian river and school where he stole a lot of food.
The story had a lot of conflict like the gas chamber treatment which was when his mom stoke Dave in the bathroom with ammonia and Clorox for a half an hour, and the bathtub treatment which was when his mom put him in the bathtub with ice cold water and then put him outside for an hour, and the ten rounder which his mom punched him ten times in the face, and the stove treatment which his mom put him on the stove to burn his skin, and the stabbing which his mom stabbed him in the ribs. Some other things were that his mom made him drink ammonia that made him cough up blood. She also would not feed him for weeks the longest time he went was 10 days without food or water.
This story also has some good times like when Dave went to the Russian river that’s when Dave learned how to swim, they also went to china town and Dave's mom dressed up in a Chinese outfit for the kids at dinner and told them some history about china, on the holiday's they had some awesome traditions like standing outside and looking at the Christmas, and when they was at the park they had picnics and played in the woods there. The best time he had was when he was at Russian river.
This book was an inspiring and sad story of a real life abuse by Dave Pelzer.
To begin with, a biography that impressed me is called a Child Called It. This was a very sad story of a young boy who was abused as a child. If you ever have a chance to read this book I advise you should. Now I want to tell you about some of the things that happen and some of the people who are in this story. Some of the things I will tell you are about the characters, conflicts, and the theme of this story. I am being so serious if you ever have a chance to read this do it because in my opinion it is the best book ever and these are just some of the things that happens in this story.
First, I want to tell you about some of the characters in this story. One character in this story is David. David is a young boy who was abused as a child by his mother who in my opinion tried to kill her son. Another character is the mom she is a very mean woman who beats her son and drinks a lot of beer. Don't worry there are more we can't forget about the dad he is a 2 faced jerk who is David’s hero but when ever the mom beats him he don't do anything about it. Then there are all the brothers who are little brats. When David would get into punishment and his mom made him take a cold bath the brothers would bring the friends over to look at him. I don't know what kind of life you live but wouldn't you hate to live like this.
Next, I want to inform you of some of the conflicts that are in this story. The first conflict I want to tell you about is the beatings he had to suffer while his brothers laughed at him. One time the beating were so bad that it broke his arm then the mom claimed that he fell off the bed. Some other things she did to him was she burnt him on the stove because he stole food at school so he could get something to eat. He did this because his mom only fed him crumbs if that. One time she starved him for 10 days. Another time she said that she would kill him if he didn't do his chores on time then she stabbed him in the stomach. This would be very scary to have a life like this.
To conclude, the theme of the person writing this story is very realilistic. One thing he is tiring to show that he stank really bad and if someone don't look ok or don't smell right talk to them see if every thing is okay at home. He is also trying to show don't let anyone beat you if you do your life sucks but if you don't then everything one day gets better. Another thing is to treat others fairly don't treat someone wrong just because they aren’t as cool as you are or don't have as much money as you do or anything like that. If everyone is nice then no one gets hurt. Start being good to each other. After reading this story my life has changed a lot and I have a feeling that if you read this your life will change to.
In conclusion, I have told you a lot about this book. Like I said if you ever have a chance to read this then do it truly is amazing. Now that I have told you about some of the characters, some conflicts, and a lot about the theme. Tanner Holbert 2/3 period
The setting of the story is in California in the 1960's at davids pelzers house and the conflict is the torture that David took when he lived with his mother and some of the things she did where make a homemade gas chamber with Clorox and ammonia and but it in the bathroom with David and made him breathe in all that gas that could have killed him and then she made him keep his head under water in ice cold water and if he put his head out of the water she would hold his head under for not listening to her. And then she would make him run outside in the cold and sit on his hands in the backyard on rocks. Then she made him eat poop. Next she burnt him on the stove because she clamid he was a bad boy. then his mom made him eat all of the food he threw up in front of everybody and they just watched and snickered but then out of no where she acted like she was sorry then she only did that to put on a show for the social worker so David would say she was a nice mom. And then when she was a angry mom she would go ten rounds with David and beat him up really bad. First his mom was a nice person then she was angry. Like she would give him hugs and kisses then he would get beat the next day just to give his mom a laugh. The plot of the story is that davids dad never treats him like a dog he talks to him when the mom is not around so he cant get in a fight with his wife but he still just sits there and watch’s but there are still good memories like all the family trips they went on like the beautiful trip to the Russian river next it was when the all went to china town together as a family when the mom was the nice mom has he called it and it was really sad that people could stand there and watch a poor kid get beat for no reason he gets no present’s for Christmas because his mom was just a monster for no reason and only to David. However the only time he got to be a real kid was when his grandma came in to town. And when he got to hang out with the other kid’s parents. but other things was like his mom became the den mom leader just to give David hell just because she was that sick. the theme of the story is to love each other even when they are bad and just pay attention to each other because David went to school for five years with out any body knowing but as soon as he got in to fifth grade then someone put two and two together and said this kid is getting beat up by his mom for no reason and it was only David. And then someone took him away from his mother but by then it was too late because his mom beat him up and he was really weak and there was nothing he could do because he had to take it. in conclusion you should all ways look at people and never talk about people no matter how they look like the other kids did David because you never no the kid you are talking about could be getting abused. maceo green 2 & 3
A Child Called It The crimes of abuse took place in San Francisco, in the 1970's. David was five when the absurd abuse started. His mother was the one to deliver the abuse, she found it amusing, and laughed at all the heinous crimes. His Father took in all the beatings and couldn't live with it. Instead of helping, he drunk himself into a stupor of emotional distress. He ran away to the comfort of work whenever "Mother" was angry, and left David with nightmarish attacks. Next, the substitute teacher was the first to notice David's distress. She told the nurse about the bruises and scratches. The nurse examined David every day writing down all the new bruises, or marks. She told the principle, and the two called the police and David was there were many horrible sinuous going on. It started out with simple and non-violent punishments. There was the average time-out, he stood in the corner for an allotted time. Until it was for no reason the mother made up excuses to give him punishments. Corner treatment evolved into mirror treatment, "mother" would smash his face into a mirror and make him repeat "I'm a bad boy" over and over again. Of course then, Beatings started, he was punched ten-times, which his mother called a ten-rounder. Then, the vicious tortures started she starved him for fourteen days on end. He had to drink water to survive. One day He was burned and almost forced him to lay on the burning blue and orange flames naked. But luckily, Ron came home just in time. David was banished to the basement. He was forced to lick his burn to cool it down, and avoid pain. There were blisters all over his hand. Next, came the vacation to Russian river, he was forced to stay in the cabin, with his mom and the new baby. She rubbed feces all over his face and almost made him eat it, until he was saved by time once again. Next, was the time he ate ammonia, over and over again, it burned his throat, and peeled his tongue. Then, came the "accident" his mother in a drunken stupor, where she stabbed after dressing her wound, she made him work more and do more chores. Finally, the worst of all tortures came, the gas chamber. Mother locked David in the bathroom with a bucket of Clorox, and ammonia, which resulted in chlorine gas. It closed his throat and burnt his lungs. Without thinking he grabbed a rag and covered his mouth. To avoid the gas. He pushed the door hoping Mother would get a taste of her own medicine. These were absolutely horrid, vicious and heinous tortures, beatings, and starvation! saved from horrid and dead David’s childhood wasn't always like this. Once when he was younger than five his family was perfect. He had a caring mother and father. They went on incredible trips, and vacations. One day he went to Chinatown with his mom and brothers. When they got home they ate Chinese food and had great decorations. Then, the went to the Russian River for the family vacation. They swam and canoed and did all the things family members do on trips. That was David’s favorite memory, he felt special, and loved at this place. Finally, the picnic his family went on a picnic. David ran and plated all day with his brothers, his mother and father drink wine while watching. His mother would occasionally call over for lunch or snacks to enjoy and relax. How can something so sweet and innocent, turn into violence, and horridly tortures. Noah Haberland
The characters in this story are David, are the second youngest and are getting abused. The mom is the worst she abused the little boy. The father is David little saver, also when he came home his mom would stop just a little. The brothers are really butt heads and don’t care about David. The setting of the setting of the story is in California. David is the child getting abused and he is in the first grade. His mom is the abuser and David has three brothers. His brothers are all older just one is younger. Everything happens in the 1970s. The Theme of this story is to ask questions and be more observant to people and what they wear and look like. Also 'be positive' never give up, Stay Strong! This is a hore, nightmare, area story that nobody wants or needs to go through, or should do. The conflict in this story is David is getting abused from his mom and she doesn’t even care and does it nonstop. His father, Steven will come home and the mother will stop a little just not allot. Something’s that his mother does are really intense. She has a very violent mode and she does so many bad Stupid things. She burns little David on the gas burner stove. In the book he refured to her has a 'Bitch' because she was so hateful. She also does the Ice treatment, which is when she fills up the bathtub with cold water and makes David lie in the overwhelming cold water and then she shoves him with all her force under the water so he can't breathe. She has so many that it is sick to even read this story. For example when he comes home from school he doesn't waste time he must start his all night chores. If he didn't do them good enough for mom then he wouldn’t get dinner. Also she would stab him and many other abused things happened to him. His father sometimes tries to sneak in scraps but his mom knows. Do your parents abuse you is so you need to make it stop? For example they will not let him eat with the family or eat period. He is his mothers little slave! For example when mother made the kids find something she never lost. This is a really sad story. You have to be a fighter and never give up! In conclusion this story is really a sad story. No child has to go through it. Nathaniel Romino 2nd/3rd
The setting would be the 1970s in California. Also, there is a boy that is only seven that gets beating by his alcoholic and overweight mother. He learns how to survive living with his abusive mother, and brothers that only watch him get beat. As a result, his brothers and father get brainwashed by the mother and they think that what the mother is doing is appropriate. Meanwhile, the boys name is David and he hates his life, because he gets beat for the most stupid things. Consequently, he has no friends, because he wears smelly clothes and his mother won't buy him anymore clothes so they are covered in holes. David's life is a living hell, and his mother is just so aggressive when she beats him. After all that he goes through with his mother he still tries to make her love him. For instance, his mother beat him and he cried so she stopped beating him so hard.
At first, the atmosphere was very horrible and miserable. David gets beaten to a bloody pulp, and his mother doesn't even care about it. For example, his mother beats him then he has to go to school so then after that he has to lie about what had happen. Hence, people don't believe him and they begin to become suspicious, so they call the principal. As a result the principal calls his mother and when David goes home she beats him for telling. Rather then asking him why he told she just beats him to where he can't move. Therefore mother makes him miserable by not buying anymore clothes for him. Never the less no one likes him, because he smells and has horrible clothes that look like swiss chesse.
The mood that I would say that this story expresses is that a boy gets beaten by his mother and that she doesn't even care. Afterward she would just make some kind of punishment up for him. Hence, he gets tortured, punched in the face, and other horrifying things that a child shouldn't go through. Ciara Linear 2nd & 3rd
A biography that had impressed me greatly was "A Child Called It." Thye setting of the story is in California, although most of the story takes place in the child's home. The story also takes place at a school, and other areas around the school and home. the time period that this happened was in the early 70's. The first thing that I want to tell you about is the characters. First off, David Peltzer was the middle child of the five. He was also the one who was getting abused in the family. He would get very little food. He was also not able to play with the other children because of his mother. His mother would do horrible things to him every single day. His mother also held him back academically. Next i'm going to inform you about the bad things, and the good things in David's horrible childhood. The bad thing was the abuse obviously. David thought that the worst thing about the abuse was the gas chamber.
The story is about a young boy with an abusive mother. She treats him as if he is a piece of trash! He is never fed, and never given a thing. She treats the poor child as if he were her slave, not her pride and joy. Its truly sad, and just pitiful to see, and hear about all the dreadful things his mother has done, or made him believe. His strong heart, and desire to survive is what keeps him in his right mind. Although they live in the heart of san francisco, and his Austrain father works at the fire department, his life is a living hell. As much as the father tries, the mother always wins. David will have to keep living as her slave. The father is the only person that gives him hope. The Characters are Mother, the abuser. David, the middle child abused and treated as a slave. Father, the older man that gives David his only little hope. The Teachers, are the ones that saved him from living in that terror when he was in 5th grade. Shirly, is the young woman with children of her own that live across the street. She finally figured out what was going on in the home and still did nothing about it. His Brothers, are the ones treated like children, the pride and joy of their mother. Yet, David still loves his mother, and just wants her to love him back. He tries and tries, yet the alocoholic mother keeps the abuse up. The poor child has had to steal food to survive, his "bitch" of a mother, as he would call her, wouldn't feed him. He stole food from people, and school. He was quite a little thinker, he would plan and think it through before doing it. His plans normally got him caught. For example when he stole food from the school cafeteria his mother figured he has done so, therefor she made up a new game, she would force him to regurgitate his food and then when he got hungry he would have to eat it, as his mother said to do. She had always told him that he was a "Bad boy" and made him get the mirror treatment. That was when he would have to stand infront of a mirror and tell himself over and over again that he is a bad boy. If he didnt it would result in a beating. About 5-10 blows to the head or upper torso. Poor child. All he had ever wanted was he mother he had a few years before. You see, his mother wasn't always such a dreadful bitch. She loved him, she actually treated the whole family great. She was normal weight, beautiful, and caring. Then she was introduced to alocohol. After that, all she did was abuse and yell at everybody that stepped foot in that house. Weither it was mental abuse or physical abuse she did so. Nothing was done about the abuse, until David was in 5th grade. His substitute teacher had noticed all the marks on the body of him, so the boy was called down to the Nurse's office every morning so she could examine the new bruses and marks of David. He made up excuses to tell her, to protect the mother that had done all of those terrible things to.
He had never given up on life, if he had there would be no David Peltzer to tell us about these terrible things that took place in the Peltzer home. Everybody had thought David was an attention seeking child that made up tall tales about abuse that he had undergone. Until his teachers notice the unbelievible things he had on his body. It wasn't until he was in the 5th grade his teachers finally came to their senses and called the police about everything that had happened to him. His brothers had been brainwashed by the mother, so they wouldnt dare tell on her. But the boys friends would see the abuse, and not telling a soul? That part I did not understand. Some kids had to of seen the nasty things done, an inteligent child would have went to his or her parents and told. The brothers friends must have been quite stupid. No doubt. It angers and sickens me to hear the dreadful thing the sick woman did to her little boy. She had even stabbed him! Nothing was done by the father when David told him. The mother had a total of 5 children, all boys. Yet, David was the only one that got all the abuse. He had no idea what sick games mother had in plan for him. Some of her games are terribly gross. She made him eat defication from his baby brothers dirty diaper. After she was done, her words to him were "Clean that shit off your face". She even made him sit in the bathroom with a bucket of ammonia and clorox. Im surprised the poor kid isnt dead. Another one of her sickening games was making him get naked, and sit in a freezing bath with his head under water for hours at a time. He could only come up to breathe, then he would have to resubmerge his head. His brothers would bring in their friends to see what their "bad brother" had been doing. After that, they would have dinner, but no. David would have to sit outside in the shade. A cold bath for hours, then having to go sit outside in the shade? You must be thinking how the poor child survived. Because i sure was. He went into school one morning thinking it would be just another regular day, but it wasn't. The nurse called him back, and made him strip off his clothes. Or his swiss cheese clothes they had so many holes. He did as the woman asked. Then she examined his body. She had asked what happened. But his excuse was no good. She was a smart woman. Then she hugged him, he enjoyed the few seconds of love and warmth she had to offer. She had gone and told the principal about it. He didnt dare call David's mother, he knew well it would result in more abuse. In any case, he called the police. They took David away from the school in the back of a cop car, not because he was a bad boy. But because he was safe. All of his classmates had cheered because they thought stinky David was gone for good, and going to jail. As did David. He had been told he was a bad boy for so long, that he believe it, the poor child thought he was going to jail! The cop had called his mother stating that he was now in custody of Children Services. Then as they life the county, the Officer turned to David and stated "You're free". David Slightly turned his head to look out the window and said "Im free?" as a tear fell down his purple bruised face. David Peltzer was free from the abuse. The only true thing that kept him alive was the pleasure of knowing deep down that he would "never give that bitch the satisfaction of seeing him die" He won. David Won!
Imagine having a horrible mother that is abusive and doesn’t even call you by your own name. Well David Pelzer from, A Child Called "IT", experienced all of this. David went through some of the worst things in his life. The worst part of this was that he was only in first grade, which means he was only about five or six years old. His mother had five children. David was the third and she only beat him. The main things I will tell you about are the characters, plot, and theme of the story. Do you think you could ever do this to your child?
First there are many characters. Like I told you before David was the third child and he was in first grade when his mom started to beat him. His mother was a crazy drunk. Her real name was Catherine Rovera. She only beat David when no one was around. The father didn't do any thing when David got beat because he wasn't there when it happen. He was the only one in David's family that helped him. David's brothers didn't even pay attention to him. When he was getting one of his treatments they brought their friends to watch. Next is Shirley, which is their neighbor. That was the moms friend, but when she started to ask why David couldn’t' come outside they slowly became not friends. Now I will tell you about the school characters. The substitute teacher was nice and thought there was something going on with him. She told the nurse to check him out and ask him and ask questions. The nurse felt sorry for him and was also nice. The students were pure mean to him because he stank really badly. Could you live knowing you would get beat if you told what was going on in your life? No one wanted to be his friend and was mean.
Next is the plot. His mother was the devil. She didn't even include him in the family. She would starve him for ten days at a time. One time she made him eat ammonia and she mixed it with Clorox put it in the bathroom shut the door and made him clean it. She also treated other kids and her own like kings. One of the treatments was a cold bath underwater. Then he would have to put his clothes on wet and sit in the shade outside. Another was he had to skate in the winter without a jacket, up and down the streets for hours. She would make him sit in P.O.W. position, or Prisoner of war.
One day on vacation she made the dad and kids leave. Then she took David’s arm and burned him off the stove. After that she said "You made my life a living Hell and now I want to burn." Would your mother ever say that to you? There are many themes you can get from this story. One is "Watch for signs of abuse." He tells you how he looked. Look around and try to help people. Make friends with people who don't have any. It is not hard to be nice to others.
In conclusion David had a very hard time as a kid. If that was me I would be scared for life. His plot and theme was very intense. The characters weren’t even that good to him and he still made it in life. Would you want to read the actual book?
Biography My favorite short story is A Child Called It. The main characters in the story is Dave- a young boy that gets beaten constantly by his horrible mother, David's Mother, Catherine, David's Father, Stephen, and David's three brothers Ron-David’s 1st brother, Stan-David's 2nd brother, Kevin-David's 3rd brother. He lived in California in the 1970s when his abusing took place.
The plot of the story is when he is in first grade when his mother starting to beat him. The school nurse and the substitute teacher noticed that he was being abused by the burn marks, bruises, and stab mark. He was beaten all the time everyday for no reason. Thereupon, she would find new ways to abuse him like the gas chamber and when she made him lay in the bathtub with his head underneath the water and naked in the tub. His brothers brought his friends over and they just stood there and did nothing, never told anyone, ever do anything to help him escape from all the beatings his mother gave him.
The mood of the story is mean and cruel. His mother starved him, made him drink ammonia, and put soap in this mouth. His mother starved him for ten days because she wanted him to die of hunger. She made him do a lot of chores that she made up everyday while he was at school that required punishment while doing his chores. His mom took chemicals and mixed them up in a bucket and he would have to clean the bathroom with the fumes in there with him and he would suffocate and cough up blood from inhaling all of those fumes. She stabbed him to where all his shirts were soaked in blood and the stab wound made him very weak and he had trouble doing his chores. He had to sleep on an army cot down in the garage. He had to stay in a P.O.W. position in the garage until his mother called him up from the upstairs to do the dishes after his brothers, father, and his cruel mother ate dinner and he didn't. His mother treated like a sweetheart whenever there is company over and when the lady from the child protective services.
In conclusion, he was free in the fifth grade when he was 12 years old. The school nurse and the principal called child services and he were sent to a house where he was adopted. He later wrote a book that explained all of his beating from his mother. One of his brothers named Richard wrote a book that explained his beatings after his brother David left. David later went on Opra where he met his mother and ask her questions about his beatings and see if she knew if she was beating him and she said she knew that she was doing it. -Sabrina Coe 2nd & 3rd Period
I'm writing about a book called "A Child Called It" and it takes place at California 1970, His at home mostly and he goes to school. Sometime's his mother would send him outside and stand like he is a warrior His mother would send him to go to neighbors and ask them if they need their yard mowed and he needs to get the right amount of money that his mother need or more. When David is in school, at recess he would go to the store and take food so he would go hungry but his mother would know that he is getting food somehow so she made him throw up and then made him eat it again but right in front of his father. His father just stood there and watch didn't do anything at all. Of course, he couldn't do anything he could do, well in his mind he thought he couldn’t do anything. He could have helped if he was thinking straight but he was drinking to but not as much as the mother. The mother was drinking allot more then the father but the mother knew what she was doing though she wasn't drunk though.
I just can't believe how he feels when this happened to him, I wish he had all of that, he should have happiness, fun, and loved! A little kids does not need to go through with so much pain, I'm just glad he gets away from his mother and be free! My conclusion is that this takes place at California in 1970, when David’s mother started to play her games and beat him when he did nothing wrong. His father would talk to him and try to get him food but he would do nothing, nothing at all. All the fight he got into his wife he would give up and not help his own son. David he tried to show his father that he needs help but his father wouldn't do nothing he would watch if his mother told David what to do and made David’s father watch him and he wouldn't do nothing, he would stand there and watch him do what ever his mother made him do like eat his own food that his mother made him throw up or watch him clean the kitchen while he has a just knifed in the chest by his mother and for one whole day he could do whatever he wanted. Therefore he was not aloud to go outside to play with his brothers, eat, take a bath, he wasn't aloud to watch TV or sleep in his own comfortable bed the next day. He was her slave again doing what she wanted while he was hurt and bleeding. I wonder why he even lived through all the bad things. When he was at school one day the teachers and the principle and one cop took him in a room and asked him questions about his clothes, bruises, and the cut make that his mother stabbed him. The same day, the cop took him away from his mother and he was free, he could eat, take a bath, play with new people, be out in the sun. His life got better when he was at of that house, away from his mother. The only reason why David made this story was because he wanted everyone to know how it is to e abused and wants it stopped, so, nobody has to go through what he went through. He wants everyone to be nice to each other and be kind to others, help others, and take care of your family when their sick and wounded. He doesn't want anyone to be in his place because it was so horrifying and horrendous to be beat, hurt, and most of all it was difficult!
The setting location is in California. David Peltzer is the mane character of this true story David was abused by his mother. His abuse started at the age of five and didn't end end till he was twelve. He was save by the police and the school teachers when they had enough proof that she beat him. Catherine David's mother she was a abusive mother that beat her middle and youngest son she would come up will army punishments like the P.O.W position. She tried to crush his soul but clearly she felled because she is still alive. The father is no better than the mother because while she would do these things he would sit by and watch her do it and not do anything to stop her. The brothers would bring there friends to look at David being punished. The teachers tried to save him from her but he wouldn't tell them that she would beat him.
His mother would sit at home think of sick ways to touchier her son. In other words he would have to be the slave of the family be doing all of the chores and house work. For example he would work in till his hand would be bleeding. His mother would make him lay in ice cold water with his head under the water for hours then she wouldn't even et him dry off she would tell him to put his clothes back on and have to sit out side in the cold in P.O.W position. Instead of David's mother beating on his other brothers she only hits on David she treats the other children like kings. She made David drink ammonia when he drink it he was not able to breathe and it made his mouth, and throat raw. Later she came up with a gas chamber mixed with ammonia mixed with Clorox it made David’s throat bleeds from the chemicals mixed together.
David had some good times before his mother went crazy. They when to the Russian River with his family in his younger days when his mother would hold him he would fell like the safest person in the world. She would give him a warm and kind hug that made him feel special. He loved to get away from his mom so he wouldn't get beat or punished for no reason at all. He loves school even now he didn't have any friends because everyone thought he was a bad boy when it was his mothers fault. David like is father because when he was around he felt like someone loved him and cared for him he had the hardest time after his father left him.
In conclusion his mother is a abusive bitch that beats him all the time and never does anything good. His mother was not fit to take care of any children all of the children should have been took away from her. David had a hearable child hood it’s important to a child to have encouragement to not fail or give up. By the way do you think your mother or parents would do that to you? I think he should have ran away or have told the teachers about what happens to him at home it would make him life easier. His brothers always brought his friends to see David being punished why didn't they tell their parents?
The setting location is in California. David Peltzer is the mane character of this true story David was abused by his mother. His abuse started at the age of five and didn't end end till he was twelve. He was save by the police and the school teachers when they had enough proof that she beat him. Catherine David's mother she was a abusive mother that beat her middle and youngest son she would come up will army punishments like the P.O.W position. She tried to crush his soul but clearly she felled because she is still alive. The father is no better than the mother because while she would do these things he would sit by and watch her do it and not do anything to stop her. The brothers would bring there friends to look at David being punished. The teachers tried to save him from her but he wouldn't tell them that she would beat him.
His mother would sit at home think of sick ways to touchier her son. In other words he would have to be the slave of the family be doing all of the chores and house work. For example he would work in till his hand would be bleeding. His mother would make him lay in ice cold water with his head under the water for hours then she wouldn't even et him dry off she would tell him to put his clothes back on and have to sit out side in the cold in P.O.W position. Instead of David's mother beating on his other brothers she only hits on David she treats the other children like kings. She made David drink ammonia when he drink it he was not able to breathe and it made his mouth, and throat raw. Later she came up with a gas chamber mixed with ammonia mixed with Clorox it made David’s throat bleeds from the chemicals mixed together.
David had some good times before his mother went crazy. They when to the Russian River with his family in his younger days when his mother would hold him he would fell like the safest person in the world. She would give him a warm and kind hug that made him feel special. He loved to get away from his mom so he wouldn't get beat or punished for no reason at all. He loves school even now he didn't have any friends because everyone thought he was a bad boy when it was his mothers fault. David like is father because when he was around he felt like someone loved him and cared for him he had the hardest time after his father left him.
In conclusion his mother is a abusive bitch that beats him all the time and never does anything good. His mother was not fit to take care of any children all of the children should have been took away from her. David had a hearable child hood it’s important to a child to have encouragement to not fail or give up. By the way do you think your mother or parents would do that to you? I think he should have ran away or have told the teachers about what happens to him at home it would make him life easier. His brothers always brought his friends to see David being punished why didn't they tell their parents?
I just can't believe how he feels when this happened to him, I wish he had all of that, he should have happiness, fun, and loved! A little kids does not need to go through with so much pain, I'm just glad he gets away from his mother and be free! My conclusion is that this takes place at California in 1970, when David’s mother started to play her games and beat him when he did nothing wrong. His father would talk to him and try to get him food but he would do nothing, nothing at all. All the fight he got into his wife he would give up and not help his own son. David he tried to show his father that he needs help but his father wouldn't do nothing he would watch if his mother told David what to do and made David’s father watch him and he wouldn't do nothing, he would stand there and watch him do what ever his mother made him do like eat his own food that his mother made him throw up or watch him clean the kitchen while he has a just knifed in the chest by his mother and for one whole day he could do whatever he wanted. Therefore he was not aloud to go outside to play with his brothers, eat, take a bath, he wasn't aloud to watch TV or sleep in his own comfortable bed the next day. He was her slave again doing what she wanted while he was hurt and bleeding. I wonder why he even lived through all the bad things. When he was at school one day the teachers and the principle and one cop took him in a room and asked him questions about his clothes, bruises, and the cut make that his mother stabbed him. The same day, the cop took him away from his mother and he was free, he could eat, take a bath, play with new people, be out in the sun. His life got better when he was at of that house, away from his mother. The only reason why David made this story was because he wanted everyone to know how it is to e abused and wants it stopped, so, nobody has to go through what he went through. He wants everyone to be nice to each other and be kind to others, help others, and take care of your family when their sick and wounded. He doesn't want anyone to be in his place because it was so horrifying and horrendous to be beat, hurt, and most of all it was difficult!
Imagine having a life where everything you did was wrong and you got beaten for it. This story is about a little boy who was beaten and tortured in new cruel ways everyday by his mother. His life was hell compared to most of ours today. His mother has 4 other kids and she treats them like gold and then 'David' she treats like trash. His father, Stephen, when he was abused he did nothing. He tried to help but his mom would yell at him for helping. It got to the point where David's dad didn't even want to come home and when he did it was for short periods of time. David was scared to even move without his mother’s permission because he didn't want to have to deal with her torture even though he knew he was going to get it anyways. It's horrible the life that he lived and he wasn't able to tell anybody.
First I'm going to tell you about some of the things that David's mom did to him. She would usually just beat him but then she began to make up games to torture David. She would make him take ice cold baths with his face under the water for hours, Go to school with the same clothes on everyday and she wouldn't let him wash them. She treated him as her own little slave. David didn't deserve to be treated like that. He was forced to do unnecessary things such as mow 'other' peoples lawns and he didn't even get the profit from it. He had to scrub the floors and if his chores weren't done in records time then he didn't get to eat. One time he had went 10 days without eating! That's ridiculous. He was only a little child, maybe 8 or 9 and he didn't get to eat? She tried to make him lay on the top of oven top and said "You have made my life a living hell, and now I want to see you burn." She had broken his arm and that night she made him sleep on the top bunk of his bunk bed, David was confused because he always slept on the bottom bunk. he was him up in the middle of the night and said he had fallen and broken his arm while he was sleeping, and that's the excuse she fed to everyone instead of telling them that she broke it herself. He wasn't aloud to play with the other kids or anybody for that matter. He had to sit in the basement while his brothers went outside to play. David never had a normal child hood because of all of this. He shouldn't have had to do all of those things for that bitch of a mother he had. She was a fat, lazy ass drunk that deserved to die a slow painful death. One day, while David was in school, he had went to the nurse for his daily examination. She had found a knife cut in his stomach and asked him what it was about and how he got it. He tried to make up a good believable story so they wouldn't call his mother but she wanted the real story. He told her that his mom was threatening him with a knife while he was doing the dishes and that she had said if he doesn't finish in time that she would kill him but he knew that she would as this was a usual threat for her. She was drunk and she had stumbled and the knife slipped out of her hand and went right into his side. The nurse was so infuriated that she called all the teachers into her office and sent David out into the hallway as they talked and officer had come into the room and he kept looking back at David. This made him really nerves. He got so nerves that he ran into the office and told them not to call his mother. They told him they told him that everything was going to be okay. The last time they called David's mother, David came home and got it 10 times worse than what he usually did for opening his mouth and telling anybody about what she was doing. They knew not to do that again.
Many moods were aroused while reading this story. Mostly anger for me, I felt angry because of the way David was being treated by his mom. I also felt bad for David because he never got that normal fun childhood that a child should have had. He never fit in. He had no friends. Everyone made fun of the way he smelled even though he had no control. David wanted to be like the other kids so badly but he couldn't. He can never say. "I wish I could be young again" because of the way he was treated as a child. I also felt sad during this story because David didn't know what to do. He had to go through awful painful experiences while he was at home. He felt pain on the inside ands out. He felt that no one cared about him and nobody was ever going to come and save him from the 'Hell House'. I felt happiness at the end of this story because David, grown up, a wife, kids, and he has a good life now and he doesn't let what his mother did to him stand in the way of being a good person along with a good father to his children.
So as you can see, David never lived a normal childhood like you and I. His experience and what he lived through should inspire us to not take our parents for granted or our lives because sometimes, compared to other people, we have it good. Some people don't even have clothing or have to live on the streets by there selves or have no mother or father or in David's case, are horribly abused by there parents. After reading this story, I have realized that I have a good life and a wonderful mother and father that love me. After this, I will never take my parents for granted again.
"A Child Called It" A biography that impressed me was a Child Called “It”. The setting of the story is in Daly, California in the 1970's. A relatively small house where a mother, father, and five brothers lived. It was here that the unknown crime was being committed. His mom and dad would have a happy hour and drink for eight hours straight. As a result of the alcohol, his parents were deeply intoxicated. The family was a strange one, but nobody really knew the truth of what was happening inside that house. Soon it would be discovered, but how long until it will be? Can David survive? Next, these questions and more will be answered. There were many conflicts in the story. For the most part, they were quite disturbing and irrational. Some were stomach churning, and one was quite difficult to read. Everyday a young boy, Dave, would come home from school to get abused by his mother. In other words, he came home to bruises, beatings, and scars. Simultaneously, the outside world had no clue of what was happening in this household. Why would you want to go home if you knew this punishment awaited you? Dave was around eight or nine years old, so he had no hope of running away. He had no way to escape the hatred he received at home. For example, his mother would get drunk and conjure up poorly executed cruel punishments. Ordinarily, the abuse would obtain punches, kicks, and scratches. That is if his mother wasn't extremely drunk, if she was she would basically attempt to harm her child in indescribable ways. For example, she had tried to put him on a stove, pour ammonia down his throat, and make him digest his own saliva. The ammonia slithered down his throat, consequently he had scabs on the inside of his throat and his tongue was devoured by acid. The worst damage he received was when his mother was in a drunken stupor waving a knife and tripped. Consequently, the knife flew threw the air and stabbed David in the gut. Usually the beatings wouldn't last long unless his mother was deeply intoxicated with alcohol. In brief, David was in a tormenting household and could not escape. Instead of giving in, he would try to defeat his mother by not hitting back, but taking the beating so she feels like she has won but he actually did. As a result of this strategy, he felt like he won some battles with her mother. Therefore, this action boosted his confidence. That was the confidence that helped him throughout the roughest times. Never the less, he didn't give up, and that was the key to his survival.
(continued) The plot and scheme of this depressing story were amusing. The organization was smoothly placed throughout the story. Transition words were used very nicely in the paragraphs. The complex words and sentences made me read the story very deliberately. Personally, I wouldn't of read the book if I knew it was so depressing. Our whole class was in a depressed mood the whole time this story was being read. Usually we read happy books, but this time was different. For example, when I heard about one of the times he was tortured, my stomach turned and I felt sick. I was also aroused by some of the characters described in the story. I enjoyed the way they were described in the introduction of the story. The book informed me of all the characters very precisely. In the final analysis of the first paragraph, I knew all there is to know about the characters. For example, I could've described David as if I would've lived with him my whole life. In conclusion, this was a very interesting book to read. Generally, David's life was full of torment and disappointment. In other words he didn't want to live. Throughout the story David was persistent and kept up his good spirit. However, it was hard to feel good about him when all the stuff happened to him. In contrast to this his mom enjoyed what she did very match. She was an evil lady. The conflicts of the story were very disturbing; I couldn't stand to read it! The plot and scheme were very well incorporated into the story. It was an awesome story, I just wish it wasn't so sad!
A biography that has impressed me greatly is A Child Called "It" It is about a child that has been abused by his mother. The person telling the story is Dave Pelzer, the son that is abused. It is written in first person. The family lives in Daley, California in the 1970's. Even though the little boy, David, is being abused by his mother he deals with it, stays strong, and most of all, he survives.
The characters in this book are interesting however, they all a key part to Dave's story. The first character I will explain is Dave, the child being abused. When the story starts he is in fifth grade. In the school all the teachers know him because he has the aroma of a skunk and he always has dark-brown bruises. Dave is the main character. After the introduction of the story we read about Dave's past. He was brutally abused by his mother and his father didn't do a thing about it. As a result Dave was a miserable kid. The mother of the story is a wicked tyrant. Everything has to be her way for example, if Dave didn't clean the dishes the way she wanted, he had to do them again. She was always beating David, emotionally and physically. The father was very passive. When Mother abused Dave or didn't feed him Father didn't stop her excluding the instance when he did slip him a piece of bread. The brothers of Dave didn't help Dave at all either. They didn't want to get beat by helping him so they ignored Dave. One of his brothers though, did want Dave to die. In addition to his family other characters in the book tried to help Dave, including his teachers and a police officer. Consequently Dave did have help through this hard time.
There were numerous conflicts in the short story. David stole food out of the other students' lunchboxes at Thomas Edison Elementary, the school he went to at the beginning of the story. When he came to school with bruises and scars from when his mother hits him the teachers had to decide what to do about the situation. That conflict was resolved when the police came and took David away. Some conflicts that occurred at the home were when David was six years old and his mother was going to burn him alive on the white stove they had in the kitchen. Pursuing this further Mother took his arm and placed it on the open flame on the stove. Dave was smart though. He knew if his father came home his mother would stop abusing him so he tried to buy time. His scheme worked. More conflicts were Mother stabbing David, Mother not feeding Dave, Mother teaching Russell to hate Dave likewise his father, and Dave's mother making him eat feces and vomit.
On the contrary of all of the harsh and wicked things Mother did to David there were many lessons learned. Granted this is a true story, I cannot believe this is because of all of how horrible Mother was. A theme I learned was to respect your family. If David had not respected his mother the way he did, his mother would not have let him live. Treat others the way you wish to be treated is another big theme. Mother didn't treat David correctly and David learned from that. A lesson that the teachers were taught at Thomas Elementary School was that your actions reflect who you are. When David came to school with scars and bruises the teachers knew the real truth: his mother abuses him. I also learned that you can influence in the things you do. Russell, David’s youngest brother learned from the actions of what his mother was doing. The most important lesson I have learned was to persevere through tough times. David was really strong and had a will to survive.
When I read this book my stomach churned because of all the things David's mother did to him. I didn't like to read "A Child Called "It"' because I could hear David's heart break every time his mother beat him. My grandfather always says,” Treat others the way you want to be treated. If you do you will prosper in life." This quote resembles this short story because a couple years after Dave left the house Mother died. She did not prosper in life at all.
Ryan Ricer A Child Called "It" One biography that I was impressed by was A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. An element of the story that I was most interested was the characters because their actions were very intriguing and promiscuous; also they lived somewhat of a secretive life due to the appearance in everyone in the family but the one child who was abused often. Since this short story is non-fiction the characters involved are all living humans. One example is Dave Pelzer the author was the abused child, and his brother Ron wrote a novel about Dave being abused as a young child. Most interesting about this story is that each person has a different “role “in the past occurring events. At first I found this short story as a waste of my time but later on I came to the conclusion that It was rather peculiar which caught my eye. First I found it a tad bit odd that Dave was generally beaten while on the contrary everyone else in his family lived a glorious life. Characters in the story are the writer himself Dave Pelzer, his immigrated father out of Austria Stephen, his highly abusive mother Catherine Roerva, his two brothers at a relevant age Ronald and Stanley, and last his infant brother Russell who was trained by their mother to make up stuff and snitch on Dave when he was spotted doing something he was forbidden from doing. In this story the atmosphere varies from Daly, California, a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco in the early to mid 1970's to his school Thomas Edison Elementary to the many different orphanages he was sent to. It started out in Daly, California in the summertime where they are a perfect family with a stay at home mom, a father working as a local fireman, and his two brothers Ronald and Stanley. They lived a wonderful life together always taking trips across California to kill time while the father was at work. Then everything changed suddenly when their mother got lazy she also got abusive. Dave considered school a second home once his mother got abusive, because it was is only time away from his mother so it was basically a safe haven for him. Last I stated that the orphanages were a home to him also. Later on he finally turned 18 becoming an adult where he could roam free. And was able to choose what he pleased. Dave had the integrity to live, while I know I could never endure the pain he went through to make it through those types of hardships. In my opinion Dave is a role model because he had the will to live when he had nothing to live for. Dave turned his life into a positive from a negative, going from an abused child to an award winning author. This story's mood would be best described as extremely suspenseful and disgusting. An example of this story being disgusting is when the mother made Dave eat his younger brothers feces’. At this moment I felt myself tempted to vomit which is extremely rare while reading the description of the diaper in Dave's face. One example of this story being suspenseful is when Dave's mother threatens to put him on the burner of the family's stove. My stomach was in a knot when I read that part of the book due to the suspense of almost being burned on the stove for playing with his brother at recess. Another mood would be fearful because you never knew what awful thing was going to happen to Dave next. It seemed like he would do the smallest things and receive the biggest punishments.
A biography that impressed me is "A Child Called It" . This book is about a young boy named Dave. During the story you find out that his mother, Catherine abuses him. Dave's dad Stephen is his best friend in the story. The family lives in a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco called Daly City. Dave is in elementary school at Thomas Edison Elementary.
First thing that impressed me in this short story is the characters. Dave was the main character and he was a little boy. His mom abuses him everyday and Dave has too find a way to live throughout the day when his dad isn't home. Catherine is Dave's mom and she is a drunk who abuses her boy. She is so evil during the story and almost kills her own son. The next character is Stephen, Dave's dad. Stephen is really nice to his son and is a respectable person. The house that they live in is very scary, gloomy, and evil.
This story is scary because the boy's mom abuses him all the time. She uses the mirror treatment which is where she made Dave sit in front of the mirror and she bashed his face into it until he started to bleed. Dave had lots of chores to do and if he didn't do them than consequently she wouldn’t feed him dinner. As usual a mom cares for you but she hated Dave so much she rubbed dirty diapers in his face . She went beyond dispensing her kids, she abused her kid.
This story makes me thankful for my family. They are so nice to me. I also love my mom the most because she puts 3 meals a day on the table at home. In the story Dave steals food because his mom won't feed him. My brother also cares for me unlike Dave's brother. The other kids in the family just watched him get abused and didn't help. For instance she gave him the mirror treatment and they played while David wasn't aloud.
I think the worst part of the story comes when Catherine makes him sit on the burning stove. Nevertheless Dave uses his brain and finds away to get out of trouble. These are all reasons why the biography, "The Child called It' impresses me and I encourage you to read it too.
Ryan Ricer(continued) 4/5 In conclusion A Child Called It is very interesting because it's suspenseful, and let's face it because every guy loves some action, blood, and gore. I was impressed mainly by the role of the characters and the most interesting thing I found was the surreptitious beatings. Soon I hope to read some of Dave Pelzer's other stories just like this short story. As I mentioned earlier I disliked the book then somehow it came appealing to my mind. One quote I found appropriate is that of what rapper Kanye West once stated " What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. ". If I was Dave Pelzer I would use this as the story of my life.
A biography that impressed and made an impact on my life was, A Child Called It. There are many elements in this story that make it so astonishing. These elements consist of the characters, conflicts, and themes. I find this story life changing mainly because in the end the child becomes free. The protagonist in this story is Dave, and the setting is California in the 1970s. Throughout his childhood, Dave's mother was very abusive to him. She treated him like he was just another piece of trash. Dave has no other choice but to accept this abuse until he is freed. Dave patiently waits for his hero to come and save the day.
The first element that is within the story is the characters. As I stated in the first paragraph, Dave is the protagonist. The antagonist in this story is Dave's mother. She is a careless drunk that is very abusive and unthankful. Other characters in this story are Dave's brothers. Their names are Kevin, Russell, Ron, and Stan. At moments, Dave's brothers showed much sympathy for him and cry during the abuse. But at other times, they sit back and watch the horror in action. Dave's superheroes in the story are made up of the teachers, nurse, and principal. The characters are just one of the elements that make this story so exciting.
Another for example, is the conflicts. This very well could be the main element in the story. First, Dave's mother is always beating him in some way. But this time, she went a little farther. She forced his precious, fragile arm over the hot flame of the gas stove. He was in so much pain. He could smell his little hairs singe right off his arm. This was only the beginning of the disrespect. Next, she would give him limited food, and when he came home from school she would demand him to puke. This would assure he wasn't stealing any food. If there was food in his puke, she would command him to eat it. "Eat it," she demanded. Also, she forced him to eat baby dung. She threatened him with a knife. "I'm going to kill you!" she exclaimed. Wasted of course, her chair went out of control; the knife went flying, and ended up in Dave's stomach. This is just some of the examples from the story.
The last major element was the theme. There were several themes throughout this biography. To start, you can only punish someone for doing wrong. A lot of the time Dave's mother would tear him to pieces for no reason at all. Then, it showed that in time of need, cry out for help. However, Dave would just accept the abuse because he was too embarrassed to admit the truth. Also, people can be very fake and unreal. Dave's mother was called into the school for a conference. She told them that she doesn't hurt him at all. "He scratches himself and blames it on me," she said. She won that time. She fooled them and the teachers completely believed her lies. These themes played a huge role in the story.
In conclusion, a biography that impressed and made an impact on my life was, "A Child Called It". This story left a huge impact on my life. There were many elements that made this story so interesting. Three example of this are the characters, conflicts, and theme. It is very sad what Dave went through and put up with for all these years. Everyone should read this book.
To begin with, I'm going to explain probably one of the most emotionally gripping stories of life. First, the realistic setting the book pulls you in. Secondly, will be the horrible atmosphere surrounding this little child. Then, I will describe the tone of the mood that goes along with the story. Finally, in conclusion the book is wonderful.
In the beginning of this book, around the second chapter is the exposition. At the sometime, is Dave a little kid having the time of the few years of his wonderful life! Earlier, in his life David was the little kid of bunch in the perfect family. For example, the dad was the smiling firefighter, the mom was happy all the time, and his brothers were playful. Until Dave went to first grade. Soon, after entering the fall his mother started drinking alcoholic drinks and sat on the couch all day. First, it began with a simple time out in the corner. Then, the perfect household turned into the most horrible place on earth. Some people ask "Why?". But, then all of the sudden his mom started with pure child physical abuse. Soon, the hitting came until dad came home. Afterwards, was no food, beatings, worse tortures, and no dad. Also, he is forced to live in a basement, sleep on newspaper, not eat dinner, and be made fun of everyday. Then the life of this poor child leads is even more horrible as spirals through the book. For now, this is the setting of the story that surrounds the little boy. After all this, the most scary part is it is an actual true story about a little kid with hope.
To start off, the atmosphere conveyed by the story, is very frightening. Likewise, the characters add a lot to the atmosphere. First off, the brave dad is David's hero by sneaking him food and motivating him. But, the relationship is starting to go apart as mom's control over the house strengthens. Then comes the mother who was good in the beginning. Later, she becomes the most evil person I have read about in a book. In turn, the torture she ensues to a little kid is very horrible. For example, the main character has to stay in locked bathroom locked in ammonia which is a cleaner. First, it doesn't affect him at all. Then, he can't breathe anymore as the air thickens with cleaner. Soon his mom only opens the door when he on the verge of death. Next, the mom had another child which she brainwashed him to want to kill David. Also, his older brothers don't try to help him with anything. But, later on their only trying to save themselves from the wrath of their mom. Then, the most conveying character in the story is the main. In essence, you could compare the kid to a lost hiker. Similar, he is a genius doing anything to survive the life of abuse. While, the burning passion of hope, survival, and hard ship! However, he is only a little kid in grade school! Generally, this is how the atmosphere everything around it in the story.
To begin with, is the mood the story aroused. At first the story started out with the resolution and then the book unfolds itself as it goes on by pages. Similarly to a happy family book the second chapter accounts of the main character's life. You might have a smile on your face throughout the chapter. Until the next few
(continued)chapters come one by one. Earlier, in the chapters it isn't so bad until the stories ranging from dirty diapers to a stove. Also, they could make sick to your stomach. Next, is the sorrow you feel for David as he continues through his painful childhood. Soon, I felt hope as his dad would sneak his food at night. Instead, of giving up, David faces his mom head-to-head. Likewise, makes you feel happy! In any event, this is how any person would feel about the mood the traps us all.
As a result, the stories elements affect everything in and around it. In brief, the setting is the most powerful thing going throughout the story. However, the atmosphere comes in a close second that supports it. Then, the mood the story aroused stirs all of us around. However, there are also many things that I couldn't describe in this short amount of time. But, these are the best three things that make the story. For example, "I will never give up," transports these three things into one statement. As you can see now, this is the most intriguing short story "The Child called It" can affect anybody.
The book "A Child Called It" is a short story that impressed me greatly because the elements of the biography captured my interest. These elements consist of things such as the characters, conflicts, and themes. It took place in California in the 1970's and is one of the worst hidden secrets of all time. To begin with, the realistic setting makes you feel the pain and seek the terror that the main character David had to go through. One reason I think that this is one of the most emotional book I have ever read is because it is fiction. For example, it was a horrible atmosphere in both the child's home life and his life outside of home. I will try and describe the horror and terror this book brings to my attention. First, I would like to talk about the characters in the story. The main characters in the story are David, his mom Catherine, his dad Stephen, and his brothers Kevin, Russell, Ron, and Stan. David was a nice kid that got abused by his mother and didn't deserve any of it. His mother's name was Catherine and she abuses David as a child and also when he gets older. She is a drunk and is very cruel and evil to everyone in the family especially David. She did horrible things that only a person with a twisted mind would think to do to a child his age. His dad was Stephen and he stood up as long as he could before mother became too much for him. David thought of his dad as superman until he told his dad very valuable information about his drunken mom and he didn't seem to care. His brothers were involved in the story but didn't take much action in it.
Next, there are various conflicts in the story that give vivid details. The first conflict is the beating that mother transferred to David. David's mom beat him every day and told him he was a bad boy even though he didn’t do anything. The next treatment that he received from his mother was burning on the stove. He got burned one day when he got home from school. Mother made him take all of his clothes and she tried to burn his skin with hot, flaming fire from the stove. This was very treacherous. Also, Catherine made him rub his face in a dirty, disgusting diaper and said "Eat It" and he replied in a terrified voice "Please, No!" Dave asked "Mother, why do you have to be this way?" but she replied nothing in return, which in turn caused her problems.
Lastly, there are numerous themes that express the story's relation between the characters. The first theme is to treat everyone the same, no matter what race, ethnicity or how their appearance reflects on your opinion. Another example of a theme from this extraordinary book is to love your family no matter what consequences nature has to throw at you in the future. As you can see, this story's mood aroused me in a sensitive way. There were many events and points in the story that twisted my stomach like a whirling tornado. In conclusion, there are many depressing and terrible things that have happened in this story. This book impressed me greatly because the elements of the story captured my interests. There were many things in the story that had
The setting of this biography is in Daly California a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco. The time all this occurred was in the 1970's. The main character of the book is Dave Pelzer, a child that was severely abused when he was young. Kathryn Rivoura she was a very sick women all she did with her life was stay at home, drink beer, and think of new ways to abuse David. Dave had two other brothers that lived a perfectly normal life while Dave was beaten and tortured every night. The last character I am going to discuss is Stephen David’s dad. Stephen was a firefighter he also was somewhat of a protector of David in his home life. When Stephen was not home Kathryn would beat and torture David twice as bad.
There were many conflicts in this story. For the most part they were disturbing and irrational. The most irrational conflict was when his mother turned on the gas stove and put his arm over the orangish-blue colored flame. Dave often was sent to his room which was the cold garage floor while the family was eating there meal, also he usually would got without food. At one point in his life he was averaging one meal per every three days. His cruel mom went beyond the boundaries of punishment and started abusing him when she rubbed his face in his little brother’s diapers. Dave had feces running down his face and coming out of his nostrils.
The horrible mood the book arouses is defiantly depressing. The book is depressing because who would ever to this to a innocent child. Dave's mom was so cruel she even threw a knife at him and cut his stomach wide open. Every time I read this story I want to cry. Whoever would want to do this to their own child deserves to be in prison for their entire life. The mood of the book is also frightening. If my mom did that to me would never be able to sleep or relax. This would be terrible to live like this and I hope no one ever has to.
This book was extremely well written. I encourage you to rean this book. First the book teaches you many life lessons. Second the book entertains you when your reading the book. Last but not least the book tells you specifically not to treat anyone like this. Once again I strongley suggest you read this novel.
inspired me and captured my attention. These things include examples such as the characters, conflicts, and themes that took an important role in this astonishing book. There were an astounding amount of anecdotes that helped make me realize the crucial pain of being abused can feel by someone that is mentally, physically, and psychologically bigger than you.
One biography that greatly impressed me was named A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer. In the story, he tells of all the horrible things his mother had done to abuse him while he was a child. She afflicted large amounts of pain, and tortured him constantly until the day he was taken to protective services. After everything she did to him, he is lucky to still be alive. All of the things that happened to David as a child took place before he had turned 11 years old. This story will help you to understand the affects child abuse can have on the children affected by it and also too show you why child abuse is as big of an issue as it is today.
Though out the story David was beaten many times by his mother and started to give up until he made a promise that he would never let his mother have the satisfaction of feeling the she had won. All the abuse began while David was in the first grade. It started out with his mother being extremely mean to him, and how we was the only one ever in trouble when his younger brothers, Stan and Ronald, were let go with no punishment although they were committing the same "crime". It then moved on to the "mirror treatment". In this, his mother would take his face, smash it against a mirror, and make him stare into it and say he was a bad boy. His mother was constantly drinking and it only made the beating worse. Later in the story, she had a knife and lost her balance due to her baby, Russell, hanging on her leg. While falling, she stabbed him. His father protected him at the beginning gat the story, but then just left him to be tortured. There was nothing he could do.
Early in the story, David was always being starved. He started to steal food from the school, but was caught in the act a few weeks later. He went home, to yet another beating after his principal had called home. His mother made him puke everything up every day to see if he had been eating. There was no end to the constant abuse David suffered. His father quit caring, his mother hated him, his brothers did nothing to help him, and the kids at school thought he was bad. The abuse finally stopped when David was taken away from his home Protective Services.
Some themes of the story are how terrible abuse can be, and what it can do to the child's self esteem. David was terribly abused. His mother tried to make him feel worthless and like a slave. She made him do whatever she needed with no reward, she starved him, and she held him back to make him feel stupid. There was never and show of kindness from his mother until she had stabbed him. He was lost in the world. When he was told by the officer, and I quote, "You're Free," he had no idea what to think.
It brings out the dark mood of sadness, anger, and sympathy. You felt sad to know that this was going on and also to know how so many other kids are going though the same thing everyday of their lives. It also makes you angry. When David's mother was abusing him, I was angry. No parent should ever threat a child how she had treated David. No child ever deserves to be beaten, burned, stabbed, and made to think so low of themselves because of the parents treating them how they do.
A “bibliography’ that I have recently read that impresses me tremendously is A Child Called It. This book taught me to appreciate life and the great values that life has. While writing this story, I will tell you about the characters, the conflicts, and the theme. I will first tell you about the characters. Subsequently I will tell you about the conflicts. Lastly I will tell you about the themes and the life lessons I learned from reading this book. "Don't worry about your problem so much because there is someone out there with a bigger one" is an example of a life lesson I had learned while reading this book. I will tell you about this “bibliography.”
I will start by describing the characters in this book to you. The main character in this story is Dave. Dave is the son that gets beat by his mouth mentally, physically, and emotionally. He is a very hurt child and can't find a way to stop his mother's evil games. Catherine is the next character that I will tell you about. She is the mother and she is a very sick person. A few examples of this is she beats her child daily, and lies about it, she makes him eat stuff that shouldn't be in a human's mouth, and she also makes him drink poisonous stuff that could kill him. The last character in this story is his father. He is the only person that sticks up for Dave. He tries to help him when his mother tries to beat him and he also yells at Catherine when she does not feed him. He is a nice person, but then ends up changing in the end.
There are many conflicts that this story contains. They have to do with his Dave and his mother. Examples of this trait are his mother beating him, not feeding him, and making him eat nasty stuff. She beats him everyday and leaves him big wounds. How would you feel not getting dinner every night? Dave barely gets food all day and if he gets any they are leftovers. The last thing his mother does is make him eat and drink stuff that could kill him, like window cleaner and throw up.
This book makes me feel supercalifragilisticexpealidousius. In this story one of the themes are "stay strong, things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever." I learned this because Dave has many struggles in this book, but he keeps fighting for his life. He could have been dead along time ago, but somehow he found ways to stall or to stay alive. the next life lesson in this book is " Life is a gift however, everyone's isn't allows perfect so love the life you live, and live the life you love." Dave has a very hard life. Is there someone around you that has a life like Dave? There probably is and it can't get any worse than that. Theses were just some of the themes of this book.
In conclusion those are some traits about the book that inspired me. "A Child Called It" is a very good book and I think that everyone should read it and get inspiration from it. Did you learn anything from my story? Well I hope you have. I also hope that you have learned that this short story captures my interest with characters, conflicts, and theme. This book is a magnificent book and there are many great lessons in it.
A book I found that really impressed me was A Child Called "IT". This is a very sad story about a mother who went from being the nicest mother possible, to being sick gross and just plain out disgusting. Throughout this short story, I will be taking you on a journey through the book. I don’t really approve of this book, because no parent should have to put such and innocent child through this. Some mothers have perverted, inappropriate minds. Some of the examples I will be express make me literally want to vomit.
First, "IT" is Dave. He is a little boy with tremendous dreams. When Dave was a little child, Catherine, the mother, was so sweet and would do anything for her three sons. One of Dave's favorite places is the Russian River because that’s when there family spends most of their time together. The father, Steven came from Australia. The two older brothers where Stan and Rusty. In this story , the brothers never where abused or anything. It’s very sad because every day Dave has to go to school and get called names by everyone because he is hungry and smells horrid. There are many conflicts to this story. As you can see, i will be expressing them to you. First, Dave's mother abuses him sexually, mentally, and physically. I feel so guilty for him, its so upsetting. Second, Dave never did a solitary thing wrong, but his mom still made up excuses. For example: Once Dave's mother yanked his arm out of socket and told him to sleep on the top bunk, later on to know she just did that to make up the excuse that he had fallen from the top bunk.
Very often you see mothers pulling, yanking, biting and punching their kids. That’s abuse. There are many life lessons to learn, one don’t make fun of someone because they smell bad and look bad. Sometimes they can’t help it and by making fun of them, it just makes it worse.
Now, I will be expressing my feelings for this novel. Once in this book, the mom wouldn't feed him so he snuck frozen hotdogs and ate them. He later had cramps and his mother made him vomit then eat it. Another time, his mom shoved defecation is his face from his little baby Brother Russell’s diaper. Very often you see mothers pulling, yanking, biting, and hitting their kids. That is called abuse. There are many life lessons to learn, one didn’t make fun of someone because they smelled bad and look bad. Sometimes they cant help it and by making fun of them, just make it worse.
As a result, a book I found that really impressed me was A Child Called 'It". Even though it was horrid and it made me feverish with exhaustion, it was inspiring, now I know I will never abuse my kids! I also I have never been abused which makes it a whole lot better. When I’m older, I want to help children in need. I want to be an Oncologist and I want to change lives. Its an extravagant event and novel. 4th and 5th period(:
A biography that interested me was, A Child Call “It.” Throughout the story, "A Child Called It," many elements capture my interest. One element that caught my attention would be the characters. The main character, David extremely caught my attention in the story. Dave is brutally abused throughout the story. For example, he is beaten by his mother nearly every day. Another example would be that his mother rarely feeds him; and when she does it is his brothers' leftovers. As a result of Dave's mother not feeding him; he continuously steals from other students' lunches at school. A third example would be that his Dave's mother forces him to wear the same outfit to school every day, which Dave compares to Swiss cheese because of the holes in them, to humiliate him. Another example is that Dave’s mother abuses Dave and not the other children. To illustrate this, she calls them superlative children. A final example would be that Dave's mother demands Dave to sleep in the garage every night.
Another character that stood out to me was Catherine Roerva. Catherine is Dave's abusive mother. I would describe Catherine as a very complex character. For example, Catherine is what someone would call "the perfect mother," in the beginning of the story. Towards the middle Catherine begins to abuse Dave and continuously does it throughout the story. I would also describe her as two-faced. Catherine is very different towards Dave and her husband when people are around. In conclusion, these two characters were very interesting to me.
Another element that captured my interest was the conflicts throughout the story. There were many conflicts in this story between the members of Dave's family. For example, Dave's mother Catherine abusing Dave was the main conflict of the story. Another conflict would be that when Catherine abuses Dave, Dave's little brothers ignore him. Subsequently, they would act like it was okay. For example, when Dave's mother would beat him, his little brothers continued to play. Another conflict was that Dave's mother and father always fought. For example, Dave's father, Stephen, is scared of Catherine. In summary, there were many conflicts throughout the story, but these managed to steal my attention the most.
The author, Dave Pelzer, displays several themes throughout the story. In my opinion, I believe that the theme in this story is that you should always appreciate and be thankful for what you have because some people in the world are not as lucky. For example, I have loving family, great friends, and I'm also very thankful that I am able to eat at least three meals a day. Another theme the author displays is never given up. For example, although Dave is brutally abused every day of his life, he stays strong and never gives up on anything. Also, although Dave's mother is abusive and an alcoholic he still loves her. In summary, this book explains several life lessons that everyone should follow.
In conclusion, this short story displays many elements, such as, characters, conflict, and theme. These elements greatly capture my interest. In my opinion, I would recommend this book to people of all ages. It is an amazing book and I would defiantly read it again.
The story "The Child Called It" is a life changing story. This is a awesome book to read to make you appreciate what kind of family you have and what kind of life you have. The main character in this story is David and he is abused by his mom. This is a very cruel and evil woman. David does everything he can to survive. David’s dad was the only thing David could count on. After a while his dad gave up and he never spoke up and told his wife to stop. Dave also has brothers which are forbidden to talk to Dave and ignore him. The only character that caught my eye was David’s mother. She punished him by beating him and hurting him in mental ways. His mother is evil and cruel. And what did I think of this story? I thought it was sickening and cruel.
In this story there are many conflicts. The first conflict would be Dave is the only child in the family that is abused and is punished. Second is his mother lied to the principle and doctor about Dave’s bruises and hurt arm. Another problem is that Dave’s dad does not try to help Dave or stands up for Dave and is scared of his own wife. His mother told his brothers that they were forbidden to talk to Dave. The last conflict is Dave’s mom stabbed him by accident but before that she said, “That if he didn't do the dishes fast enough that she was going to kill him."
The theme of this story is that I should appreciate what I have as a family and what my life is like. And how greatly fortunate I am. Dave is abused and doesn't at home and is not taken care of. This story is very sad as far as everything that happens in this story. This story is really a sad story. Which some kids should read that don't appreciate what they have. How they should love their mom and dad more than anything. They should also appreciate that they don't get abused and that they are fed. And to thing about the one that are not fed or abused everyday and that smell horrible. And wear the same clothes over and over every week. I appreciate everything and everyone that is in my life.
The story "The Child Called It" is a life changing story. This book is a very sad but cruel story. But Dave is saved but is taken to foster care and is moved from to house to house. At least he does not get beat now and is away from his mother. There are so many other conflicts too in this story. I feel so sorry for Dave and wished that they would have caught his mom a long time ago. But I definitely recommend this book to everyone.
A story that inspired me and changed my point of view on the humongous world was the story called "A Child Called It". This story happens in the late 1960's in California, in David's "Dave's" childhood home. The author is Dave Peltzer, he is also the main character "A Child Called It" is a true story about a boy "Dave" who is abused and hammered by his drunken mother Catherine. His father Stephen just observes and lets this happen. Dave had three brothers he was the oldest. His brother's were Stan, Russle, and Randel. However Dave was the only one who got abused and neglected. Catherine would throw him across a room and then laugh when he cried, this women had no right to be called mother by anyone.
The family used to be the best household; they had the best house the new car a shining family! For example they were like the families you see on tv, absolute perfection! They had pets, the boy's got toy's and presents, and they always decorated the house for holidays! Their house was the best in the neighborhood, everyone wanted to be in that family. Soon things started to change, Catherine "mother" would drink, smoke, and watch tv all day she wouldn't even get dressed. Catherine would be mean and vicious to the boys, Russle hadn't been born yet. She would send them too look for lost things, but wouldn't tell them what they were looking for. First it was all the boys, but then only Dave would be sent on these wild searches. Moreover when Stephen "dad" came home she would get dressed up a and cook dinner for them. When Stephen wasn't home Catherine would make Dave stand in front of the mirror then slam his face into it and make him stare at himself and say "I'm a bad boy! I'm a bad boy!". Every airing of commercials she did this, or something else terrible. Finally Catherine and Stephen started fighting, screaming. Things soon changed again, it didn't matter if Stephen was in the house any more Catherine would beat Dave, hit, and slap him one time Catherine even dislocated his arm, and told the Doctor that he fell off the top bunk bed.
Before too long Dave wasn't even considered part of the family. When she wouldn't feed him, Dave started to steal food. When Catherine found out about this she was furious so she would put ammonia on a spoon and make him swallow it. One day she made him regurgitate his stolen food then eat it. Dave would sleep downstairs in the basement on an old army cot with newspapers as blankets. The other children never said a word about how she treated their brother for fear she would do the same to them. There are many life lessons in this inspiring true story. For example, I learned to be grateful for what I have other people have life so much worse! Also I have learned that Child Abuse isn't something people make up its real! Catherine was threatening Dave one day and was waving a knife in his face when she was drunk and lost he balance and stabbed him, Dave thought that he was finally free, he was going to die. After he relized that he was free he decided not to give up, because Dave didn't want to give Catherine the satisfaction of not having to deal with him any more! Continued....
A story that inspired me and changed my point of view on the humongous world was the story called "A Child Called It". This story happens in the late 1960's in California, in David's "Dave's" childhood home. The author is Dave Peltzer, he is also the main character "A Child Called It" is a true story about a boy "Dave" who is abused and hammered by his drunken mother Catherine. His father Stephen just observes and lets this happen. Dave had three brothers he was the oldest. His brother's were Stan, Russle, and Randel. However Dave was the only one who got abused and neglected. Catherine would throw him across a room and then laugh when he cried, this women had no right to be called mother by anyone.
The family used to be the best household; they had the best house the new car a shining family! For example they were like the families you see on tv, absolute perfection! They had pets, the boy's got toy's and presents, and they always decorated the house for holidays! Their house was the best in the neighborhood, everyone wanted to be in that family. Soon things started to change, Catherine "mother" would drink, smoke, and watch tv all day she wouldn't even get dressed. Catherine would be mean and vicious to the boys, Russle hadn't been born yet. She would send them too look for lost things, but wouldn't tell them what they were looking for. First it was all the boys, but then only Dave would be sent on these wild searches. Moreover when Stephen "dad" came home she would get dressed up a and cook dinner for them. When Stephen wasn't home Catherine would make Dave stand in front of the mirror then slam his face into it and make him stare at himself and say "I'm a bad boy! I'm a bad boy!". Every airing of commercials she did this, or something else terrible. Finally Catherine and Stephen started fighting, screaming. Things soon changed again, it didn't matter if Stephen was in the house any more Catherine would beat Dave, hit, and slap him one time Catherine even dislocated his arm, and told the Doctor that he fell off the top bunk bed.
Before too long Dave wasn't even considered part of the family. When she wouldn't feed him, Dave started to steal food. When Catherine found out about this she was furious so she would put ammonia on a spoon and make him swallow it. One day she made him regurgitate his stolen food then eat it. Dave would sleep downstairs in the basement on an old army cot with newspapers as blankets. The other children never said a word about how she treated their brother for fear she would do the same to them. There are many life lessons in this inspiring true story. For example, I learned to be grateful for what I have other people have life so much worse! Also I have learned that Child Abuse isn't something people make up its real! Catherine was threatening Dave one day and was waving a knife in his face when she was drunk and lost he balance and stabbed him, Dave thought that he was finally free, he was going to die. After he relized that he was free he decided not to give up, because Dave didn't want to give Catherine the satisfaction of not having to deal with him any more! Continued....
In conclusion, I have learned so many different life lessons, I learned more about child abuse. Also i learned some of the signs of child abuse and that it really does happen, and that we shan't be ashamed of what we have and be thankful! To summarize David had been abused since before he was in kindergarten till the fifth grade! Can you imagine you mother treating you like that when you were that small for that long in your life? His mother was terrible Dave thought of his dad as a super hero, then his dad turned him a cold shoulder. They went from the perfect family to a awful relationship with drunken parents, who beat their kids and one of them didn't even notice! I just vaguely touched the real story of Dave Peltzer's redundant life. This is a story that changed my life forever.
A biography that truly impressed me a lot was, "A Child Called 'It'", written by David Peltzer. This story took place in California around the year 1960. First I will explain each one of the main characters of this book. They included Dave, his mother, his father, his brothers, the school Principal, and the nurse. David was a young boy who was continuously abused and beaten by his mother. The abuse started when small Dave was in the first grade. His mother was a very cruel woman. She would always devise sick and twisted games and then watch as her son suffered. She was an alcoholic. David's father was the only thing David looked forward to seeing. Every day when he came home, David knew he would be saved from the harsh beatings. His two brothers acted as though he didn't exist. They never looked at him or even acknowledged his presence. Principal Hansen was a very loving and kind-hearted man. He was the one that finally put Dave out of his misery by calling the police. The school's nurse was a loving person as well. Each morning she'd search David's bruised and starving body for more life-threatening injuries.
There were several major conflicts that occurred in this story. One of them was how David had to steal food every day from his classmates. His mother barely fed him. Even when she did, it was only mere left-overs from his other siblings. Eventually, David was caught. The school notified his mother and she fed him even less. As a result of this, he stole food from the cafeteria. Mother eventually realized this and made him regurgitate his entire prize. David was always beaten by his mom. She had beaten him so hard that his arm broke. One day she was threatening to kill him, and a knife flew out of her hand and stabbed him in the chest. Her punishments got even worse and one evening while they were home alone, she told him to lay on the stove nude so she could watch him burn.
Also, there were minor conflicts and clashes with his classmates. Poor and innocent David was forced to sit by an open window because no one wanted to sit next to "smeltzer-peltzer." He couldn't escape his abuse from home, because it also carried into the classroom. No one wanted him at his own home, or at his school. Dave didn't really have any friends, so he really did not have anyone to talk to. He just kept to himself. All he could do was pray for a miracle. A miracle that would someday come.
In the begging of this bibliograpy, David had it made. He was blessed with the perfect family. They had a blast whenever they were together. Eventually, things headed downhill. His mother and father began to have a "happy hour" every day at 3. Then, they'd drink until they weren't able to anymore. After a while, his mother got hooked. She became a full-blown alcoholic. Her routine consisted of the following: drinking, sleeping, and eating. As time passed she added one more thing to her to do list. And that was making David's life miserable. She would make up the most mind-blowing and cruel "games" that you could imagine.
Progressively, the games began to get even more and more terrifying. At first, it was just a simple time out. After those weren't successful anymore, she began the mirror treatment. His mother would smash his face against the mirror and make him repeat the phrase "I'm a bad boy." Her goal was very simple; make David feel worthless. She never succeeded though. He didn't even give up hope when she told him to strip and lay on the top of the stove. He used his brain and out-smarted the demon. She treated David like a slave and made him do whatever she said. She was in control.
As you can see, this short story is very inspiring and impressive. After I described the characters, the multiple conflicts, and the plot, I bet you're pretty curious about what this story is like. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to read a truly incredible tale. David Peltzer inspired many children to never give up even when the odds are totally against you. His life story is so impressive. There are a number of conflicts in this story and I have no idea how he overcame all of them.
One story that stands out in my mind that impressed me greatly was "A Child Called "It"' by Dave Peltzer. This book was a biography of Dave's young childhood. It takes place back in his home state California. This inspirational story had many characters including Dave, who the young boy between ages 5-10 is growing up with his abusive Mother. His mother was a despicable, sinful, twisted woman. She would do, say, and treat him in way unimaginable. There was also his father who really tried to assistance Dave out but never usually accomplished his begs. A few more Characters included his brothers, who didn't even speak Dave, The principle, who called the police, and finally "freed" Dave, And the Nurse who every day would count Dave's bruises and scrapes. Also, over all there weren't many that could save Dave but, himself.
Otherwise, this story wasn't always so sad in his early years and Dave started out in a happy family being loved and recognized. But, as he got older things got worse. As you can see around the time of kindergarten his mother started being very, very, abusive toward only him. Next in the First grade he had to start stealing food from other student and would go to school every day with more bruises. All the children had disgust toward him and though he was gross. He didn't have an easy life at all and there was nowhere for him to escape. At home he was treated like a slave and beating while at school he was teased and bullied constantly. Some examples of his abusive encounters include having to swallow phenomena, having to eat his little brother's poopy diaper, getting his head and body slammed around, and getting his teeth knocked out. Then some examples of school would be him being called despicable, horrible nicknames like "Smelltzer Peltzer''. There were so many effects he had to go through. Could you ever imagine going through some thing like that?
This story had a very sad mood. He had to do so many things and didn’t get anything in return. The worse thing was that the older he got the more violent it got and he had to fear for his life more. He was forced to sleep in a freezing garage on a cold wood cot and newspaper for covers. He was beaten constantly every day and night of his life and As usual he had a lot of bruises. There were also times were she would almost kill him, for example there was a time when his mother stabbed him in the torso and nearly killed him. Lastly he was never feed so he had to steal food or not eat. But, soon his mom caught on and started making him throw up the sustenance. As a result he was never treated in a fair manner till he was taken into foster care.
Therefore, I have come to learn that this was an inspirational story of a young boy's will to survive. I also learned that life can always change so make what you have of it. I've also learned how fortunate and blessed I am to have a family that loves and cares about me! All I have to say is that prayers go out to the children who have to go through Dave's story.
I have read several books during the course of my life, but not many of those have been short stories. However, I recently read a short story that impressed me greatly. The book was titled A Child Called 'It'. This short story is about one of the worst cases of child abuse in the history of the United States of America. This story takes place in California in the 1970s, and it is about a young boy named Dave who was abused by his mother. Dave was abused by Catherine Roerva from the time he was only four years old until he was finally taken from home in fifth grade when he was twelve years old.
The atmosphere this story portrays is quite terrible. This story conveys pain and suffering. In A Child Called 'It', Dave is abused by his mother, Catherine Roerva. First, the punishments began with her just making him stand in the corner, which wasn't too bad, but he had to be punished even when he didn't do anything wrong. A good analogy to the "corner treatment" is a time-out. Later on, he graduated to the "mirror treatment." In this punishment, his mother smashed his face against the window and made him say, "I'm a bad boy." He had to repeat the sentence several times and stand with his face pressed against the mirror until one of his brothers would ask their mother if he could go out and play with them. This was his main punishment for a long time. (continued)
While the "corner treatment" and the "mirror treatment" were bad, they were only the beginning of Dave's story of child abuse. One day, when his mother got drunk, she started beating him and ripped his arm out of its socket. The dislocated shoulder was bad enough that his mother had to take him to the hospital, where his mother just claimed that he fell out of the top bunk of his bunk bed. After that event was over, she stopped him from going to Cub Scouts. When he stayed home one day, Catherine dragged him over to the stove, turned it on, and held his arm over the burning fire. In the process of trying to get him to lie down on it, she beat him many times. He claimed that he won, though, because he wasn't forced onto the fire. He got lucky, however; his brother returning from Cub Scouts made his mother stop. When they went on vacation a while later, she took one of his baby brother's diapers and shoved it in his face while his father and brothers went swimming. To say her comments were not kind is an understatement. She smeared the diaper and defecation all over his face and then told him to eat it. When he refused, she got a new, stinkier, and somehow even more disgusting diaper and told him to eat it. She grabbed his head and shoved his face into the diaper, breaking his nose in the process. She beat him repeatedly until the rest of their family got back from the lake, and then told him to clean himself up and left him alone, even thought blood was running down his face from a broken nose. After that, his mother started starving him. Naturally, he started to steal food. At first it was just from other student's lunches, but then he got in trouble for that. He left school to steal food from the store, but eventually he was caught. After he was transferred to a new school, he tried to steal the frozen lunches the school was given. He managed to eat them, but when he got home, his mother made him regurgitate the half-digested hot dogs and then made him eat the vomit in front of his father. His mother then fed him bleach and other cleaning supplies. She also sent him to the bathroom to clean the floor while mixing two of the materials in a bucket. When mixed, the materials produced a gas, and Dave had to struggle to stay alive. Shortly after that, the floor under the table became his bed; old newspapers were blankets. Eventually, he was moved to an old army cot in the basement. When he would eat, his mother only gave him a short amount of time. Once, while drunk, she threatened him with a knife. It was just an accident, but she toppled over and stabbed him. He survived that, but only just. This horror show continued for many years. Eventually, his nurse rescued him. He was taken away from his home when he was twelve years old and in fifth grade and was finally taken to child protection services. This was one of few happy moments in the story, but it wasn't for several years after the beginning of the abuse. The atmosphere of this story obviously wasn't pleasant until the end. (continued)
A Child Called 'It' arouses many moods, but the one that I felt most was horror. I can't imagine how anybody could hurt a child. To think that it was his own mother that was torturing him just makes the entire ordeal worse for me personally. I am absolutely horrified and disgusted on how his mother treated him. She as good as forced him to drink poison. She beat him repeatedly, and she didn't even feel sorry about it. The entire ordeal is absolutely awful. I also feel grateful for my family. While I do fight with my family a lot, the worst thing that ever happens to me is getting sent to my room! I can't even imagine all of the terrible things that Dave had to deal with happening to me. The closest thing to child abuse that happened in my family was when my mother spanked me four times with a paddle for refusing to eat a sandwich I asked for. That punishment was actually deserved, though. None of Dave's terrible "crimes" were real. His mother just punished him for existing. This entire story was entirely horrific.
A Child Called 'It' impressed me greatly. While the story conveys several horrific events that happened to a young Dave Pelzer, it was excellently written. That is not the only reason for my liking it, though. I liked A Child Called 'It' for more than just the actual writing. The story itself was amazing. I absolutely loved how clearly it showed his tale. His early life was clearly portrayed in this short story. I was horrified by how nobody saved him until fifth grade, but I was happy because he was saved. A Child Called 'It' impressed me greatly, and I plan on reading it again in my life.
The Interesting Story "A Child Called It" By: Michael Nuzum II
In the book "A Child Called It", there are many interesting characters. The main character for this exceptional book is David. David gets ferociously abused by his mother, Catherine. For example, he is beaten severely, she hits him in the face, and she rarely feeds him. When she does feed him, he gets his little brother's breakfast leftovers. David has to stand in the basement or sit on the steps when he gets home from school. He is not allowed to be anywhere else in the house unless he is told otherwise. Catherine makes David wear the same exact clothes every day of the week. For example, he said his shirt has more holes in it than Swiss cheese does. David's mother is two-faced. For example, she is abusive to Dave but when his dad gets home from work, she is nice and sweet. In this mind-churning book, there are many conflicts. Catherine, Dave's mother, lies about everything. For example, she was abusing Dave and dislocated his arm. She told him to sleep on the top bunk so it looked like an accident. The next day she took him to the hospital and told the nurse that he fell off of the top bunk. The dad doesn't do anything to help David. He is scared of Catherine. I would be too though. She is very strict and doesn't let David do anything. When she abuses David, his little brothers just sit there and watch him get abused. It's very cruel and disgusting. The stuff she does to him is just unreal. This book makes me feel very sad because this is a non-fiction story. That means that this story is real and all of the events occurring actually happened. This story is very sad. It is so cruel too because she does very harsh things to David. One time, she made him strip down into his underwear and she burned his arm. When the school advisors found out that David's mother was abusing him, they called her. When David got home, he got the beating of his life. This book makes me feel supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I would hate to be in David's shoes because he goes through so much pain. Life is hard for David. This book is horrifying. The sad thing is that David's mother didn't even go to jail for any of this. In conclusion, this book is perplexing. It is miserable. I'm very grateful that my mother and father don't abuse me. This book is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to me. This book is just unexplainable. As you can see, Dave gets brutally abused by his mother Catherine. She is very cruel and I think she wants to kill him. This non-fictional book is just down right horrifying and sad. It's really sad because this is actually a true story. I feel really bad for Dave. Now, both of his parents are deceased but he is still very much alive. This book is quite interesting though. It gets you excited to keep reading.
A Biography that Impressed Me Greatly is "A Child Called "It" "
The story that most impressed me greatly is called "A Child Called "It" " It really inspired me because hearing how this boy was treated had me thinking how bad his life was , and I always thought that I had mean parents but after reading this I don't think I do at all ! The main characters of this story were Mom, Dad, Dave (main character) , The brothers, and the school nurse. The mom was the abuser she was the only parent that would abuse her kids, other ways to describe is evil and heartless and many more things. The dad is the next character i'm going to tell you about. The father is a fire fighter and works half of the time of his life and never is home when all of this madness is happening. Once the father had found out what the mother was doing he didnt say anything but ignore the child and act like e wasnt there , I think of the father to as heartless and careless and also a little bit afraid. The brothers are the next they act like nothings happening to their brother and completly ignore him and their selffish and they tease him and snitch on him. The school nurse is the one that checks Dave everyday to see all of his bruises and cuts. The nurse is the one that gets dave to freedom and away from all the madness. Finally the last character is Dave. Dave is the main character and also the author, his mother is the only one that gets abused out of four kids. For right now that is all I can say about the characters you will find more out about them. Ashley Bright 7/8th
At first the mother was extremly nice to Dave and would't hurt a fly. But for the most part the mother started having alcohol addictions and every single day she would start drinking at three o'clock and it never had been stopped. The first sign of abuse to Dave was called "the mirror treatment" the mirror treatment was Dave had to sit infront of the bathroom mirror and his mom would smash his face against the mirror and after she was done with that she usually made him stand there and say over and over again "im a bad boy". The next abuse was the "stove treatment" The mother made Dave take off all of his cloths and held his arm down and burned him on the gas stove and wouldnt stop. When she finally did it was just to tell him to lay ontop of the hot stove. Dave would look at the clock and wait for his brother or someone to get home so he wouldnt have to lay ontop of the burning substance. The next treatment was when the whole family went on vaction and the boys were going to a park to play the mother told Dave he wasnt aloud to go and that he would have to stay here with her all alone. The mom took an old solid diaper and smushed everything up all over the little boy's face and then told him to eat it ! The boy refused but mother stuffed it inside of his mouth. Later on mother made up some new treatments called the "gas chamber" the Bathtub treatment" and getting stabbed. The gas chamber was the worst he said the mother would put amenia and chrolox and mix it in a bucket and leave the boy in the bathtub with the door shut and make him sit in there until the bathroom was clean. He gagged and gagged and didnt like that feeling, he thought that he was going to die. Next the mother was really drunk and told the boy he had thirty minutes to do the dishes or she would kill him! On accident the mother was dizzy and the knife slipped out of her hands and hit the boy right in the stomache, the mother was still aggrivating and didnt care and told him to keep doing the dishes.
In this book nobody apperciated there family and that is upsetting. Child abuse is such a horrible thing and I would never see anyone in this world doing this to there child it is cruel! People in this world need to start apperciating what they have. But if they ont they will soon relize it once there gone.
In conclusion what I had learned from this book his that never take your parents for granted and think that they are mean. You never know how bad you have it until things like this actually happen to you! So apperciate what you have and never get to gready. This book has made me upset disgusting, just think what has this world came to ? I feel terrible for this boy and wish him the best in his future life. Ashley Bright 7/8th
A short story that has impressed me is “A Child Called “IT””. In the beginning of this book the main character and narrator of the story named David. The story starts out when he is being abused while he is in the fifth grade then the flashback takes us to his very early childhood back when everything was “perfect” for an example he wasn’t abused by his mother and he had a “normal” child’s life. The mothers named Catherine abused David and treated the other children better even those who weren’t hers. The oldest brother of David is Ron he is the oldest of them. Then there is David he was held back and is referred to by the mother as “The Boy”. Then there is Stan who is the youngest to begin in the book, but he is a grade older since David was held back. Later on there is a fourth boy named Russell. He’s mother’s boy and is Catherine’s little lookout also he is another excuse for the mother to get away with the abuse on David. The youngest boy who is abused after David is taken away is Kevin. He is the youngest and is abused after David is taken away from the mother. Another important character is Stephen Joseph, the father. He is referred to by David has his protector, because of the mother he works extra hours to stay away from her. He also sneaks food to David while his starving periods. For example David's mother gave him many punishments mostly take away food and when she did Stephen would help David. In this short story there were many conflicts between Catherine and David mostly, sometimes Stephen and Catherine would have a conflict over David. One conflict was that the mother was intoxicated and threatened David, but after a few minutes of threatening she stabbed him in the chest. Another is when Stephen decides that the starving was wrong and Catherine didn’t agree. Every time he lost, for an example they fought for hours, but Stephen wasn’t as willing as Catherine, therefore leading to a loss. After the father had lost it only worsened the mother’s mood therefore beating David even more. This story aroused a mood of sorrow and of thankfulness. Sorrow because of how David is treated and abused. For an example not even noticed or is beaten if is noticed. All of the ways that she abuses him brings sorrow to me and it makes me think that she needs to be executed. The Thankfulness was from the way my family treats me, and that I'm not like David. Therefore this book has affected me very much and I will remember it for the rest of my life. In conclusion this short story is a very good one and is well thought out as well. My life will be changed as of the day I started reading this. Peyton Ozie 7/8th period.
To begin my short story I that impressed me greatly would be this crazy book called "A Child Called It". To summarize this story or contrast this book into a whole it would go a little like this. Once a humble young child named Dave was just like any other 7 year old boy, loved, cherished by his two parents and three other brothers had a home and clothing on his back. But one horrifying evening coming back from one of there yearly family vacation as usually they would come home then watch a movie. Instead his mother starts to attach him calling him a "bad boy" thrashing at him like a wolf! Not anyone could figure out the reason for this mindless behavior. For example She would beat him, burse him, torture him until the boy became purple from head to toe! He would work around his mothers actions of hurting him otherwise, there would be nothing left of Dave. Soon, he would break out into tears of blood and cry until his face was num. She wouldn’t even care what she would act like to him in other words; She was an total awful living being.
For this too happen too a person with a sick and twisted and she would have him find this stuff somewhere thus, she would not be like this. For example, when he was young and healthy she would starve this child until all that was skin and bones latterly! Generally a mother would help there son, motivates him! But no she would put this boy other the stove and burn him, burn him until his flesh was falling off of his arms and landing onto the floor. For the most part Dave was his mother's child slave! She would make him cook her breakfast lunch and dinner and he wouldn't even get a speck of food in essence, he would be forced to do all for his chores and his brothers every morning and night in twenty minutes or he would get beaten even more than he already does every day. The question here is what were the teachers and school staff thinking in there heads when they saw Dave walking into the school dressed, smelled, and look like a total wreck? He would have a timed schedule of the day, eight o'clock wake up time then immediately cook breakfast for his mom, dad, run and Steve his brothers and he would not get fed any of it. Next, it would be time to leave the house and try to run to school for Dave. His mother would drive his brothers to school and kiss them good by every morning, David, got not one hug from either one of his parents séance the first grade. For illustration, Steve, Ron, and his dad would sit in front of the television and play board games as the warm toasty fire comforted the surroundings then you see poor defenseless Dave mopping and scrubbing the floors as his mother beats him senseless. For example, on a good day Dave would get four to five beatings and two to three threats about how she would eventfully kill him. On the bad days she would make him drink Clorox and urine
To start out how this mood was to appear in this jail of a house would become the unthinkable. The brothers of Dave would just sit there giggling and smirking at him wile that women that they call mother For example, cut him all over his legs, arms, and feet, until he bled till the point he would pass out, then he only had so much time till he had to get up and continue the choirs his farther has assigned of him to accomplish. As a rule, his mother would make him sleep on the cold concrete floor. During the chilly winter days
To come to conclusion this book is very heart lifting because, there would be nothing to do to help this child from being killed he would think of ways to steal food from kids because his mother refused to feed him! How discussing is that? I no for a fact that I wouldn’t even think twice about not doing that would put that lazy terrible lady and throw her into jail that is crazy but yet it interested me greatly. But for some odd reason, I wouldn’t read this book. Would you?
First of all, a short story that impressed me greatly is "A Child Called "It". " The setting of this story is in San Francisco which is a very big city in California in the 1970's. The setting also takes place at an elementary school and in a young boys house. This young boy's name is David but some people call him just Dave. David has two brothers and his mother only abuses him. He is only in first grade and his mom abuses him. She rarely feeds him and she doesn't give him any food unless he completes his chores. When he does complete his chores he only gets left over’s from his brothers cereal bowls.
Next, David has to steal food from his class mates without them finding out. He eventually gets caught and his classmates hide their lunch in the teachers closet. David then starts stealing food from other first grade class rooms. After he gets caught stealing from that class he is reported to the principle and he then cot called to the office for a meeting. Eventually, the school nurse told him that she wants him to come there everyday so she can inspect his body for any bruises. For example, just think how you would feel if this stuff happened to you. You wouldn't like it at all because you wouldn't get fed and you would have do everything she said or you would get beat.
Then, all of the characters i am going to describe are David, Mother, Father, and his brothers. I am going to start off describing David. David is a young first grader who gets abused by his mother. She makes him wear the same clothes for two years in a row and he said they looked like swiss cheese with all of the holes. He also said that his pants weren't any better. Now, I am going to describe his mother. His mother is nothing but a careless, inconsiderate, drunk. She doesn't care about her child David. She treats David the worst of all her kids. I am going to list some of her punishments. To start with, she made him drink ammonia, put his face in poop, made him eat poop, made him lay in freezing cold water and made him hold his head under it, she stabbed him, and locked him in the bathroom with a mix of Clorox and Ammonia.
Now, I am going to describe his brothers. His brothers get food and they get to play and they also don't get beat. One time when David was in the bathtub, his brothers brought their friends in and told them to look at their naked brother. Their friends knew that he was abused by their mother but they didn't tell their parents to try and help him out a little bit. His brothers got treated good and got to sleep in beds unlike David. David has to sleep in the garage on an old wooden army cot beside the hot water tank with no blankets. Finally, I am going to describe his father. His father was a nice man in the beginning of the book and tried to help David eat. He constantly tries to get David any food he can. Toward the middle of the book, his father doesn't even look at him.
Finally, this book is really really sad. I would not have wanted to be in his situation. I would do anything I could to get her arrested and finally just have a really good life. When his mother gets pregnant with Kevin, David’s father gives him all kinds of food and lets him play and have fun for once in his life. One time for Christmas, his mother bought him roller skates and made him skate in the winter with no jacket on to keep him warm. I figured that when the neighbors saw that they would realize that he is being abused because nobody would want to roller skate in the middle of winter with no jacket on to keep them warm. His mother made him mow grass and give her all of the money he made.
CONTINUE: To conclude, this is a very sad but true book. I can't even imagine what it must have been like for poor David all of those years. It must have been awful. I know he was saying that he wanted to die and be done with what was going on in his miserable life. He was in terrible pain and just wanted to be over with all of her games. I know that David is scared for life because of what happened to him. The theme of this story is saying to never judge someone if your not sure what’s going on in their life. It is also to understand how bad child abuse is and that you NEED to know what the signs of child abuse are.
In this story there is a young boy named David who gets abused by his mother. David is in the first grade when he starts to get abused by his mother all the time. David has 2 brothers in the beginning of the story and 4 brothers at the end of this book. 2 of his brother’s names are Ronald and Stan. They get treated very well by their mother. She feeds them breakfast and if his mother is in a good mood she will let David eat their leftover cereal about 5 hours later. You are probably wondering what David’s dad does while his mother abuses him. David’s dad is a firefighter which means he is not home sometimes. When David’s father is not home his mother takes advantage of that and abuses him every chance she has to do so. David’s 2 little brothers names are Russell and Kevin Russell is 5 years old at the end of the book. Kevin is 3 months old at the end of the book.
David is getting abused in many various ways. First his mother makes him strip down naked. Then, she turns on all 4 burners on the stove and she tried forcing him to lie on top of the stove so he could burn himself. Mothers plan did not work for long. David figured out how to resist burning himself by shaking her back and forth. For 6 years old David was very smart. His teachers say that David is the smartest kid in the class. First, He always listened to what the teacher was saying. Then, he would always turn his work in. His mother abused him in many other ways. His mother sometimes gave him the “Gas Chamber” treatment. The gas chamber treatment is when she mixes ammonia and Clorox together so when David smells it he will pass out. David also had to lie in the bathtub filled with ice cold water for around 7 hours. Once his mother stabbed him! She was drunk in a rocking chair swinging a knife back and forth and she accidentally let go and it flew and hit him directly in the stomach. She would not take him to the hospital because she wanted no one to know she stabbed her son.
In this book the author wants to tell everyone reading the short story that they should take advantage of their family because some people don’t even have a family or they just get abused by their family. The story is a non-fiction story, which means the author’s mother used to abuse him. At school when David was asked “what happened?” he would reply “Oh, it was just an accident.” If David told anyone his mother beat him and his mother found out about it, she would abuse him even more. Once when they were on vacation his mother made him eat poop out of his brother’s diaper. That night David coughed up blood for the whole night and then puked up blood. None of his family members even cared to check on him.
“A Child Called “it” ” A biography that impressed me greatly is "A Child Called "It" " It is based on a true story told by the person himself. That is what impressed me the most. I've only been reading this for about a week or so, and I’m in love with it! It is a great movie I would recommend it to anyone. It gives a lot of outlooks on life and how the people act. It makes me want to appreciate life much more! It took place in California, in the 1970's!
The atmosphere conveyed by the story is very upsetting. This little boy is getting abused on a daily bases! Just imagine if that was you, living your life like that! His mom didn't love him, at all! She treated him very badly. Showed no type of respect for him tortured him for any apparent reason! She treated his brother Ron and Stan amazingly. They never went through anything that Dave did. It is the saddest book I have ever read. At one point in time the mother was a fantastic mom, then all of the sudden she is a terrible mom. Ever known someone whose mom just didn’t care about anything? She seemed like that with her other kids, but if Dave messed up one thing then everything is a nightmare from there! The atmosphere there had to be very awkward and fear. However it was just for David. If he had to do something he had to do it, right then and there! Otherwise he would get beaten! Consequently he didn't get to eat. He also didn’t get to play with his brother. He had nobody. When his dad was home was his only faith. His mother, Catherine never beat him while his father was home. Never the less did it end though! It seemed as if it would never end. The story aroused a sad, depressing mood. Nothing in this book could possibly make you smile. If so then you have no heart. This is a very good detailed book. His mother never got in trouble or nothing! I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have to live with her. She mad him do this thing called the gas chamber, she would mix ammonia and Clorox, and then she would shut the door and make him clean the bathroom. It can really kill someone. She has stabbed David before in the chest. She once made him take her clothes off and lay completely down in freezing cold water! If he tried to get up she would push him down. Generally if you’re in a cold place for a long period of time, then your going to get hypothermia. You can simply loose the parts of the body that was exposed to the cold temperature. Whenever he would get out, Catherine wouldn't let him use a towel. David had to put back on his clothes and sit outside. Instead of him sitting in the warm sun, she made him sit in the shade. Whenever the boy went to school the nurse would record all the marks he has. One day the cops came and he finally got taken out of custody. The cop took him out of town and promised he'd be safe. He said he wasn't really sure what was going to happen next, such as if she will take it out on his brother or just give up! David was in fifth grade and under when all this was happening. He knew the games she played and played them back. He was a very intelligent kid. A food heart and head on his shoulder. However, his mom made him seem worthless, no good, and a bad kid. When in reality she made him like that! He would steal people’s food from school due to the fact that his mother wouldn't feed him at home! For example, we eat whenever, our parents cook for us and all that, his mother doesn't! Whenever she does let him eat its scraps from his brother’s plates In conclusion, the mother was a very abusive woman. David had to have lived a hard life. Nothing he did was ever good enough. He felt very hopeless, but he still remained to have faith in life. Now day’s people would probably do some crazy stuff, no he dealt with it! I couldn't go through anything that he has. David is still leaving and has other books out. He is an amazing author. In other words his words and story are well described. The fact that this is true, breaks my heart. His brother also has a book out. I looks forward to reading it also
A biography that impressed me greatly was "A Child Called 'It'". To start with, the main character in this story is Dave Pelzer. He is also the author. He wrote the book about his terribly abusive childhood. The abusive one was the mom, Catherine. She used to be a loving and caring mother who loved her life and family. Then she started drinking more and more as time went on and after the corner treatment, she got carried away. Her tortures just kept getting worse and worse. Although, the only one of her sons that she treated badly was Dave. The father tried to help him but Catherine controlled everything and everyone in the house. Russel was a toddler during most of the beating and yet he was his mom's little helper. Not in the beating, of course, but he would watch him to make sure he did what he was told. Poor Russel never had the chance to get to know his brother. Dave was only known anymore as the "bad boy" in the house. The nurse, on the other hand, knew better than to believe the lame excuses that his mom brainwashed into him. So every morning she would have him strip down into his underwear and she would keep a record of all the marks and phony excuses that Dave had. She helped David a lot.
Nevertheless, David had many conflicts as a child, for all he really knew was fear. His mom used to make him lay in a bathtub filled with ice cold water for hours at a time and then she made him go outside in the shade while the sun was going down. Before hand, she made him get naked and held his arm over the burning stove. She then tried to force him to lay on it but he bought time until his brother got home. Catherine stopped so David grabbed his clothes and made a run for it. Another torture he had to go through was when his mom poured ammonia and Clorox into a bucket in the bathroom, and then made him clean the bathroom. He then scooted the bucket to the door and put a damp cloth over his nose and mouth. He did the bathroom but afterwards, he went back downstairs to his garage bedroom and vomited blood for about an hour. Yet that wasn't even the worst part. For example, one day when they were home alone, his mom shoved one of the baby's dirty diapers into his face. Afterwards, she tried to make him eat what was in the diaper. When he refused, she took his head ad slammed his face into it, rubbing from side to side. In other words, Dave had a horrible childhood because of his abusive mom and non-supportive family.
To end with, there are many different themes to this story. One of the themes is to love your family because of what Dave went through with his mom, brothers, and father. Another theme is to aware us of the horrors of child abuse. We may not think so but there are many people out there who do terrible, mind blowing things to their children. Courage is also one. For example, no matter how hard his mom pushed, beat, and tortured him, he would always have the courage to survive. I think that is amazing since David was only in grade school when this was all happening and he was smart enough to survive all that time.
In conclusion, Dave Pelzer is a great writer and he was very brave to write a story about his childhood. It was a heart breaking tale but it all ended up ok. An officer came and took him to foster care when he was in the fifth grade. That's wonderful that he had that much courage. I cannot wait to read the other books he has written. Therefore, Dave Pelzer is cool.
To begin with I’m going to be writing about a story that I read in my reading class, it’s about boy little boy named David who is repeatly getting abused bad his mom because hence he was begin a "bad boy!" This story for the most part based on a truth story , and since it is as I go on through out the story telling you the heart breaking parts and good parts but not so good you might just have to stop reading this and legit cry! David's dad's name was Stephen Joseph he is the mom's ex husband and he's a firefighter. In brief he knew what mother was doing to David and he just wouldn't do not one thing about it at lot nevertheless while the mom was abusing David as a result all he did was sat there and let her beat him half to death. On balance the Nurse at David’s school would always take him into her office and undress Dave from head to toe and write a brief summary about all of the wounds like for example there was a wound on him from were his mom stabbed.
Mean while there are a couple of things that were good and bad, sometimes I would have to stop and let someone else read because it was so sad. Like wise there was a part in the story that really caught my eye was when he was in the Cub Scouts his mom offered to help out on the scouts, so after that they let her join and as a member while this was happening the mom was begin nice to all the other kids those kids would always tell David that they wanted a mom just like his in David’s mind he was thinking no you don't! Have you ever had a mom that would treat you like that? On the on the other hand there were also good parts in the story like one illusion his mother would always have Christmas parties for him.
In case you didn't know there were several ways his mom abused him was she put him into the bathroom of his house and put bucket of absolutely nothing but Clorox and a lot of different cleaning things. On day David went to school and there was a opened window in the back of the class room, hence the teacher made him sit in the back beside the open window because she said he stunk really. Generally His shirt he would wear to school every single day of school and it had tons of wholes in it from his mom beating him so badly so therefore all of the students in his class called him Swiss cheese didn't you wish you could just call the police or something and handle it on your own? He couldn't he was only in the 1st and didn't know what to do it wasn't his problem I had felt is bad fir him.
To rap this story all up , as you can see this story is manning boy who is getting beat by his for no reason what so ever. One time his mom gave him a mirror treatment like for example she smashed David’s head into the mirror the bathroom I've never felt so bad in my life before! So to warn you in my opinion dare you to read and read this story its very heart breaking!
This story is about a little boy named David who was abused by his mother day after, day. His parents were alcoholics that drank everyday from happy hour which is 3:00 p.m. until they would go to sleep which was about 12:00 p.m.. He was only 7 years old when, his mother started to abuse him. David had 3 other sibling sand his mother never abused any of them. David's father was a full time fire fighter and his mother and him would always get in arguments about abusing David. His father did not want him to be abused but, his mother begged to differ. As a result, he was still abused by his mother. David had no friends at school because he stunk, he smelled bad because, his mother made him wear the same clothes everyday for two years. His shirt started to get so many holes that he said it looked like Swiss cheese.
David' s mother made him sleep in the garage on a cot. It was very cold down there, he would try to keep himself warm by curling up beside the furnace. But, that only made it a little less cold. His mother told him that he was not a part of the family anymore as a result, she made him sleep in a different place than the family. His mother's name was Catherine, she is a strange women. One day she painted the steps red and she spilled the paint all over her clothes and then, she went and lied down on the couch. All His mother does is drink alcohol, lie on the couch, and watch television. She is over weight and about 5'3.
One day David's mother was beating him and she pulled his and they both heard a loud pop and his shoulder was broke. His mother made him lay on the top bunk in his old room to make it look like he fell off of it while he was sleeping and broke his arm. Most of the time his mother was drunk while she abused him. One night she was really drunk and she awoke David from his sleep and made him drink Ammonia which is in Windex, and Windex is a glass cleaner. When, he drank the ammonia he couldn't breathe. It bubbled up and caused the air passage in his lungs to clog up.
The story made a lot of people very sad about his situation and what he went through and a child. David was a brave person and he was also strong for fighting trough it. The nurse, principle, and one of his teachers tried to help him get out of the situation. His mother was disgusted by him so much that she started calling him the boy, later on, in the story his mother started to call him it. Not long after David was taken away from did his mother start to abuse his younger brother.
Finally David was taken away from home by a cop that picked him up from school. The principle was repeatedly seeing marks on him so he started to wander why. Then, he called his mother and asked about the marks. That made his beating worse. Then, he came back to school the next day and the nurse started to write down his bruises down in a notebook. She kept record long enough to call the police and have enough evidence for them to just take him away from home. As David drove away from the school the cop told him he would never be abused again and he smiled on the inside and out. Then a tear rolled down his face. That moment he knew he wouldn't have to go through anymore restless nights worrying about his mother abusing him.
To begin with I’m going to be writing about a story that I read in my reading class, it’s about boy little boy named David who is repeatly getting abused bad his mom because hence he was begin a "bad boy!" This story for the most part based on a truth story , and since it is as I go on through out the story telling you the heart breaking parts and good parts but not so good you might just have to stop reading this and legit cry! David's dad's name was Stephen Joseph he is the mom's ex husband and he's a firefighter. In brief he knew what mother was doing to David and he just wouldn't do not one thing about it at lot nevertheless while the mom was abusing David as a result all he did was sat there and let her beat him half to death. On balance the Nurse at David’s school would always take him into her office and undress Dave from head to toe and write a brief summary about all of the wounds like for example there was a wound on him from were his mom stabbed.
Mean while there are a couple of things that were good and bad, sometimes I would have to stop and let someone else read because it was so sad. Like wise there was a part in the story that really caught my eye was when he was in the Cub Scouts his mom offered to help out on the scouts, so after that they let her join and as a member while this was happening the mom was begin nice to all the other kids those kids would always tell David that they wanted a mom just like his in David’s mind he was thinking no you don't! Have you ever had a mom that would treat you like that? On the on the other hand there were also good parts in the story like one illusion his mother would always have Christmas parties for him.
In case you didn't know there were several ways his mom abused him was she put him into the bathroom of his house and put bucket of absolutely nothing but Clorox and a lot of different cleaning things. On day David went to school and there was a opened window in the back of the class room, hence the teacher made him sit in the back beside the open window because she said he stunk really. Generally His shirt he would wear to school every single day of school and it had tons of wholes in it from his mom beating him so badly so therefore all of the students in his class called him Swiss cheese didn't you wish you could just call the police or something and handle it on your own? He couldn't he was only in the 1st and didn't know what to do it wasn't his problem I had felt is bad fir him.
To rap this story all up , as you can see this story is manning boy who is getting beat by his for no reason what so ever. One time his mom gave him a mirror treatment like for example she smashed David’s head into the mirror the bathroom I've never felt so bad in my life before! So to warn you in my opinion dare you to read and read this story its very heart breaking!
To begin with the story "A Child Called It" is a very interesting story with a lot of information that can inform you on very many bad things that could possibly happen to you sometime in your life. For the most part, this story is telling you how Dave Pelzer's life was set up he had a good life with his mom at the beginning of the story but then as the story went on his mother began beating him after his mom and father had split up. As a result, this story is not a fiction story it is based on a true thing showing how there are some parents out there in the world that are very mean, and cruel and do such harmful things to little children. Accordingly, the setting of this story is how a young boy in Dave Pelzer was such a strong hold from when his mother would beat him and never feed him so you can see that this story is very scary sounding in many ways. But, for the most part, this story took play in San Francisco, California in the 1970's.
However, the most scary thing of the story is the atmosphere because his mother made him do a different amount of horrible things. One of the horrible things that his mother had him do was sleep in his basement/garage on a jacket with no pillow or warm covers. By the way, she also never fed him she only gave him a great big meal when ever she felt but she usually, fed him left over’s from his brother's left over dinner from the other night. Therefore, she also hit him and would beat the living stuff out of him until he would have bruises all over his body looking like someone had beaten him all over his body with an overly large stick. For the most part, she would have Dave going to school looking like a bum with the same cloths on every day smelling like old spoiled eggs and his mom would make up lies about how he would lie about what his mother made him do in front of his principals and teachers at his school.
Accordingly, the mood around the story is rude, cruel, and mean because of all the things that Dave Pelzer’s mom did to him as a child these three words describe the things that his mother did to him as a child in the first, second, and third grade. For the most part, the most rude, cruel, and mean person through the whole entire book was Dave's mother because she was a really moody person and also a cruel person because of what she did to a young boy named Dave her son in only the first grade saying this was the first time that he started getting beat only as a little elementary scholar in the first grade. So as you can see, Dave Pelzer's mother was a very cruel person. Meanwhile, the abusing started on Dave when ever his father and mother had got a divorce so im thinking that the reason his mother would beat him is because Dave may remind his mother of her ex-husband and this may just make her really angry at Dave and then she really just wants to strike back. So as you can see Dave's mom seemed like a mom that you would see on a tv show but this is real reality. There are times in this book that you feel bad for this little boy but you thank god that you'll never have a mother like that through your whole entire life because I know for sure that I'm thankful for the wonderful mother that I have got right now. In summary, this story is a very good one because it is one of the most interesting books that I have ever picked up and read. This story is a very informing story showing you how to be aware of what can happen to the greatest people that haven't ever done a bad thing in their life and they may not deserve it but things may happen just to happen. In the final analysis, you can tell that Dave's mother is a very cruel person and didn't care about a thing including her youngest son Dave who was only in the first grade being abused by his mother a grown woman, who also only cared about her self and not anything else around her that was existing except for his baby brother and two older brothers they were the only three people that Dave's mother cared about. In conclusion, you can see that Dave Pelzer had a rough life and made up his own way know of being a good husband and father and knows now how not to do cruel things to his kids that his mother had did to him.
The setting of my story takes place in a small town outside of San-Francisco. Dave (the main character) lives with his mom, dad and his four siblings. They live in this small house and Dave lives in the basement / garage because his mom beats him. Ever since his mom started really drinking she became a whole new person. She didn’t do her face or clean her self she doesn’t even get out of her bath robe. The Mother is a drunk whore that doesn’t know what she’s doing to this little boy. She chokes him hits him and that’s not even the worst part. Also hey is only ten years old. He does everything for her, he cleans, finds stuff for her and she beats him any way. His father is a immigrant that married her so he could stay in America and work. He is a quiet man that gets what needs to be done, well done. The only thing he can't stop is the beatings. The brothers are nice boys that are told to ignore Dave because he is basically their slave. But not all of the boys are nice because Richard the second youngest is nicknamed " Mommy’s little Nazi" because he does what ever she commands and is told to tell on Dave if he does anything wrong. His whole family is like a work camp and the mother is like the Emperor of all of them. It's like living in the slave days and your the slave. Secondly, the main atmosphere is really bad because of how his mom treats him. I mean when she’s not doing anything to him he sent down to the basement to stand for hours at a time for punishment. And also she reads stuff in the news paper about other people doing stuff to their children and tries it on him. Like "The Gas Chamber" where she took bleach and ammoniac and mixed in a bucket and stuck it into a un ventilated bathroom and locked him in it to clean it. And he calls that the worst one. Then again he said it burned so bad he could feel it burning through layers of skin in his lungs. But one time he had to eat throw up that he had to dig out of a toilet that he threw up earlier that day. Then the mood that surrounded that house was pure evil. On Christmas day he got a pair of roller skates so his mom could touchier him even more. He would be sent outside to go skating with no jacket on. Oh and by the way its snowing outside. And don't even get me started on how she treats him when he's done with his chores. In the morning he gets what ever is left in his brothers bowls. And at night he gets scraps if anything at all. Over all though Dave’s family is a bunch of overly prosonophied jerks.
First, the setting took place in Sanfrisico California. The main character was Dave, Dave was an abused child around this time he was about 7 or 8 years old. In the beginning of this story Dave was loved very dearly by his father and his mother. Dave's mother was the one who brutally abused him, she played disgraceful games with him, and also in the beginning of this story his mother treated him and his brothers equally. The dad was also an important character in the story, he was a confused in this story also was his son. The father was non-abusive to his abused child David. Most of the setting took place in school or at their house, which means most of the beatings. Overall, you will find out more about the abuse later on in the story.
Second, the atmosphere in this story is mainly hot and always stirring. Moving on, let's talk about the mom's behavior; first the mom was nice and loving to her boys. Then she turned into the mean mother that beats Dave. One way she beats Dave is she would put Dave in the bathroom and put a bucket with ammonia and Clorox which is very toxic ,and would shut the door behind her and he was not allowed to come out. While he was in there a gas formed in there because of the toxic fumes. But Dave was smart he smelled the hot air from the vents from the furnace and breathed through that, and his mother took him out because he survived. This was one of her games that she played with him she also did these game several more times. After while, that game was getting old so she started another one was he had to be burned, for example: she made him put his arm over the fire and hold it there? She also “accidentally '' stabbed him with a knife right above his stomach. Meanwhile while they were on vacation the little boy wasn't allowed to go to the water park, so when the father left to the water park, the mom took a poopy diaper and made him eat it.
The mood when the story aroused was when the mother started beating him and playing foreign games with him.
In conclusion, as you can see this is a very depressing story. Also this is a very good story for abusive mothers or fathers to read. dejanae edwards 7/8th
A short story that impressed me greatly is “A Child Called "It" "The setting of the story takes place in daly city. It also takes place a Dave Pelzer’s house for example of another place the setting is at school where Dave is checked out by the nurse for all of his new bruises and cuts are recorded by the nurse of the school. The mother that beats Dave does not even work but the dad works at a fire department for San Francisco fire department he gets up early and stay for days at a time. Dave has two brothers that are menchend in the book are Ron and Stan.
In the first chapter Dave’s mother was like super mom they went on vacations together and had laughs together especially when the family went to the Russian River. All of the kids had a pet like a cat, turtle, and fish that the mom bought them When Dave actually felt like part of a family. After that it went down hill for Dave the little helpless fourth grader When the beatings came they never stopped only got worse like being burnt also having your head smash into a dirty diaper also teeth getting knocked out. For example of the worst thing was when his mother was drunk with a knife in her hand rocking the babe and throw the knife and it stuck in Dave upper stomach and lower chest.
The main character in the story is Dave he is the little boy who always get abused surverly at home but at school when Dave is out side for recess his mother was out in the car setting there watching Dave at school and held him back in 1st grade. The next main character in the story is Dave’s mother who is the abuser in this story the evil things she does to Dave for example are made him eat vomit and poop, also mixes ammonia with bleech so it would suffocate him with the door shut in the bathroom, another thing put Dave in the freezing cold water with his head blow the water for several hours After the freezing cold bath he sat outside in the shade and was cold. She made him live in the garage on a army cot with no food for long period of times. The last character is Stephon Dave's father his father would stand up for him at the beging of the book when the beatings started. Stephon also would slip him a piece of food once in awhile.
In conclusion David got taken away by the police and put in a foster home far away from his mother that remind you was a really bad alcoholic an so was the father. After Dave was taken away from the women who burns and stabs him he finally had a better life
There are many novels that have impressed me greatly, but none of them could ever compare to the book called A Child Called It because of its horrifying atmosphere, setting, and sickening mood. It is the most memorable piece of literature I have ever read. The setting takes place in San Francisco, California inside a normal house. It also takes place inside a small school.
At first, the atmosphere was very pleasant. It started simple and sweet. The mother and father were loving and sweet, thus making the children happy, so it was a perfect time for them. I never knew that it was going to change so drastically. Through the middle chapters, it became so excruciatingly painful to read, I had to clutch my side to keep from screaming. The mother had tried to kill her youngest son, David, countless times. His mother was an alcoholic and constantly beat him and his brothers while she was drunk. Near the end, the atmosphere hade a hopeful feeling in it because of how he handled situations. He would win every challenge his mother threw at him and he would survive the long periods without food and water. Times were hard but he carried on with his prayers and dreams.
The mood of the story is very disconcerting. In comparison to other stories I have read, this has to be the most gloomy and depressing. It was sickening and I would probably never read that book again. It's mood also shifted at different times. It went from happy to upsetting often and felt awkward at certain points. Namely, David’s mother made the mood even more horrible by the way she acted to everyone in her family. She would punch the children, scream at her husband, and drove every other relative away with her manners. As a result, the children started acting like daemons and hurt other people as well. The mood at the end was nothing like the rest of the book, rather it was very hopeful and comforting because David still held on to his prayers and hoped something would save him.
In conclusion, the novel A Child Called It was very upsetting and it hurt me so much to read. It was generally a very sick novel. The atmosphere and the mood mostly changed throughout the story, but the main purpose was still known. The mother was the reason the story was so saddening and why everyone was hurt. David, the main character, was the opposite of his mother yet also changed the mood. Nevertheless, it was a very sick book.
If I was To explain a story that impressed me, it would be A Child called it. I chose this story because it's about a child that gets abused by his own mom. For example, she locks David in the basement and mixes ammonia and Clorox together to create a gas chamber and puts it in a bucket and leaves it down in the basement while David is in there. David is only eight years. The whole story takes place in the early 1970s. The mom only abuses David. The characters in this story are mother, father, David, Ron, Kevin, Nurse, and substitute. Mom is the abuser, Dad is the on that it kind to David. Instead, of being mean to him. Ron is one of the brother. Kevin is the other brother. Nurse inspects David. Substitute is the one the suspects that something is wrong with David.
The mom starts abusing David when he was in the first grade. She would do all of these horrible things to David. But, before all of this happened his mom would take them to Chinatown, California and she would tell them about the Chinese culture. Then, she would to take them to the Russian River. It was David's favorite place to visit. It was his favorite place to visit because he felt loved there by his mom. As a result, they went there everyday. Every Christmas the brothers would take turns putting the angel on the tree. Their father would lift them up and they would put it on the tree. Their father is a firemen at the heart of San Francisco. He would always spend time with his family. The kids would play together outside and inside. There for, they played a lot together. The parents would dance together. The parents would drink from three until the kids went to bed.
Then later on in life, the mother started to abuse David. She would starve David for numerous days. If David didn’t reach is time limit on the chores he couldn't eat. He had a thing called ten rounder which is, When David's mom would punch David ten times in the face everyday. One time she filled the bath tub with ice cold water and she old him to take off all of clothes and she shoved his face and wouldn't take it out for a while. Then she told him to stay in the water. His brothers wouldn't do anything to help David. They more than likely didn't know if the mom would start to abuse them as well. So they didn't do anything and one time she had a knife and stabbed David in the stomach. She gave him a rag to hold on his stomach until The wound stopped bleeding. Then, she left and told him to do the dishes. For example she stabbed him like it was nothing or like nothing happened. There for, he didn't know what to do. David was in so much pain that every time he moved he would be in pain. First, he tried to scrub the dishes. Couldn’t because of the pain so his dad helped him with the dishes.
In conclusion the mother is a sick, cruel, and nasty person. She knew what she was doing to David when they interviewed her. She never cared about David. She said he was the reason why she was the way she is. The mother extremely disliked David. When David left the mother started to abuse Richard.
Biography A short story that impresses me is "A Child Called It." It takes place in California in the early 1970's, the characters are David is a poor beaten five years boy, his mom is a drunken person that beats David and treats him like he is a it, the dad tried to help him out but the mom doesn't let him because she think he is nothing, the brothers let their friends cover over and look at him like his nothing, school nurse finally look at the burses and stap wound his mom gave him but she didn't mean to. He liked it when she usually gave him a huge hug when he went to her, when he went home he didn't want to go home because his mom would usually would beat him but he had to go home and take it he would say "he wouldn't like the bitch get the best of him." For most part his brothers wouldn't have to do any thing because his mom loved them more and let them get away with any thing. His dad would tell his mom to stop but he was an immigrant and his mom could turn him in.
The conflict was is mom would put him in the bath room and out a mixture of cleanners and put in in there to and make him stay in there, she also usally not let him eat any thing but when see let him eat it usally was the let over food form his brothers. He would have to clean after them and he had so long to do it but he usally didn't get it done but very seldom he would get it done. He got a pair of roller skates and had to go up and down the street in the freezing weather and his mom would laugh at him. she would make him sit on him hands and not let him get up but only when he had to clean after them.
The theme was to be nice to the other around you maybe they would like you if they get to know you, not to give up when you fail and try to do better, love your famliy and for the most part don't question some one who is being beaten by some one in the family . have you ever been beaten by some one? I hope I never get beaten like him inthe story! If I was in the story I would go to some one about this and I hope some one would go to cps and have some one get him a way for that mad house. Yet no one would get untill he was in the fith grade. GAGEPAYTON 2nd-3rd
The short story that impressed me greatly was "A Child Called "It" ". I've heard of this book before, but I just never had the time to read it. My mom talked about it multiple times. So I knew about for awhile. We are reading it at school. The setting takes place in California in the 1970's I believe. Even though the book was written not to long ago. David Pelzer wrote this book as biography explaining his life when he was abused when he was a kid. He started getting abused when he was 5 years old. He was abused by his mom. But she did the most asinine things in the world. Some of the stuff was something that you couldn't imagine. She's like Casey Anthony, but she didn't kill David. But she was close to though. David's mother is one of those people who shouldn't be on this planet.
David's mom started to abuse him when he was in 1st grade. And got him held back because he was a "bad boy." She would starve him for long periods of time. She would beat him and make him do chores everyday. He lived a sad life. His father, Stephen, didn't stop her from abusing him. And his brothers didn't do anything to help him. So he was alone by himself with no self confidence. But she didn't break him. So he had confidence to live. If she broke him, he would be dead. She would put him in the bathroom and mix ammonia and Clorox in a bucket and make him sit in the bathroom with the door closed. David called it the "gas chamber". She would make him lay in the bathtub with freezing cold water and then make him get dressed and sit outside in the cold while dripping wet. Surprised he didn't die of hyperthermia. He would go to school smelling terribly with ragged clothes on. And nobody liked him. And he would steal food from the other students lunchboxes. Some really disgusting things in this book. For example, she shove a diaper with defecation on it and rubbed it in his face. And the principle would call David's mom and she would beat David even more. Later on, she stabbed David and he lost a lot of blood and she didn't regret doing it. She just patched him up and told him to do the dishes. David had the worst life. That's a life nobody wants to live.
The atmosphere was sadning. Nobody should have to live through this pain. And nobody should live to see those days. Especially when you're that young. Nobody should do this to their kids. And no child should go through that pain. Parents that abuse their children like that should not even exist on this planet. But this story is just heart-breaking and sad, to read about a childs survival for life is just touching. And inspiration to all abused children on the planet.
In conclusion, " A Chiled Called "It" " is an amazing story. I would recommend it to my friends and family. Alot of vulgar words and disgusting actions but he is brave enough to write this book.
California in early 1970's in a suburban town the emotion that is created sadness and sorrow because of what the mother did to him. Most of the things she did to him were so unbearable that don’t even want to think about them. she would even think up ways to is break his spirit like banish him from all attention and makes him wear the same clothes he has been for a long time so he stinks and everybody at school stays away from him. His mother tortures him with old POW punishments like Chinese water torture and chlorine gas chambers. She also would push it to far and make him drink ammonia that would burn him and almost kill him sometimes he was lucky to be alive after that! There were also some horrible things she did to him regularly like 10 rounding him all the time and kicking him.
and this concludes the horrific child abuse story.
An Interesting Story About a kid and a Demon Mother
The setting was a city in California. At the house of Dave. Who mother is bi polar and crazy and hates her son for no reason. There are three other children and the dad who didn’t help him. The police didn't really know anything cause the time in 70s. The home looks good from the outside. But it was a living hell inside. The mother was a big female dog. If the rest of the family would have did any thing the mom would might of stop. About 5 years after being tortured by his mother Dave was finally taking away.
The atmosphere of the story was very sad, twisted, total horror. The amotsphere was very about of the mother beating her defenseless child. Meanwhile, the boy had no boy had no one? The story was angering you couldn't do anything about it. The mother was a twisted and abused Dave for no reason. She even made him shallow almona. The part would have made anyone sick. The mother was like the devil and the meanest person ever. The atmosphere is indefinable by words.
The plot of the story was in the mood. Dave was in a happy family. His mother was nice. After the years the mother started abusing Dave. She was beat for the dumbest thing. She needs to be killed for what she did! The story mood was angering. The mom torture was unneeded and just her being a big female dog. Dave life was an unbelievable life. His life was filled with violates. However the rest of the family didn't care about him. The mother did whatever she wanted. She didn’t deserve to have children or anything. She dissevered to be torn apart limb by limb like the warriors from china. But, instead of getting punished for doing the abuse nothing happened to her.
To begin, I once read an interesting biography. Namely, the story was A Child Called It. Every word of the story was heart-wrenching and gut churning. There are many fascinating facets to the book, including the characters, the conflicts, and the themes. This story exposes the horrors of child abuse to the world of children carefully sheltered from it. More over, there are multiple forms of child abuse. Accordingly, they are sexual, mental, and physical. The boy in this book suffered from the latter two. Firstly, there are a multitude of characters throughout the book. They include Dave, Mother, Stephen, Russell, and Officer John. Dave is the main character in the book. Hence, it is written from his point of view, in the first person. He is a diminutive boy that is abused and neglected, longing for the good days to come around again. Mother is the maternal figure of Dave. She is also his abuser, and formerly an outstanding mom. Stephen is Dave's father. Stephen doesn't have much determination or morale. Why would he just stand by and watch as his son becomes mutilated beyond recognition? Next in the lineup of characters is Russell. Russell is raised with the mentality of a monster, identical to his mother in his ways. Finally, there is Officer John, who rescues David from the living hell that he has been forced to endure. Secondly, there are an excess amount of conflicts in the book. Dave is on the receiving end of pretty much all of them. He conflicts with Mother constantly, always fighting for his life. Mother attempts to force him into unspeakable situations. For example, she tries to lay him on a burning stove, digest defecation, and gorge on his own bile. Also, she physically abuses him by slapping, punching, gouging, tearing, and stabbing at him. There is mental abuse, because she is always force feeding him the idea that he is a bad boy that doesn't deserve to walk the earth. She holds him back in the first grade, just to lower his self image and self esteem. Thirdly, there are many themes in the book. One of them is to always believe in yourself, no matter how tough things get in your life. Dave had an agonizing home life and a horrific school reputation. Even with these factors working against him, he never lost his will to live. Another theme is never turn to alcohol to solve your problems. Mother and father had issues in their relationship and they turned to drinking in an attempt to solve their problems. All it did was break down their minds and morals and ruin their judgment. In conclusion, there are many factors that create the biography A Child Called It. They include the character, the conflicts, and the themes. Reading a book like this makes me appreciate the amazing family that I have even more. I feel blessed to so many caring, loving people surrounding me. Dave's life would have been so different if just one good person had stepped up and stopped the abuse sooner. Consequently, he would have been happy and loved, instead of neglected and malnourished.
Thinking about a short story that impressed me greatly is " The Child Called It ". The story is about a kid that is about five years old and gets abused by his mom. This story takes place in California. One of the elements that captured my interest was the characters. One of the characters is the mom of Dave Peltzer. She is a mean and cull person and she also abused her son Dave. Some examples of things she did to abuses him was her and Dave were home alone and she called him into the kitchen and made him take off his close and then she trend on the stove and took his arm and held it over the blue and orange flames. When she was done burning his arm and tired to get him to lay on the stove and while she was try to make him get on the stove some one come home. The reason she stopped is because she any abuses him when there is no one else around to see or help him. Another thing she did was made him eat his little brothers pop dipper. The mom toke the dipper and shove it in Daves face. One other character that stood out to me was Dave the little boy who was abused. He stands out to me because he but up a fight to live and let him mom kill him. Dave was only five years old. There is no one who can save dive but himself.
Another element that captured my interest in this story is the theme. Some themes in the booked are never to judge people for what they look like because you don’t know what could be going on at there homes. This is a good theme because you never know what is going on in people life and u can say someone that could make a person fell bad about them self. Another really good theme in the story is to respect and be thankful for what you have. This is my favor theme because Some kid don’t have any thing and u should be grateful because there are some kids with nothing.
In other words another element that stood out to me was conflicts. Some conflicts in the story is when Davis mom stabs him and instead of taking him to the hospital she takes care of the wond her sled. When she she is done she lets him go out side witch she never lets him, and lets his play with his brothers. The next morning she is makes him do chores and is just as mean. Another conflict is be for she turns mean the family gores on a faction and she is loving to Dave. One day after that action the mom be come mean and abusing Dave. Also she starves him and she only that’s him get discussing thing like his own throw up or sop but sometimes she lets him eat his brothers left over’s for brockets.
In conclusion I have seen a young boy has been abused by his mom but yet she find a will to service. I have learned how life can change at any moment and we should be grateful for what we have. This story has had a big influents on my and how i look at people. What is a book that has insider you? Meghan Muller 4/5th
"A Child Called It" is a short story that impressed me greatly. I found it thrilling, scary, interesting, and even sickening at different times as the book progressed. This story takes place in San Francisco, California. It portrays the abusive childhood that a small boy named, David had to go through. His mother took abuse to a level that most people don't know goes on in households. Throughout the novel, you're left wondering what jaw dropping thing Dave's mother will do next as you see characters, conflicts, and themes come alive.
Characters major influenced the plot of the book. First, David, nicknamed Dave, was the main character. You read this story through his point of view and all the hardships he had to face. He took care of himself, pretty much ran a household, and put up with his mother's abuse all at the age of eight. He had to survive and fend for himself, even though he was very young. Second, Rosera, also the mother of three boys, Dave, Ron, and Stan was a very unique character. She used to be a loving, gentle, and compassionate mother, but turned into an abusive, crazy, psychopathic one after consuming way to much alcohol. She changed so much that it didn't even seem like she was the same person. She constantly pin pointed Dave, her oldest son as her victim, abusing him brutally, all the time, everyday. Third, Stephan, husband of Rosera, and father of three boys, was an extremely confusing character. At one point, he argued with his wife, claiming she was too rough on Dave and then he agreed with the punishments given to him. Personally, I feel he was afraid of his wife. It was hard to tell Stephan's thoughts on the whole ordeal, but the fact that he just stood by and watched Dave suffer made him as bad as Rosera.
Another key element pulled away from the novel is conflict. It seems as if there's just one problem after another in this book, but they aren’t small. Each one is massive and will probably make you sick to your stomach. Every "game" she plays with him is horrendous and painfully disturbing. For example, she wouldn't feed him unless he accomplished his chores on time. If he did he was lucky to get half a bowl of eaten cereal from his brother. Dave then had to resort to stealing food, which he got from the grocery store, the school cafeteria, and convincing neighbors that he lost his lunchbox. Once his mother found out, she literally made him vomit up the already digested food, and then eat it again. Another example from the book is when mother made Dave swallow ammonia and he was on the floor gasping for air. After she felt he'd been in enough pain, she slapped him on the back and let him breath again. The worst scenario had to be when she stabbed him. She picked up a knife and threatened to kill him if he didn't finish the dishes on time. Then, she started rocking back and fourth from being so drunk, the knife flew out of her hand, and then jabbed Dave in the stomach. Even though it was an accident, it never would have happened if she hadn’t been so cruel in the first place. Briefly, mother was somewhat kind after she stabbed Dave. She actually fed him and helped nurture his wound. As fast as it ended, it started again and life went back to Dave being the "slave child" while mother went back to being the bitter drunk.
A biography such as a nonfiction read of "A Child Called It" is very fascinating and mostly brutally diminishing. This book captures emotions like, interest, drama, thrill, exposure, and heart break. This novel captured my attention and is immensely difficult to pull away from. The setting is held in San Francisco, written in first person. As Dave describes his family he simply states that for a few words he would use were, "The Brady Bunch", because of how close they were. The book soon and drastically evolves into rearranging the actions of the characters. To truly explain this book, I shall give examples of conflicts, themes, and all of the characters. Reading this made me open my eyes to current problems in this world and what children's lives are like. It is truly heartbreaking with slight humor from the narrator.
In the beginning, the author is using the literature form, "foreshadow" as what happens later on in the story. He soon starts to tell the readers of how his family used to display. The family containing of five people included David, Ron, Stan, Stephan, and Roesera. David was very happy with his life. They would go on fun and adventurous trips for vacation. Roesera was a fonamonal mother and wife in her role. Stephan portrayed himself as a caring, heartfelt, and hard working person. Later on I grew to dislike him because of his further actions throughout the book. Ron and Stan were David's other brothers. They would play, and have a lot of great times being as they are so close. David was a healthy, loved, and cared for child. Later in the novel he becomes a filthy, poorly dressed, odored, and unhappy child. It wasn't his fault though. It was because of his family's actions, therefore caused him to be like that.
Later on in the story it starts to talk more about the mother's relationship with David. It is awful and cruel. His father leaves more often for work now. Roesera changed dramatically and is now very crude to him. Some examples of her behaviors are when she abuses David and not her other children. She tells him that he is a bad child and is a mistake for this world. Roesera says that so much she starts believing it herself. She practically disowned Dave as her own son. Dave has tried to think positive throughout the torture because he is his only hope for survival. Even when things get worse, he is trying to forgive them as it was supposed to be an accident or something. He is well aware of his mother's actions from the beatings and downsized pride. That just shows that he is a very good person even though at times he is told otherwise. He does have a little help from his father, Stephan. He tries to stay level headed and change her mind about the way she thinks of David.
There are many conflicts taken place in and out of that house. All of them involve David's mother. Like I said she did have a good side to her before she became an alcoholic. They would have big holiday celebrations together. Filled completely with warmth, love, care, happiness, and laughter. Soon enough there
was a bar set up every day in the kitchen being called "Happy Hour." In my opinion that is what caused most of the wrong actions. Liquor can change anyone if voluntarily consumed enough. Then you would catch her doing things like making her child throw up anything he did eat if he ever ate. Another incident would be her braking David’s arm, making him eat ammonia, starving him to death, and even stabbing him. To me the worst torture she has ever put him through was the burning treatment. It was her way of punishing him for nothing. She had read an article and it explained this exact thing. Apparently she thought it was a good idea. Roesera demanded David to strip down to bare skin. They both stood in the kitchen facing hips toward the stove. David didn't know what was going on but was ashamed. She protested that he shall get on the gas ignited stove while burning. He refused so she took a hold of his arm and held it over the blue flame to give him an idea of what it was to feel like. I sure thought she would follow through and believe me, she wanted to. He was stalling her until her brother was home from scouts. He knew she wouldn't act like that around them so he knew if his brother would arrive he was safe. Soon, he did and David darted with his clothes to the garage. He knew he had beaten his mother at her own game.
There are two themes that are lingering through my head. One includes "Children do not deserve abusive punishment." That clearly wraps up the story I have been describing. In my opinion no child should be physically or even mentally abused. What I mean by mental abuse is that a child can be put through so much horrid treatment that they can start believing that they are doing wrong. A major moral to this novel is that to not Judge someone because of their appearance. You never know what they may be going through in their home life. If you would see someone rugged and may have an intolerable odor doesn’t mean it is just their fault. The cause could be from their home.
In conclusion, this novel is very packed with multiple emotions. I personally loved this book. It made me realize how much I am blessed to have such a perfect life.
Two big themes stuck out to me in this novel. The first theme taught was, Don't judge someone who appears different to you, because you never know what they may be going through. Many people judged David at his school, because he smelled bad and wore the same clothes everyday. They had no idea what kind of struggles he faced at home. The second theme taught was, Be thankful for what you have in life, because it could be a lot worse. This was a lesson to me, because I never even realized the extent of some abuse. It definitely made me more thankful for the amazing life I've been blessed with!
So as you can see, "A Child Called It" was a very entertaining short story to read. It was both interesting and fearful at the same time. I learned about the challenges, and hardships faced by abused children. This story opened my eyes to the extent of these beatings. People should help raise awareness about this issue and enforce laws about it more strictly. What short story have you read that interests you?
"A Child Called It" In the biography "A Child Called It" there were several and plenteous occasions where the character Dave had been abused and mistreated. The scoundrel that performed these acts of abuse was his own mother she was very evil and a sick minded person. There were also a bountiful amount of characters involved in this mistreatment including his father, brothers, friends, and finally his own family. As a result of this there were many counts of conflicts to conclude in this story and most of the time they were brutal and disgusting. In any case there is a theme and the theme the other was portraying is that child abuse is very wrong and it should not happen to anyone.
Consequently Dave did not have a warm and safe atmosphere or environment at home it was scary and tough to live in. In this place he called home there were a numerous amounts of conflicts. Dave’s mom had made him consume his brother’s defecation and after that made him drink his own pee as a thirst-quencher, and that was just a portion of his of his problems. Thus Dave's life did not get any better after all for the most part it was very inconsiderate for him. Dave's mother had physically, mentally, and psychologically abused him and forced him to drink highly toxic chemicals that made him pass out and nearly came to killing him. Dave's mother had also threatened him with food she would let him starve if he didn’t get his chores done before breakfast otherwise he would be hungry and thereupon the other kids with an empty stomach. I do not know how he lived in an atmosphere so vulgar and terrible he had real perseverance and I have respect for him because of that. Yet his mom still beat him everyday despite of the other cruel things she did to him, she felt as if it was her assignment to be mean and hurt her son, and that is very wrong in all ways. Even though his mom wanted to kill him Dave still loved his mom just not as much as he did before the abuse happened, but he still did. As a result of this Dave had made many mistakes and had many chances to get free, but however he stayed with his mom and took the torture and stuck with her. Dave felt like saying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious because he did not know what to say and wanted to quit.
The theme or mood of this story that the author is trying to show to us is not to abuse anyone because that is wrong, and actually it is very erroneous. The author does not want that to occur to anyone else ever because he knows how it feels and he hated it, but something in him called will and when there is will there is a way. That is what he told himself he said he was going to win and not let his mother get under his skin and he did, Dave was a fighter and fought with everything he had to stay alive because his mom was going to kill him eventually and he knew that. So that’s why he knew he had to convey her sometimes, and be tricky. In some occasions Dave wanted to give up and lose all hope in life, so that would mean he just wanted to die, but he didn’t and now he wrote this book and is loving his life.
One short story that has impressed me is "A Child Called "it." It's an emotional drama about a real boy’s abuse he got at home. The things that boy went through is enough to make you feel sick. During the book it was hard not to cry while it was being read. But soon after the sentences were over i would feel sick and scared. The book has made me emotionally infested. No matter how much want to put it down, I just can't. The worst thing to think of about this book is how it's a true story and some little boy actually went through that.
There are many characters in this book; however there are two main ones. Dave and "mother", Catharine, are the ones that really stand out. Dave is the one telling the story and the one who went through this horrible abuse in real life, not just in the book. "Mother" or Catharine is the one who is doing the abuse. She is sick and comes up with the most horrible things to do to poor, little David! I can't stand her, she makes me feel sick over all. Dave is such a strong little boy, he somehow never backs down from his mothers sick games. She would starve him he stole food from the lunch truck and ate it later his mother made him through up and she saw the stuff in the puke. Then she made him eat his own puke, I almost lost much lunch at that one. These things are terrible and to think they not only happened then but could be happening to someone right now, sitting right next to me and I would never know it.
There were many conflicts in this story. There were fights between the parents sometimes witch is just like abuse to a child’s mind. No one ever wants to hear their parents fighting! Other then the fighting there was constant beating from the mother to David. She would slug him horribly then make him lie to his teachers about what was happening! As time went on things got much worse for poor David. Her next big moves were "Stove Treatment." She made him take off all of his clothes and stand in the kitchen as she turned on the gas stove she tried to make him lay on it until he burned to death. But David was able to stall her until his father got home. Next she made him stick his face in his little brothers diaper as she rubbed it in, she tried to make him eat it but didn't have the time because before it was over the father and the other boys came home. One of the worst to me was when he was doing the dishes and she threatened to kill him. The lady was drunk, she was holding a knife in her had threatening David with it witch is never a good idea. She was so drunk that she fell over and actually stabbed him.
In the story I could think about many life lessons and themes. First don't abuse your child because it's just really discussing. If you do, to me you are nothing but scum. Through this story people begin to realize what the mother is doing to the child and begin to see through her discus. Also children can totally be ruined through abuse, I know it's like a no brainier but still you would be surprised by how many people don't understand how much it can. Honestly if I went through that I could not have been as strong. I would have given up or ran away. Also that abuse is a horrible thing. It truly makes me feel sick to my stomach I just would love to go up to that women and scream at her. I even know exactly what I would say, "I know what you did and it makes me feel sick."
In total conclusion, this novel is an amazing read. It takes you through an emotional, sickening journey. I couldn't even think about what he must have felt like. I would think it would be something like sick, hungry, thirsty, scared, in pain, strong. Like I have said before abuse is just a horrible thing to think about. It takes a very sick mind to put a helpless, little child through something like that. Over all "A Child Called "it" is a great book and has really impressed me!
I’m going to tell you a story. Before I get into all of that i'm going to tell you little bit about the people in the story. So that you can get a better idea of the people and how they really are. First there is David he is the main chariot of this he is the middle child of five. He is just a little boy with big dreams when all of a sudden his world came tumbling down but he tried to keep his head up and not think of all the bad things that were going on his life. Next there’s his mother she was a nice bountiful woman in the beginning. Then she became bitter, cruel, mean hateful and unfettering woman. Later in the story I will tell you how she became to be evil hatful woman she is now. Then there is his two brothers they brothers they are pretty nice till there mom went all evil .then they were little mean to him .but overall they were good kids. Well sometimes he did but that was only because he and to because if he dint he would stave to death meanwhile is mother was making it seem like he wasn’t a human. She treated him like dirt like he dint mean any thing to the world that he just taking up space. I felt so bad for him an even sated to cry a little I’m going to tell you a story this is how it al started. In the beginning everything was all fine and dandy and every one was all watts smiling and is happy. Till on day davits mom went on a rampage .and started wailing on David. Oh man when I say she was beating him. She got him till blood drew. She beat him like he stole something. There were many conflicts in this story. There were fights between the parents sometimes witch is just like abuse to a child’s mind. No one ever wants to hear their parents fighting! Other then the fighting there was constant beating from the mother to David. She would slug him horribly then make him lie to his teachers about what was happening! As time went on things got much worse for poor David. Her next big moves were "Stove Treatment." She made him take off all of his clothes and stand in the kitchen as she turned on the gas stove she tried to make him lay on it until he burned to death. But David was able to stall her until his father got home. Next she made him stick his face in his little brothers diaper as she rubbed it in, she tried to make him eat it but didn't have the time because before it was over the father and the other boys came home. One of the worst to me was when he was doing the dishes and she threatened to kill him. The lady was drunk, she was holding a knife in her had threatening David with it witch is never a good idea. She was so drunk that she fell over and actually stabbed him.
In the story I could think about many life lessons and themes. First don't abuse your child because it's just really discussing. If you do, to me you are nothing but scum. Through this story people begin to realize what the mother is doing to the child and begin to see through her discus. Also children can totally be ruined through abuse, I know it's like a no brainier but still you would be surprised by how many people don't understand how much it can. Honestly if I went through that I could not have been as strong. I would have given up or ran away. Also that abuse is a horrible thing. It truly makes me feel sick to my stomach I just would love to go up to that women and scream at her. I even know exactly what I would say, "I know what you did and it makes me feel sick."
I am going to tell you about a story called A Child Called It. This story is about a child and how his mother abused. She stared out verey nice and then she went down hill his mother became a alcohalic and that is were the abuse came to start. I do not mean like hit the kid she did things that you would not be abel to believe I did not blive it at first nether did I but gust lisen to some of this stuf. She made him drink bleach, did not feed him for ten days strate made him clean in till his hands would blead, and he is the only in second grade no more then eight years old. So to summarize this kid was living in you know were gust can't say it on there. Gust try to imagen being eight years old and go through that insanety it makes a shive go up my spine. Usually your mother is the one takeing care of you right. For example like a cool winter breve hiting you in the back and you are not wereing no close.
I am going to talk a littel about the characters. the mane character is dave the one being abused. He is a really nice boy but he stills a lot of so he can survie because his mother nevers feeds him. Catherie/mom is the abuser she was a littel mest up but when she became a alcohalic she went boncers. She is a mother of five children and she only abuses Dave. Daves father is his savior he trys to sneak him food but he is as gilty as his mother because he reported nothing. But he is sill Daves saivor for example think of a super hero when you were a littel kid that you fantasized about that. Finally lets talk about his brothers snobes that turned there noises on him that is about it. Lets talke about some other houres he had to go through.
The atmosphere was full of fear. His mother ruled the house and every one feared her it was like walking on eggs with spiked shoes. One fales steep crake and thes eggs blow up therefore you go boom to. Lets talke about some of the conflicts that happened thorough the story. The first one the oven.She wanted him to strip and lay on it while she turned it on for example how many fire proof pepole you know. However he stalled gust long for his brother to get home. She never dose a lot of life thretening stuffe while his father or brothers are there stills beat him intill he bleds.Still remember he is only in second grad.Yet he still did not run away.Usually when you are abused you would try to run away but he did the opposite he staded there. Still that is not the wores to come.Here is a nother life or death one the gas chamber.That is when his mother mixed clorox and some thing that dose not let you breth that I can not remeber the name so lets call it poisin.She would make him drink it and let him slowley die and befor he dose she hits him in the back and it comes out and what ever the poisin is it also eats up your skin. Then she moved on to the gas chamber thing. She would put him in the bathroom with a bucket of that stuf and the poisn would fill the room up and would not alow him to breath and still now only in third grad he was smat engh to live. What he did was take a rage put in some sorse of warter and put it to his motha and nose and go lie by the air vent in the bathroom smart kid. Rather then a normal kid god blest him with smarts.The tub treat mint. She would fill it up with frezeing for instance frome the poler caps and make him lie in it with his head face down in it not even alowed to take a breath. For example going to antartica and gust jump in the water naked. What do you get if you lay in frezing water Hipothermeya. In conclusion she was killing him verey slowly by the way after that she made him go out side and sit in the cold aafter that with out drieing of. So there is more but I do not have time to talk I hafe to finsh verey fast. To the next thing.
I am going to talk about the them It is talkeing about the things you should be grate full for our family the tings you have and the food you get to put in your stomic. These kid did not have that he had noyhing and he was torchered and these happens to kids all over you probeley think it dosent but everey day ther is over a three millon children no more than ten bing abused so gust think
This is a verey heart touching book you must read it it gives life a hole new veiw of life. Have you told your parents you loved them.
A biography that impressed me greatly was The Child Called "It". This child, Dave, impressed me with his will to survive. He almost died but he made sure not to give up and not let his mother win. He fought back, resisted, cried, and pleaded just to get her to stop. He found ways to save himself and these things are what impressed me the most. However, it also gave me chills and made me think of how cruel someone would have to be to do the things that happen in this story, to a child. It's just disgusting to think about what was going through his mother's mind.
In the story, there are many different characters. First, you have Dave the main character. He is the victim of this whole ordeal. Second, you have his family members. His mom, dad, and 2 brothers. And third, you have the school faculty. In this situation, Dave is the victim of a brutal child abuse case. His mother is the one beating him. She used to be the best mom Dave could ever ask for when he was younger. She would make delicious meals, take them places and tell them history, and take great care of them. But now, she is a monster. His dad used to be his hero. He could always count on his dad to save him from his mother's irrational actions. He would sneak him food, when his mother starved him, or would make his mother stop. But his dad is just as afraid of his mother as he is. His dad lets this happen, and Dave has lost all respect for his father. His brothers aren't even family anymore. They have been brain-washed my their mother. They are not allowed to look, speak, or even talk about David. If they do they get in trouble, but not nearly as much trouble David would be in. His mom has another son later on in the story and he is worse then his other brothers. He purposely gets Dave in trouble just so he can see him get beat, hit, or anything else their mother can think of.
In the meantime, the only people who truly care about David, are the school faculty. They used to just think he was a bad kid, but they have started to see the truth. The nurse, teachers, and principal all try to help Dave. They give him food, care for him, and try to get him to a safe place. At one point in the story, the principal calls Dave and the rest of the faculty into an office. They all sat down and made David tell them the truth. He was crying and pleading for them not to call his mom because he knew if they did, he would receive a terrible punishment when he arrived home. They dismissed David and stayed in the room to talk. Finally, they called him back in to tell them that he would be free from his mother's abuse forever. No doubt, this story makes me feel very lucky. I'm very lucky to have a family like mine. We may fight sometimes, but it's nothing compared to the abuse that David endured. While my parents get me everything I want, spend time with me, let me do things with friends, and make sure we always have food, Dave's life is the complete opposite. David was deprived of everything. He had no friends, received nothing, and was abused. His mother would starve him from days on end. He became so hungry, that he resorted to extreme measures to obtain food. He was stealing food from local businesses, and from school. His mother was expecting this, and she had a plan. When he came home, she made him regurgitate into the toilet, then scoop up the food that was floating in the bowl. He later was forced to sit down at the dinner table, and eat his own vomit.
While I sleep in my own comfy bed, David get the floor underneath the kitchen table. He used to have a bunk bed that he slept in. Eventually his mother moved him down into their basement, and he was forced to sleep on an army cot. Once his mother saw that this punishment wasn’t effective, she moved him to upstairs to sleep on the floor where his only way to stay warm is to improvise and use newspaper as a blanket. But one of the cruelest things his mother did was take his baby brother's diaper, and run it all over his face. She then tried to make him eat his little brother's defecation. That was just the most appualing thing I've ever heard. To summarize, this book consisted of the most revolting and sickening information I've ever read. Besides the cruel things he had to endure, the worst part of this story is that his mother never received any punishment for her actions. When David was free from his mother, she had two more children. She never received any punishment for abusing David, so she started abusing her new son. In addition, she never was punished for her actions. This book has made me so grateful to have a family like mine. I definitely am grateful and have much respect for my parents.
bWhile I sleep in my own comfy bed, David get the floor underneath the kitchen table. He used to have a bunk bed that he slept in. Eventually his mother moved him down into their basement, and he was forced to sleep on an army cot. Once his mother saw that this punishment wasn’t effective, she moved him to upstairs to sleep on the floor where his only way to stay warm is to improvise and use newspaper as a blanket. But one of the cruelest things his mother did was take his baby brother's diaper, and run it all over his face. She then tried to make him eat his little brother's defecation. That was just the most appualing thing I've ever heard. To summarize, this book consisted of the most revolting and sickening information I've ever read. Besides the cruel things he had to endure, the worst part of this story is that his mother never received any punishment for her actions. When David was free from his mother, she had two more children. She never received any punishment for abusing David, so she started abusing her new son. In addition, she never was punished for her actions. This book has made me so grateful to have a family like mine. I definitely am grateful and have much respect for my parents.
This story about a book that has a kid in it named David he is abused hen he was little and he decide to write a book about his life story.
The story is about a kid named David that is a abused till 5th grade, the story takes place in California in 1970.the kid abused very much but the kids dad was the only one who could protect him from is crazy mom. But after his dad would leave for work she would be him in till his brother came home or the dad did. She did many painful touches like the one David called the gas chamber it was when the mom would put him in the bath room and make him sit and smell a bucket full of fumes, there was many of them but the one I think hurt the most waste stove she took his arm and torched it. She also abused him mentally trying to break his soul she called him many names like the boy, bad boy, and cursed at him a lot to. sadly it was a daily thing but one day she sent him to his dads room to talk to him. Then she said that it was over he believed her and the next day the child protective services came to the house and was asking David if his mom abused him at all then he new why she as being nice but he wanted love so much that he lied to the cps and she left and the mom called him a cuss word and stated beating him. For example he would always keep his head up high. And wouldn’t let his mom when the battle.
The atmosphere of the story is his mom abuses him when he’s about six till he is eleven years old. His dad is the only one that can protect him from her. The reason she abuses him is that she was abused when she was little and she had this sickness where she was straight up nuts she done so much stuff to him she did the gas chamber, the tube,satanding in a p.o.w stance for hours, starving him, and stabbed him. He had it very hard he was the 3rd child out of five. He was eventually taken away by a cop to a foster home so the mom started to abuse the next child. He was soon taken away to with all the other children. The mom then killed herself and left a note saying ''one day i will get all you twerps'' and 2 out of the 5 kids have died from unexplained deaths. In the story he says that he wont let her get her thrill of abusing him so he would act like it didn’t bother him once he put his head down when she had beaten him then when she left he started laughing because he had tricked her.
The mood of this story is very depressing but author wise its one big mad house that was what him and his dad called it before he got up and left forever. The dad died argued 5 years after the mom did. He killed him self because he said that he heard voices saying in his head in going to get them repetavilley. Before he left he said to David and David only '' a good boy I will be back later to get to me and you so we can leave this hell hole''.
In conclusion they all where happy because the mom and the three brothers where happy by themselves and the dad and David where excited to be by themselves if they would ever leaf.
A short story that has impressed me is "A Child called It”, by Dave Peltzer. The story takes place in David "Dave" Peltzer’s childhood home in the late 1960's. During his childhood Dave was abused by his mother constantly. He was always brutally beaten, and never allowed the pleasure of food. He slept on an army cot in the basement, and was made his mother's slave. The worst of it all was the sick, torturous games his mother would play with him. His mother no longer considered him a boy, but an it. The story is about one boy's will to survive in a world were he was constantly beaten, starved, and unloved by many. This story has truly amazed me at how little Dave could keep his hopes up in harsh times, and it also showed me how people are not always as they seem.
The atmosphere in this story was not a happy one; it was a dark and harsh atmosphere. The events that took place in this story were disturbing, and awful. The story had a chilling feeling that would make you shudder at the though of something like that. His mother would do awful things like make him drink ammonia, bleach, and dish soap. She would also make him regurgitate any food he had eaten, if he had eaten any at all, and then made him eat it again after it had been in the toilet. Then there was a time where she took a soiled diaper and shoved defecation in his face, and tried to make him eat it. She had also held his arm on a gas stove, and tried to make him lay down on it for no reason at all. This story was truly disgusting and upsetting, but the fact that the little things in life gave Dave the will to live made it a lot happier knowing he had a chance of living if he kept thinking that way.
The moods that were aroused within me while reading this story were very extreme. I felt possibly every mood that I could feel. I felt sadness, anger, happiness, hatred, sorrow, and disgust. This story was very emotional for me, and the fact that it was a true story made the emotions even stronger. This story made me feel sad because those awful things were happening to Dave, and it made me angry that his own mother was treating him like he was nothing. It also made me happy that Dave ended up having a happy ending after all, and it made me feel sorry that Dave had nobody to be there for him. The story also made me have feelings of disgust because of the things his mother would do to him, and it also made me feel hatred towards his mother for ruining an innocent child’s life. This story was very emotional, and made me feel very strong feelings because it was a true story, and made me realize a lot about people in the world.
So as you can see the story "A Child called It" made a very big impression on me. It had a sad atmosphere, and made you feel many different emotions. As a result that is why I chose it to write about. The fact that is was true made it even more emotional, therefore there were many emotions that were aroused from within me when reading it. I think that "A Child called It" was a very inspirational story, and caused a big impact on my way of thinking. The story was a very sad tale, but ended up having a very happy ending. So in conclusion this
A story that greatly affected me was the book ,A Child Called "IT". We read it in class and it was really eye opening and made you think about the pain you never feel. It was a true story about a little boy who was ferociously abused by his mother while his cowardly father just kept out of her way. It took place in the mid 1900s in a big city. The child who was always being tormented by his crazy drunken mother was David Pelzer the author. The other characters were has brothers, father, and the school staff.
David was the most unfortunate little boy I have ever heard of, however it made him a very strong person and I greatly admire him for that. In the beginning of the story their family was seemingly perfect. They constantly took trips and adventure days out to the park and had wonderful homemade dinners with laughter and fun. The kids got whatever they wanted and never had trouble. Unfortunately the good times ended when their mother snapped. She went crazy blaming David for ruining her life and hurt him in any way she could dream up. Eventually she decided David no longer deserved food so she starved him. He had to steal his own food and then get punished after. The summer was the worst when he had to take continues torture for months. He became the family slave known only as an it.
The mood conveyed by this story is pain, suffering, and hope. There was nothing David could do to escape his misery and no one else tried hard enough to help him. His teachers believed his mothers lies, and they just punished him thinking he was a trouble child. His teachers labeled him as a nuisance, until a substitute realized he was abused and brought it into light. She was probably the light in the darkness that saved his life.
Out of all of the abuse this poor boy went through and all the pain he had to take the worst was most likely when his father left the family. Though he never had the courage to stand up to his wife and truly rescue the kid from the start, he was still David’s protector. As long as he was there the abuse was only half as bad and he was never afraid when his father was home. As long as he was there his mother couldn't touch him. Although all good things must come to an end it seems because that horrible man left because he felt he simply couldn't take it anymore.
David prayed to the lord above for his life. His prayer was answered and he was rescued. The police finally had enough evidence to take him away. At the moment he didn't care that his mother would get of Scot free or what would happen to his brothers because he was finally free.
A biography that has greatly impressed me and influenced my life is "A Child Called It." My classmates and I read this book in our literature class this school year. The elements that have imprinted themselves in my life are the characters of this biography because this is indeed a nonfiction biography. The things that go on in this book to these characters that have touched my heart send chills down every inch of my spine. In explanation, "A Child Called It" is non-other than a story of cold hearted abuse conveyed on a young boy by his mother. In the beginning, The young boy, David, and his family were living the perfect life until things took a turn for the worse!
As I have said, the characters actions and emotions have had to choice but to be brought to my attention. First, I would like to talk about David, the main character. He is the middle aged child out of three boys. He lives with both of his parents and his siblings. Towards the start of the story, He is love unconditionally by all of his family members that is until mother becomes abusive. This story is a downward spiral with the condition of the beating, but towards the end takes a surprising leap for the best. David is severally beaten, deprived of food, and used as his mother's slave, and the worst part is, he is incredibly young when he begins taking these beatings. He is merely a weak and immature first grader when the spiraling only begins.
Mother, Catherine, is in my personal opinion, A frigid hearted person who deserves to be locked up in the brink for the end of eternity. She picks and chooses favorites between her children and forces the others to come to the conclusion that she wishes they were deceased. This book has disturbed and uncountable numerical amount of my classmates. Some of the dreadful things that take place in this story aimed only at David include deprivation of food, rest, and cleanliness, being forced to continuously wear filthy clothing, Cleaning everything in the entire land mass of their home, and much more. At one point, Catherine took the soiled diaper of her newborn, Rustle, and forced it into the face of eight year old David and ordered him to consume the contents. He reluctantly would not do so. In return for not answering his mother's commands he was slapped repeatedly while the diaper was still oozing into the cavities upon his face.
If David received any food at all it consisted of the leftover cereal fragments from his brother’s breakfast that morning. As a result, David resorted to stealing food from his classmates and other members of the same grade. Eventually he was caught the principal called his mother and he received dreadful whippings and treatments at every point when he was caught in the action. At one point in the story David stole frozen products from the school's cafeteria, but when he returned to the dreadful place he was forced to call home, his mother was prepared for his scandals. She pushed him into the restroom and forced his body to rid itself of the frozen contents within his body. Not surprised, Catherine commanded David to scoop the contents of his stomach out of the toilet and into a large boil and he knew he was in for the worse punishment of his life. When David's father returned home Catherine had told him what David had done and told him that she was prepared to force him to eat his thrown up food again. In addition the harsh punishments only continued to worsen. As a result of once again stealing food, David's mother leaped to a new extreme and forced a spoon of ammonia down his thought for multiple nights in a row and later on Clorox was forced down his blistered, raw, and dissolving thought.
In conclusion, David's life was a living hell, that is until he received the opportunity to be transferred from his "home" to an alternate family under the power to the government. This was done to protect the well being of David's life. He is now being loved by a family that deserves the kind hearted boy that is David Pelzer. The only disappointing circumstance of this situation involves the fact that David's siblings were not also removed from the care of Catherine. She was also never appended by the state for he crimes against her children.
A Child Called “It” is the autobiography of David Pelzer. It is an inspirational story of a child’s will to live. The story takes place in California, Daly City to be exact. It is just outside of San Francisco. The book is about an abusive mother, Roerva, and the ways she tortured the poor kid. How he survived no one knows. I guess he relied on hope, his soul, and god. Would you have been able to survive? Roerva in the beginning was not an abusive mother. She loved each of her children equally, until she started drinking. This is when the abuse began. David lived through many tortures such as gas chambers, getting stabbed, starved, beaten, physically and emotionally drained, and, to me this is the worst, getting called an “It”. His mother always found ways to not find out what she did. Whenever a non-family member was around she would turn on a fake smile and treat him as if he did something bad, but it wasn’t that big of a deal. Then she would send him to sit in the corner. Then when the non-family member left it was as if World War 3 had begun. She would blow up and go off on David. The only savior David had was his father, and sometimes father wouldn’t do anything at all. He was only his savior for a little while. His dad was there until he got a divorce. This book was a great book. I loved it. It was very heart warming. How he managed to keep his heart in it is what I liked the most. The suspense and description are phenomenal. I have never read a book with so much description. I could picture him sitting in the P.O.W position. I loved this book. All in all, the book was terrific. It is an inspiration to me, and I will make sure I pass it on. Why she tormented this child, we don’t know, but he didn’t deserve to be treated like that. The sad thing is she didn’t even go to jail for anything. Yet this book was pretty great1 I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone. I don’t think children should read it though. To me it is a five star story. Thank you David Pelzer.
A Child Called It Was written by David Peltzer. This is an autobiography about his terrible childhood. Peltzer was beaten and mentally abused for over 5 years.
The main point in this book is to warn people that child abuse is wrong and it should never be done to a child. It shows how lucky we are to be with a family that cares about you and loves you. David had a good relationship with his father until he didn’t really come around and spend anytime with him anymore then they hardly saw eachother anymore. One type of abuse and probably the worst was when davis mother locked him in a bathroom with a bucket and insie that bucket their was amonia and clorox she made little David put his face down in their and breathe imagine how he felt after he was done gasping for air. Another form of abuse was when davids mother again trid to make him lay on a stove and burn to death right in front of her eyes.
I really recommend reading this book its full of suspense it keeps you reading. Theirs no boring part in this book its straight forward. Me personally I thought it was an outstanding book one of the best ive ever read !
David was a little 1st grader when he started to get abused by his drunken mother. His mother and father were both really big drunks they really didn’t care about anything. But if David ever did something wrong He would get the crap beat out of him when he was a 1st grader. He didn’t know what was wrong and what was good he just got out of kindergarden. His mother made him starve for a minimum of 10 days before he had left over scraps of food even the dog wouldn’t eat.
I give this book 5 stars its well detailed and has a good plot and a great story about his childhood. Even this book was very sad and depressing it was still an outstanding book. Everything about the book was perfect especially how the story moves along during each year. I give this book 5 stars and 2 thumbs up ! Cant wait to read more books by David peltzer im sure all his books are great and full of excitement! Theirs a lot of great books outheir but this on blows the other ones away that’s how good this book was!
The book is called “A Child Called “It.” The book is an autobiography of a young child’s life. It was written by, Dave Pelzer. The story is about a kid who is six or seven years of age, and is abused by his mother. It takes place in dally city California. One day his mother was nice to him, and loved him very much then she turned and hated him and started to punch him and all kinds of other things that she could do.
The kid’s name is David; he was severely abused by his mom. One day David was sent to his room which is in the garage and his mom put a bucket of bleach mixed with other things and left it down with him in his room he tried to get something to cover his mouth but it didn’t work for long. After a couple of minutes he started to cough up blood and he was really sick. The most important day for David was when he got taken away by a police officer and he told David that he was now free.
I think in my opinion that this is an excellent book because of all the details and things that happened in the book. When I read the book I wanted to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next, and know if David would survive the abuse from his mom I would recommend this book for seventh grade and up because some part in it are disturbing.
In summary, this is a good ,and extremely detailed book. David is only six years old when he is abused by his mother.. she would burn him on the stove and punch him. He would not be allowed to wear nic clothes he would wear “swiss cheese” clothes.
For my final review I give this story five out of five stars. When you are reading it you feel like your are right there because it is so extremely detailed. Also, when im reeading I can not believe that this is a true story. Heusta O'Dell 1-2
In this engrossing book, A Child Called It, the author, David Peltzer, talks about his extremely inhuman childhood. Peltzer shares one of the most gruesome child abuse cases in history in the consuming autobiography. He transforms wherever you are to Daly City, California where he was neglected as a young child for 5 years until one remarkable day when he finally gets rescued from the grips of his merciless family.
Within this story you will find that his family drastically changes from the time the abuse starts to when David gets rescued. When he was young he would do something slightly less than perfect and get punished, but was still taken care of. That din’t last for long. She eventually did horrendous things to him for no reason at all. For instance she tried to make him eat poop out of his baby brother’s dirty diaper. She also would put him in situation’s that he would have died from if he wasn’t so intelligent. His father, who was an immigrant, was not very much help at all. He started out trying to assist him, but after failing so many times at last he gave into her. The mother has so much power over David that she told him to eat his own vomit and he did. As good as this book is you can’t help thinking what she did was repulsive.
I would give this book 4.37 stars, but let me warn you now. It is not for those who have a deliberated stomach. It is about a child who overcomes all odds to survive and you’re crazy if you don’t admire him for that. I think people who have young children should read this book. It shows them what goes on inside of a child’s head when things they can’t control happen to them.
As you can see, he tells his tales very well. I personally find this book a littlt hard to swallow. However it is an fantastic book that people need to read. It also shows you signs a child might exhibit if there is abuse happening to him. Abuse is a serious problem in this country that happens to way to many people. Unfortunately it is kept a secret more often than not. I believe it is good to tell people and let it all out such as Peltzer did.
I would recommend this book for anyone. It is excellently written and is so vivid it feels like you are in the room watching. However if you do read this I hope you have some time on your hands because you will be thinking about this book ceaselessly.
The Child Called It is a book that is very tragic. It is about a little boy that starts out at the age of six when he is beginning to get beaten by his mother. By the way, they live in Daly City, California. This book is a TRUE story about the author Dave Pelzer and his crazy family.However, it took place is 1971. So Therefore, Dave has to be an old man by now.
Dave went through a horrible childhood. At first, he was a blessed, and happy child. But, as time went by his mother started having drinking problems. Things escalated to a whole other level. For example, his mother drinks a little too much, and the next thing you know David is getting beaten for make the wrong amount of noise. It became so bad that his own mother tried to put him on the stove to “watch hm burn slowly.” Afterward, a while later after that big problem his mother starts to not feed him, play these hrrible games with him, and torcher him as he cries out for help. At the same time, his fater who is the closest person to him just stands there as these horrible things are constantly happening to his poor son.
If I were to give an evaluation on this book I would give it five out of five. Ususally, I read good books, and I love this book simply because it tell the reader how hard life is for some people.
In summary, Dave had a lot to worry about, and a lot to deal with even though he was just a litle boy. He was not to be treated so horrible and cruel. For the most part, his mother should get a taste of she own medicine, and have someone rough her up jast as moch as she did to David. It was most certainly unnessesary for his life to he like that especially at such a young age.
After all, I think that this book should be for teenagers and simply because it is so distubing on some levels. But, It is a great book, and I learned a lot from it.
In the book A Child Called “It” many viotle things happen to a little boy. This book, which is written by David Pelzer, happens to be an autobiography. The events in the book take place in a quaint town outside of San Francisco, called Daly City. In the year of 1971 is when David Pelzer got beaten to the worse extents imaginable.
The main points in this novel feature David being really close to his dad but his father won’t cross the mom to help. Catherine Roerva plays as David’s mother. She beats him so harshly and does things that are so horrific not even I could imagine his pain. The gruesome thing is, David was only in the first grade when these “games” began. In my opinion, such child should never be handled the way David was. Another main point would be is that nobody made the effort to help him. He went on for almost five years until someone finally saved him. Teachers, neighbors, and other adults saw him, but blew it off by thinking he was poor and troubled. That has to be the worst part of all.
This book was incredible! To think that this little boy went through so much and still came out to be a great adult. If you want to read a heart touching book, this is the one. David Pelzer is a vivid and super graphic author, who puts a lot of detail into his stories. This child was beaten around, unloved, and despised by his own family but he still overcame everything. I highly recommend this book. However, if you have a weak stomach or might be too young it might be a little much. In summary, this is a very inspirational book. I would recommend it for anyone over the age of 13 and it will make you a little teary eyed. To read about Dave Pelzer’s life and about how he was treated breaks my heart. But now he is an inspiring author and a great guy, despite his childhood problems. I think that a life lesson could be learned also. Never take anything for granite because you never know who might have it worse than you.
This book deserves five stars and some kind of award. A Child Called “It” has to be one of the best novels I’ve read yet! I hope to read the other two books because I’m sure they would be just as good. I would recommend this book to anyone.
The book we recently read in class was “A Child Called it” by David Pelzer. The book was an autobiography about David Pelzer’s horrible childhood. The story took place in Daly City, California, where David and his family lived. In the book David talked about all of the horrible things his mother did to him as a young boy. It is amazing how he survived and was able to share his story with us.
In the book “A Child Called it” David suffers abuse and isolation from his family. Some of the main points include, in the beginning his family and him had a loving relationship and did all kinds of fun stuff with each other. David was also doing great in school, one of the best in his class, but his mother held him back because he was a “bad boy”. Soon after that she refused to stop treating David like a family member. She would beat him, not feed him, and make him wear the same clothes every day. As a result of this he always smelled and his clothes had holes and rips in them. Other things to add in are that David, at one point, wasn’t fed for ten days and that she locked him in the bathroom with a bucket mixed with ammonia and bleach. She also tried to lay him on a stove that sums up the main points of the book.
To evaluate the book I would say it was good and bad. The book was good because it was a great story about how a kid survived such bad abuse and just kept thinking positive. It was also a bad book because of how awful the beating were and how descriptive David was of them. To conclude I would recommend the book eventhough it is very descriptive about his abuse.
To summarize “A Child Called it” is an autobiography about the abuse and isolation David Pelzer faced as a child. David was bate, didn’t get fed, and the family didn’t even give him enough respect to call him by his name. The family just refered to him as “it” hence the name of the book. David Pelzer lived a rough child hood but always stayed positive. He wanted to quit so many times but didn’t, that is how he stayed alive.
The book “A Child Called it” by David Pelzer was a great book although it was very descriptive. I would recommend this book, it was great. David always found a way to beat his mother at her own game and that’s how he stayed alive.
In the suspenseful book, The Child Called I, by Dave Pelzer, David is beaten by his mother. It is an autobiography about Dave Pelzer and his life as a child. The story takes place in Daly City, California. David was beaten by his mother for, so called, being a bad boy. How would you like to have his life? Nevertheless he always had a positive mind and attitude. He never got down on himself and always thought he could beat mother.
The story begins with his mother being a good person. She loved him like all of his other brothers. His mother starts drinking and she beats him for taking his dads side. Every day he comes home to a mother who beats her own child. She made him feel like no one cared or loved him and that he didn’t even like him. Also, he had a close relationship with his dad who helped him get around some of moms punishments until mother started to control him and then he left the house. He rarely came to visit. In the end he is taken to a safe place and is set free from the beatings and his mother.
I would recommend this book to people who like reading books with suspense. It is life changing because it makes you think how lucky you are to have a life like you do. I like the book and enjoyed reading it. Most people can read this book, but I hope no one ever does what his mother did to anyone. I would like to read the rest of the books in the series to see what happens to David. I give the book four and a half stars for the way it is written and how it makes you realize how lucky you are.
In conclusion, the autobiography is a great book. There is a good theme to the book. Always keep a positive mind no matter what you come upon. I think there is a good lesson in this book to. It is a book the whole family can read and talk about. Also, be thankful for what life you live and don’t ever wish to live a life like David.
I would recommend this book. It is a good and inspiring read. Anyone can read the book however it may get emotional. The way Dave writes you can actually feel what it was like by how descriptive he is. This book is great! Zach Phillips 1st and 2nd
The Child Called It By Dave Peltzer is a good book it takes place in his house down in calafornia. He spent most of his time in his house because he was rarely aloud outside. This is an autobiography about Dave Peltzer life and how hard it is for him to survive. He was a fighter and is very lucky to be here on this earth right now! However he is also very smart and saved himself from a lot of terrible beatings and even death!
All through the story David suffers for example he has to sit in a tub full of cold water, be burnt by the oven, and even be traped in his mothers own little gas chamber she had made. He also has to try to beat her at here own games by stalling so time would run out and a family member would get home in time and she would stop. The over all main point of the story is when the police took him away so he could be safe and no longer suffer anymore of his mothers punishments. He was taken to the juvinial center so he wouldn’t be punished!
The Child Called It is a very good book in my opinion . It is a very descriptive book. It tell and describes how brutal and scary his punishments are and how they happen. I do recommend getting and reading the book it has tons of life lessons that it can be tought to you. It thought me to never judge anyone until I get to know them. Another lesson it tought me was to be happy with what I have because there are kids out there that are starved and beatin and don’t have safe homes like. I do recommend this book again for mature people only.
In summary the book is a very good book! It has tought me somethings I really have never thought about befor. The book is sad in my opinion because a poor inacent little boy get punished by his drunken mother. The boy has to look and fin different ways to get food because his mother have gone crazy and starves him.
I highly recomen this book it is a hard book to read but however it’s a great book to read to. If I had to rate this book I would give it a five out of five stars. I read this and in my opinion it is a very depressing book and some find it very challenging to read.
Hello, I’m a young student that is reviewing a book called A Child Called It. The book’s author’s name is Dave Peltzer also the main protagonist in story. The genre of this book is AutoBiography. And finally, this story takes place in California 1971. Now please don’t get offended by my opinion of this story. But be warned, while you are reading this book, all of the horrible stuff that happens, you will be able to picture it all in your head. The stories main protagonist is David Peltzer as kid a who is constantly abused by his mother Catherine. In the beginning of the story after David does his moring chores and his daily abuse, his mother takes him to school. After a while he is called to the princibles office during lunch. They give him some food knowing that he is barley fed at home. After a few minutes, a police officer comes in and takes David to the police station. When David finds out that the officer is calling his mom he freaks out thinking that he is going to get beaten when he gets home. The officer tells Catherine that David is being sent to some Juvenile Department and then hangs up. It later turns out that David is really being sent to child services, then the officer tells David he is free which ends chapter 1. I really didn’t like this. What I didn’t like about it was the abuse. David tells the readers every crueling and disgusting detail of how he was abused. Half the stuff in that book could make anybody cry. Throught the coarse of the story, David’s mother always tortures him the same intill she discovers something new. What sickens me the most is that his brothers and father didn’t report this to the police. They just go along with like it’s nothing. The dad always promised that he and and David would someday leave the mad house. Well later on in the story, David’s parents finally separate, and guess what? HE DOSEN’T TAKE DAVID WITH HIM!!!! FATHER OF THE YEAR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!! Like seriously, what was he thinking?! Leaving your son with a abusive mother and horrible brothers. Anyway, I give this book two stars, do not read this book.
A true story, A Child Called “It,” was the first few books written about child abuse by Dave Pelzer. The child abuse happened in Daly City, California in 1971. Because of this book, we understand how bad child abuse can be. Many laws were enforced after knowing about this book. We now know to never make a mistake like this one.
David Pelzer was abused since he was in first grade. He began with minor punishments from his mother, but the punishments later became more and more severe. His mother used him as a slave completing all her wishes and commands. When David came home from school one day, his mother demanded him to take off his clothes, and lay on the burning and hot gas stove. David refused but was forced on the stove and was burnt badly. As his mother became more and more attached to alcohol, his mothers forbid him to have any food at home. His mother starved him to death for three days and once ten days. Whenever he came home, his mother checked if he ate any food. She did that by making him vomit and making him eat it afterwards. If he ever had something to eat, it was either scraps of food someone didn’t eat, or some scraps of food he found in the garbage can. During one summer, David was abused harsher than he ever was. His mother stabbed him in the chest and which David believed it was an accident. As though it wasn’t on purpose, she helped him treat it, but later didn’t care. With the wound not fully treated it became infected, David began losing more and more blood. Because his mother didn’t care about him, David turned to his father. His father gave no concern about him, and David began losing faith in his father. Several months after the knife accident, his father began to have less and less visits at home. On a day when his father wasn’t home, David’s mother told David to clean the bathroom. Soon, his mother came in with a bucket filled with ammonia and Clorox. Minutes later, the bathroom was filled with a grey fume. David felt as if his throat was on fire and he collapsed. Later, his mother came up with a new punishment. She filled the bathtub with cold water and shoved his head in the cold water. Then, one day, mother told David that she loved him again and she wanted him to forget everything that has happened. Yet, David found out that she only loved him because a social worker was visiting and wanted David to tell her he lived a great life. As years went by, David’s teachers began to worry about him. But, they soon found out he was getting beaten by the scars on his body. They later called an officer, and he later drove David to freedom.
This book was really depressing, but the same time very well written. I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone because the actions done in this book was just terrible. This book taught me what child abuse can do to someone and it can nearly kill a child. I realized punishments may sometimes be required, but not the ones done in this book.
A Child Called “It” was written by Dave Pelzer and one of the saddest stories ever written. David nearly died from starvation and was beaten to death while his father did nothing. David lost hope and faith and believed himself to be worthless. Reading this book made me realized child abuse isn’t something we should do and some are imaginable. David had to live through all of it, and I could never imagine what David had to go through,
I would rate A Child Called “It” five out of ten stars.
A book that I have read in the past is, “A Child Called “It”. It is a terribly sad story that takes place in Daly City, California in 1973. I have read many other sad stories, but this one is worst by far. By the way, it is an autobiography; therefore, it is a true story written by who it is about. The author of the story is Dave Pelzer, and I can’t believe the things he has gone through.
In this story, Dave is constantly abused by his mother, Catherine. It wasn’t always like that though. For example, when Dave and his brothers were still young, Catherine used to make plans for the day all the time. The whole family used to go on vacations together even. The abuse all started when Catherine and Stephen, Dave’s father, began to fight and drink all the time. Dave was always clingy with his father; thereupon, Catherine through her anger out on Dave since he acted and looked just like him. The first punishment he ever had was when Dave had to sit in the corner and he never came out until it was time for bed. In time, the punishments became worse and worse. Two that stand out to me are the gas chamber and the mirror treatment. The gas chamber involved bucket of Clorox and ammonia. Dave was then shoved in the bathroom with the door closed. The mirror treatment involved Catherine forcing Dave to look at himself in the mirror and call himself a “bad boy”. Soon Dave went weeks without food. Catherine would make him puke after he got home from school, just to see if he ate there or not. As a result of Catherine’s craziness, Stephen started to not come home. Dave’s trust in his father also began to slip. His brothers even began to ignore him and act as if he were nothing. Soon, Dave had no one he could believe. David had been abused from the first grade until fifth grade. One day, when Dave got to school, he was sent to the nurse and was checked over and asked questions. After the nurse told the principle all the details of Dave, a police officer came to get Dave. Catherine was informed Dave was not coming home, so Dave was then officially “free”.
Generally, when someone reads a sad book, they tell people not to read it, since it is so sad. However, this particular book, “A Child Called “It”, I would recommend a person to read. It has things in it that I can’t wrap my head around. For example, I can’t understand why Catherine would do this to her own child. It is still sad though; thus, it is not my favorite book in the world.
In conclusion, “A Child Called “It” is an autobiography written by Dave Pelzer. It is a terribly sad book about the struggle; a little boy has to face, against his own family. He goes through good and bad times, but it all ends when he is soon taken to safer place to live. Also, I would recommend this book, just be ready to cry. I give the book, “A Child Called “It”, five stars.
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1 – 200 of 254 Newer› Newest»In the book thirteen reasons why there are multiply settings because the main character, Clay Jenson moves around as the tapes progress. For example Clay visits the park in which Hannah got her first kiss. Clay also visits the house in which the big party and he also is sent to many other places. The main characters in this story are Hannah Baker and Clay Jenson, the relationship that they had was very special to Clay. Clay really loved Hannah, and Hannah too loved Clay. However she kept it a secret. Why she did this I’m not really sure. I assume that she thought that maybe Clay didn’t feel the same about her. But she was clearly wrong.
This book has a number of themes and or morals. A few examples of these themes or morals is that you always need a true friend you can never be alone. In the beginning of this book Hannah had a ton of friends. But then the rumors started and Hannah’s so called friends believed the rumors which resulted in Hannah becoming isolated from the rest of the school. This also brings me to the point that Hannah’s parents should have realized that Hannah was becoming somewhat depressed. And they should have gotten Hannah help. Another moral or theme in this book is that rumors hurt. Hannah was hurt by a ton of rumors. These rumors also resulted in Hannah having no friends and a family who didn’t care about her. The rumors also eventually led up to Hannah taking her life.
In my opinion I personally love the book. I think that it is so real and true. I believe that this is exactly what happens in the real world and that people like Hannah who are being bullied want to kill themselves and they think suicidal thoughts. In my opinion I think that a lot of people could relate to this book. I am not a bully nor am I bullied. However this book has opened my eyes to helping people like Hannah, it also made me want to be a better person. And get to know people that I maybe think are so called “nerds” or “weird”. And I think that you know maybe they aren’t “nerds” and I shouldn’t have judged them before I even ever associated with them. Before I read this book I never thought that I should maybe give them a chance at being my friend or getting to know them or even talking to them. And now I feel differently about the situation. In summary I think this book is truly a great book.
In the end after all the wondering that Clay did wondering why he was Hannah’s suicide tapes. He finally concludes that he wasn’t one of the reasons that she killed herself. That she was thanking him for never believing the rumors that everyone had started about her or wondering where she was when he didn’t see her in the hall. However she was disappointed that Clay had never told her the way he felt about Hannah. And because of that Clay feels like if he would have told Hannah the way he felt about her that maybe, just maybe he could have saved her life. Because she would have felt loved by someone even if it wasn’t her family but, someone loved her. This also brings us to another theme. And that theme is that anyone can make a difference. For example Martin Luther King, he was just one guy but he made a difference to the whole African- American race. In conclusion this book is a inspiration who have no friends and that they know that there is hope for them, they just have to believe and hang on.
On a scale of 1- 10; I would give this book a 10. I think this is the best book I have ever read.
Maddi Craig
2-3 Period
In Thirteen Reasons Why there are multiple settings because the main character, Clay Jensen, is moving around the whole time going to different places as the tapes progress. For example Clay goes to the park in which Hannah got her first kiss there. The main characters in this book are Hannah Baker and Clay Jensen. Clay and Hannah had some type of special relationship between each of them. Clay loved Hannah, and when he found out the she had committed suicide. He was heartbroken. Hannah loved Clay too; she just kept it a secret. Why did she keep it a secret? I have no idea. Maybe she thought that Clay didn’t feel the same way she did. But she was obviously wrong.
This book has many themes and or morals. An example of a theme is that you are always in need of a true friend. In the beginning of the book Hannah had a bunch of friends. Then a whole bunch of rumors started. Then Hannah’s so called friends believed in the rumors and were no longer her friends. Then this brings me to the point of Hannah’s parents. Her parents should’ve noticed that she was sort of becoming in a depressed mode. And then they should’ve gotten Hannah some help. Another moral is that rumors do hurt. Rumors ended up making Hannah have no friends and a family that didn’t seem to notice what was going on. In the end, Hannah came to the resulting conclusion of taking her life.
In my opinion I loved this book and it was great. It was a great book because things like this happen in everyday real life. I also think it was great because it was just so real and true. In the present day right now kids are being bullied because of rumors, their sexuality, and people’s judgment of your complexity. Teenagers and kids all around the world are taking their lives because they are sick and tired of being bullied at school or even at home. I myself am not a bullied and have never been bullied. However this book has opened my eyes and made me see what is going on in this world and how people are actually taking their lives because of things people are doing and saying. In the end, I think that this book was amazing.
In the end of all Clay’s wondering the came to the conclusion that he wasn’t one of the people the made Hannah take her life. He was only in the tapes because she was thanking him for not believing in the rumors that he had heard, and staying true to her. But she was upset with Clay because he didn’t tell her how he really felt about her. Once Clay started thinking about it he thinks that maybe if he had told her how he really felt about her that she might not have taken her own life in the progression.
On a scale of 1-10, I would definitely give this book a 10. All in all, I think this is one of the best books I have ever read!
Brooklyn Nuzum
2-3 Period
Book title and author: Holes by Louis Sachar
Title of review: Holes book review
This book is taken place in Texas in 1999. The main character is Stanley Yelnats. Stanley was convicted of stealing a famous basketball players shoes. So they gave him the option to go to jail or Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake and he had to dig 1 big hole the size of his shovel everyday.
One day Stanley was walking home and all of a sudden, a pair of shoes fell from the sky and hit him. He picked them up and then started walking. Then the police came after him and accused him of stealing a famous pair of shoes and he had to go to court the next day. The Judge gave him the option to go to jail or Camp. He chose to go to camp for 18 months. While he was there he ran away from camp. He found his friend Zero that ran away a few days before. Once he found him, he said that we have to go back or we will die. So they went back to camp but before they let everyone know they were there the wanted to dig an other hole. So while they were digging, they found a treasure chest. It was weird because it had Stanley’s name engraved to it. So Stanley’s lawyer came and picked him a Zero up and they went home. Stanley’s family kept half the money and Zero and his mom kept the other half.
In my opinion, I really like the book. I think it is a very good book. Most people would like reading this book. Once you start reading the book, you don’t want to stop reading the book. I like all of the adventure of the book. It is a very exciting book.
In conclusion, Stanley was accused of stealing shoes that he didn’t steal. The judge didn’t think that so he had to go To a Juvenile camp for 18 months or until the lawyer closed the case. So he took it like a man and did what he was suppose to do until his lawyer came and got him.
So basically, what I think of the book is that is a very interesting book. If you like books with excitement you will really like this book. I recommend this book for all ages.
Logan Orton 2nd-3rd period 10:18 1/18/11
The name of the book is The Outsiders. It is by S.E. Hinton. The Main characters are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Johnny, Darrel Curtis, Sandy, Cherry Valance, Marcia, Randy Adderson, Bob Sheldon, Paul Holden, Jerry Wood, Tim Shepard, Curly Shepard, Mr. Syme. When a accident happens and a rival gang member dies Pony and Johnny have to run away. Or Johnny and Ponyboy have to take a seat in the electric chair. So they go to a friend and he helps them get out of town. But a few days later the friend tries to get them back into town and succeeds. My Evaluation is that this book is basically when rival gangs meet and have a rumble. The fight begins about turf but as the story continues it is also about Johnny killing Bob the Socs. Bob was upset and drunk when he met up with Pony and Johnny. Because earlier Pony almost picked up Bob’s girlfriend.I would give this book 5 stars and recommend this book to you.
The title of my book that I read was treasure island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The main characters of the book that I read are: Jim Hawkins, Jims mother, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, Black dog, paw, Long John Silver, Captain Smollett, Ben Gunn, and the sailors on the Hispaniola. The conflict of the story is all of the main characters are after the same treasure. The story takes place at the Admiral Benbow Inn.
The main points of the story treasure island is captain flint, who was the holder of the treasure map, dies and creates a mass of people waiting to find his treasure, and another main point in the book treasure island is when Dr. Livesey finally finds captain flints treasure with the help of john Hawkins. The main point that caught my attention was when john Hawkins was held hostage by captain flint and Dr. Livesey shot captain flint out of the bushes.
My opinion on the book treasure island is that I Highly recommend to you to raed this book. The book is good for you if you like pirates. This book is hard to put down when you start reading it.
The conclusion of the book Treasure island is that The pirates got onto a island looking for treasure that was berried by captain flint. They thought that captain flint told john Hawkins so they held the little boy hostage, and going through the bushes was Dr livesey and he shot the guy holding john Hawkins. Then john Hawkins and Dr livesey found the treasure in an abanded cave. They split the treasure evenly between all of the sailors and the boy and the dr.
My final review on this book is that I highly recommend to you to read this book.
The name of the book is Going Nowhere Faster. The book was written by Sean Beaudoin. The main character is Stan Smith. His little sister Olivia, his dog and parents. He has a best friend who steals his girl friend. Stan is a genesis and is doing nothing but working at a video store. He doesn’t know what his is going to do.
He is writing story scripts. He thinks there is guy trying to kill him. He tries to get a girl but his mom makes a fool out of him. I think that is a great book for young adults. It’s funny and fast. All in all it is a great book. It’s a book you will want to read because in life we all have those moments where it seems like we’re not going anywhere.
He’s poised to take off on what may be the most exciting adventure of his life – a road trip to California. One can only hope that this provides the atmosphere and experience that he needs to figure out what he wants to do with his life.
It’s the best book I have read in a year if not in my life. I think everybody should read this book. I enjoyed the comedy in it. It showed the hard time people go through when they get out of high school. It has a lot of stuff that more than likely wouldn’t happen. It has a lot of life lessons in it.
I hope everyone reads this book. It is a easy read and its funny. It will increase your reading level. It shows how friends should make up. It shows lives real values and we should take life. Take it and show it whose boss.
zech bender class period 2
The title of my book that I read was treasure island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The main characters of the book that I read are: Jim Hawkins, Jims mother, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, Black dog, paw, Long John Silver, Captain Smollett, Ben Gunn, and the sailors on the Hispaniola. The conflict of the story is all of the main characters are after the same treasure. The story takes place at the Admiral Benbow Inn.
The main points of the story treasure island is captain flint, who was the holder of the treasure map, dies and creates a mass of people waiting to find his treasure, and another main point in the book treasure island is when Dr. Livesey finally finds captain flints treasure with the help of john Hawkins. The main point that caught my attention was when john Hawkins was held hostage by captain flint and Dr. Livesey shot captain flint out of the bushes.
My opinion on the book treasure island is that I Highly recommend to you to raed this book. The book is good for you if you like pirates. This book is hard to put down when you start reading it.
The conclusion of the book Treasure island is that The pirates got onto a island looking for treasure that was berried by captain flint. They thought that captain flint told john Hawkins so they held the little boy hostage, and going through the bushes was Dr livesey and he shot the guy holding john Hawkins. Then john Hawkins and Dr livesey found the treasure in an abanded cave. They split the treasure evenly between all of the sailors and the boy and the dr.
My final review on this book is that I highly recommend to you to read this book.
by:jacob work 2nd-3rd period
Summer Ball, Mike Lupica
A Slam Dunk.
5 stars
Danny Walker, the star of the travel team that won the national championship, is back for another time to shine. Danny takes his place at “Right Way” basketball camp, the biggest summer camp available. But because of his smaller size, he just is a bigger target.
Danny and his two friends, Will and Ty, travel to a basketball camp
named “Right Way”. Danny is somewhat excited about the trip, but not as much
as his friends. He doesn’t want to go and get embarrassed, but he wants to go, for
it is a big opportunity. He regains his strength when Tess, a girl from his
hometown, comes to watch him play.
He gets picked on a team that had Rasheed, a kid he played in the national championship against, and Rasheed doesn’t like him at first. He also gets put on a team with a coach that relates back to when his dad played NBA ball. He gets made fun of, and is considered the oddball. He deals with it though, and finds the people that like him. Even though he is small, he never gives up.
Danny is a normal teenage boy who is good at basketball. He is shorter than most kids, but with hope, he pulls through. He wouldn’t of been able to, without trust in himself.
Summer Ball is a very good book for teenagers. If you read this book, you will gain a lot of knowledge about basketball, and you will feel good about small things in life. I would say you should read this book, because it is one you will read again and again.
Jon Leeper 2-3rd Period
January 19th, 2011, 9:07 AM
My Side Of The Mountain
By: Jean Craighead George
Sam Gribley runs away from his New York Home in the month of May. He leaves with only a penknife, a ball of cord, a hatchet, and $40.00 he had saved selling magazine subscriptions, and a flint and steel set that he had purchased at a Chinese merchant’s store.
Sam gets a ride with a man driving a truck north of New York in search of his family’s abandoned and overgrown farm in the Catskill Mountains. He hike the Catskills and spends a lonely first night in his small hemlock lean-to. He catches five trout, but fails to start a fire to cook them. Sam learns that he can live in the wilderness by himself by hunting, fishing, and trapping. In the morning, he climbs a hill and discovers a small cottage near his cold and uncomfortable camp it’s the residence of an old man named Bill. Bill shows the inexperienced Sam how to prepare and cook his own fish and, more importantly, how to make proper use of the flint and steel with which Sam had been unable to make a fire that night.
I really liked this book, because I would like to do the same thing Sam did. I would want to learn how to live with nothing. This book was a very good book. The book it self was very short but gave a lot of information on each page. The book also taught you some survival tips in it also.
As Sam’s life past by him in the wilderness he learned skills and knowledge of the mountains. Sam’s parents got very worried about him being missing. He woke up one morning to someone walking in the leaves by his tree. HE walked outside and it was his mom and dad. All of Sam’s younger siblings came also. Since Sam didn’t want to come home his mother brought home to him by bringing his siblings. The Gribley family begins to build there house that will be there shelter.
I wouldn’t recommend this book if you weren’t into survival and the wilderness. This book would be great for anyone that likes that kind of stuff. I would give this book a 4 also because this book isn’t for everyone. Some people wouldn’t like this book as much as people who likes the wilderness and survival.
By: J.J. Potts 2/3 pd.
To start with, the book The Glory Field has many examples of life lessons. Curry Field, a piece of land, belonged to the Lewis family. Generations went by and the Lewis Family kept their field with them. Throughout the story, there are many life lessons: I've learned that true love continues to grow, even over the longest distance; I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be; I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences; I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel; I’ve learned that my best friend can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
Some of these life lessons that are identified throughout the story are:
I've learned that true love continues to grow, even over the longest distance. This is a life lesson that was identified from the book. In the book Elijah has to leave for Chicago to get away from the white men that were planning on whipping him that night. Elijah and Goldie both had feelings for each other. They were willing to wait for each other, even if they were a long distance apart.
I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences. This life lesson was identified in the situation between Joshua and Lem. Joshua and Lem were escaped slaves. Lem was found and was brought back to the plantation. Joshua knew it was unsafe but came back to rescue Lem. Then Lem, Joshua, and Lizzy left the plantation and headed for freedom.
I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. This life lesson dealt with Luvenia as well. Luvenia was a maid for the Deets family. Luvenia let Florenz Deets lie about Luvenia being pregnant so she could drive the car. Luvenia learned that after she let Florenz lie to her father about her she was responsible for letting Florenz do that. Luvenia lost her job for it nd felt dumb for letting Florenz lie about her to get what she wanted. She felt that it was Lorenz’s fault she lost her job, but it was really hers.
I’ve learned that my best friend can do anything or nothing and have the best time. This is another life lesson identified in the book. Elijah and Abby were best friends. They went out in the ocean during stormy weather to go find David for Mr. Turner. Even though it was hard to get through the water and they were getting tired they still had fun. They got their reward from Mr. Turner. Their reward was thirty five dollars. They used it for Grandma Saran so she could pay her taxes.
In my opinion I think The Glory Field was an interesting book. Teenagers from different generations of the Lewis family go through troubles and difficulties. They were a black family so it was even harder for their family because they were slaves. It is fun to read about how they handle what is going on and how their family takes it. I would give this book five stars. I also would recommend this book to teenagers.
In conclusion, all these life lessons were identified in The Glory Field. Because it dealt with so many generations of the Lewis family, many life lessons were learned. This is true in real life as well. There are always lessons to be learned from our experiences if we choose to be taught.
I think this book was a great book for teenagers.
Sarah Cox period 2/3
Tehya Kurtz, Period 6, 1/19/11
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting, by: Natalie Babbitt
Title of review: Tuck Everlasting Review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Tuck Everlasting is a very well written novel. It has excitement and mystery in it. My favorite character was Jesse and Winnie, followed by Miles, Mae, and Angus. The ending, however, was very sad and I didn’t care for it much because of what happened. The novel made you get pictures in your head of what was going on in the book. You could really feel the sadness and the joy that the characters felt as the story went on.
In the novel Winnie foster wondered out it to her forest one day and came across a boy named Jessie tuck. Jessie, Miles (Jessie’s brother), and Mae (Jessie’s mother) had to take Winnie back to their little home where she met Angus tuck (Jessie’s father ) where they then discussed what to do since she saw Jessie drink from the spring. They decided to tell her their secret, the fact that they could live forever. After that she stayed with them for awhile and as she did she fell in love with Jessie. Then the man in the yellow suit made a deal with Winnie’s father and went to the tucks to get Winnie back. Winnie did not want to go and so Mae hit the man in the yellow suit in the head with a gun. After she hit him he died and she had to go to jail and the gallows. To get Mae out they pried open the window and got Mae out. Then Winnie took her place.
I feel that it was a very exciting book and a very sad love story. I have always loved this book. It is one of those stories that make you think if what you think you want is not what you really want. I do wish that Miles was not so depressing. When ever we read about miles story I felt so much sadness and pity for him. I felt bad especially for Jessie because in the end he found out that Winnie had not drank the bottled water and had died.
Over all it was a very good book and I would love to read it again some day. It has a sad ending, but not all books can have a happy one. You really get in to the characters and feel for them. At the end you think you know what is going to happen, but it is just the opposite
I would definitely recommend this book for some one. I enjoyed it very much; it was a very good book. When I read this book it was like I took a journey with the characters. It was fun and exciting to read. If you have little siblings or you are a parent I think your kids or little sibling will enjoy it very much.
Tehya Kurtz, Period 6, 1/19/11
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting, by: Natalie Babbitt
Title of review: Tuck Everlasting Review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Tuck Everlasting is a very well written novel. It has excitement and mystery in it. My favorite character was Jesse and Winnie, followed by Miles, Mae, and Angus. The ending, however, was very sad and I didn’t care for it much because of what happened. The novel made you get pictures in your head of what was going on in the book. You could really feel the sadness and the joy that the characters felt as the story went on.
In the novel Winnie foster wondered out it to her forest one day and came across a boy named Jessie tuck. Jessie, Miles (Jessie’s brother), and Mae (Jessie’s mother) had to take Winnie back to their little home where she met Angus tuck (Jessie’s father ) where they then discussed what to do since she saw Jessie drink from the spring. They decided to tell her their secret, the fact that they could live forever. After that she stayed with them for awhile and as she did she fell in love with Jessie. Then the man in the yellow suit made a deal with Winnie’s father and went to the tucks to get Winnie back. Winnie did not want to go and so Mae hit the man in the yellow suit in the head with a gun. After she hit him he died and she had to go to jail and the gallows. To get Mae out they pried open the window and got Mae out. Then Winnie took her place.
I feel that it was a very exciting book and a very sad love story. I have always loved this book. It is one of those stories that make you think if what you think you want is not what you really want. I do wish that Miles was not so depressing. When ever we read about miles story I felt so much sadness and pity for him. I felt bad especially for Jessie because in the end he found out that Winnie had not drank the bottled water and had died.
Over all it was a very good book and I would love to read it again some day. It has a sad ending, but not all books can have a happy one. You really get in to the characters and feel for them. At the end you think you know what is going to happen, but it is just the opposite
I would definitely recommend this book for some one. I enjoyed it very much; it was a very good book. When I read this book it was like I took a journey with the characters. It was fun and exciting to read. If you have little siblings or you are a parent I think your kids or little sibling will enjoy it very much.
“Zach’s Lies” By Roland Smith
“Zach’s Lies” Review by Rebekah Hines
5 stars.
“Zach’s Lies” was a very interesting novel to read. I enjoyed reading “Zach’s Lies”. This novel had a lot of emotions in it like depression, frightening, action, but at times there was happiness, joy and entertaining times. I would recommend to anybody to read “Zach’s Lies”.
“Zach’s Lies” is bout a family with a disappeared father. The mother and her children were asleep in their house when masked men invaded their home and ransacked their house. Stories unfolded bout their fathers’ disappearance. The family was forced to enter the Federal Witness Protection Program, and was relocated to Elko Nevada. Jack was now known as “Zach Granger”. If they were found it wouldn’t be a good situation, but there could be death involved if they were found.
“Zach’s Lies” was a very interesting novel to read. As a teenager I enjoyed this book because me and Jack “Zach” are in the same age group. I would recommend this book to anybody it’s a big shocker.
In conclusion, “Zach’s Lies” was a very interesting book. I would recommend anybody to buy and read this book. I give it a 5 star book. “Zach’s Lies” could be your next summer reading project.
“Zach’s Lies” would be a great book to read in a classroom.
Rebekah Hines
Tehya Kurtz, Period 6, 1/19/11
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting, by: Natalie Babbitt
Title of review: Tuck Everlasting Review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Tuck Everlasting is a very well written novel. It has excitement and mystery in it. My favorite character was Jesse and Winnie, followed by Miles, Mae, and Angus. The ending, however, was very sad and I didn’t care for it much because of what happened. The novel made you get pictures in your head of what was going on in the book. You could really feel the sadness and the joy that the characters felt as the story went on.
In the novel Winnie foster wondered out it to her forest one day and came across a boy named Jessie tuck. Jessie, Miles (Jessie’s brother), and Mae (Jessie’s mother) had to take Winnie back to their little home where she met Angus tuck (Jessie’s father ) where they then discussed what to do since she saw Jessie drink from the spring. They decided to tell her their secret, the fact that they could live forever. After that she stayed with them for awhile and as she did she fell in love with Jessie. Then the man in the yellow suit made a deal with Winnie’s father and went to the tucks to get Winnie back. Winnie did not want to go and so Mae hit the man in the yellow suit in the head with a gun. After she hit him he died and she had to go to jail and the gallows. To get Mae out they pried open the window and got Mae out. Then Winnie took her place.
I feel that it was a very exciting book and a very sad love story. I have always loved this book. It is one of those stories that make you think if what you think you want is not what you really want. I do wish that Miles was not so depressing. When ever we read about miles story I felt so much sadness and pity for him. I felt bad especially for Jessie because in the end he found out that Winnie had not drank the bottled water and had died.
Over all it was a very good book and I would love to read it again some day. It has a sad ending, but not all books can have a happy one. You really get in to the characters and feel for them. At the end you think you know what is going to happen, but it is just the opposite
I would definitely recommend this book for some one. I enjoyed it very much; it was a very good book. When I read this book it was like I took a journey with the characters. It was fun and exciting to read. If you have little siblings or you are a parent I think your kids or little sibling will enjoy it very much.
My Book is called Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The Characters are Bella, Edward, Jacob, Charlie. This Book takes place in Forks. Bella left her mom so she can go see her father. While she is there she meets Edward and that’s where it all begins.
Well it all begins when Bella meets Edward. From the beginning we know that they’re going to fall in love. When Edward walks into the cafeteria, and Bella see’s him, they all ready have the connections in their eyes. Then with them falling in love, there always going to be drama.
I give it 10 out of 5 stars. I love this book. I recommend it to everyone. It has a wonderful moral. I love that it has you reading it over and over again. It has you coming back for more. It has teens all over America reading it. Over 40 Million Americans have read the Twilight Seriees
In conclusion this is an awesome Book. Over 40 million people have read the series. Like I said I give it 10 out of 5. I really like this book. If it was a guy I would marry it. Jk (:
I love this book. I think it is good for teens to read.
Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom Julie review: This book has many conflicts. The setting is at Morrie’s house every Tuesday. Morrie was Mitch old professor in college. Morrie and Mitch had not talk since graduation day. Then Mitch heard on TV about him how he was dying for ALS. So he decided to go and visit him. When Mitch comes to visit every Tuesday Morrie talk to Mitch about the world, feeling sorry for yourself, regrets, death, family, emotion, fear, money, love goes on, marriage, culture, forgiveness, and the perfect day. But when Morrie passes away Mitch has a hard time letting go. I think that this book is a very good book to read. I think everyone who has lost a love one this would help you a lot to let go. In conclusion the reason I picked conflict as you can see was because there was a lot of problems between the two. It really has made it easier for I because of I lost my grandfather a couple years ago and it made me realized that I just need to let go. I give this book 5 out of 5 because it was very informing. I really could relate to this book so it made it really easier to read.
The book that I read was A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. The novel is focused around the boy developing a strong bond with his father, a butcher who slaughters hogs, and his pet pig named Pinky, and is set in the fictional town of Learning, Vermont. Robert Newton Peck uses his own childhood as a Shaker to reveal the problems Robert faces growing into manhood. For example, he helps his neighbor's cow have two baby bulls and saves one's life, while risking his. As reward his neighbor gives him his prized pet pig. As the pig grows to maturity it turns out to be sterile, though otherwise ideal. Eventually the family faces such economic hardship that Pinky is slaughtered. The slaughter and butchering of Pinky is extremely graphic, but accurate. The boy assists his father in this act, holding his beloved pet down while his father kills and makes sausage out of it.
The book takes place roughly during the Calvin Coolidge presidency. The novel is loosely based on Peck's own life, though there is much dispute about the accuracy of known information about Peck's childhood. This book has often been challenged, that is, people have demanded that it be removed from libraries. It was 16th on the American Library Association's list of books most often challenged in the 1990s.
Peck doesn’t like how his dad kills pigs for a living. He tried to get his dad do stop killing pigs but he said he can’t because that is his job. And he makes his money and it is his only job. Peck tries to stop his dad but he can’t because he has to make that is how money by doing something.
I think this book is really good to read and write about because it is interesting and once you read it you can’t stop. This book can be disruptive at some points in the book but overall it is a great book to read. It talks about Peck’s childhood and his family. But mainly it talks about how difficult Peck’s life is through the entire book.
After I read the entire book, I enjoyed it and thought it was really good book to read in your spare time too. This book is very interesting to read and I think they made a movie out of it too. But all in all, this is a great book to read in your spare time and it’s very interesting.
I definitely would recommend this book to my friends and other people too. This is a very interesting book and great to read. So I like this book and I would read it again.
Drew Kosik 2nd & 3rd period
The book that I read was A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. The novel is focused around the boy developing a strong bond with his father, a butcher who slaughters hogs, and his pet pig named Pinky, and is set in the fictional town of Learning, Vermont. Robert Newton Peck uses his own childhood as a Shaker to reveal the problems Robert faces growing into manhood. For example, he helps his neighbor's cow have two baby bulls and saves one's life, while risking his. As reward his neighbor gives him his prized pet pig. As the pig grows to maturity it turns out to be sterile, though otherwise ideal. Eventually the family faces such economic hardship that Pinky is slaughtered. The slaughter and butchering of Pinky is extremely graphic, but accurate. The boy assists his father in this act, holding his beloved pet down while his father kills and makes sausage out of it.
The book takes place roughly during the Calvin Coolidge presidency. The novel is loosely based on Peck's own life, though there is much dispute about the accuracy of known information about Peck's childhood. This book has often been challenged, that is, people have demanded that it be removed from libraries. It was 16th on the American Library Association's list of books most often challenged in the 1990s.
Peck doesn’t like how his dad kills pigs for a living. He tried to get his dad do stop killing pigs but he said he can’t because that is his job. And he makes his money and it is his only job. Peck tries to stop his dad but he can’t because he has to make that is how money by doing something.
I think this book is really good to read and write about because it is interesting and once you read it you can’t stop. This book can be disruptive at some points in the book but overall it is a great book to read. It talks about Peck’s childhood and his family. But mainly it talks about how difficult Peck’s life is through the entire book.
After I read the entire book, I enjoyed it and thought it was really good book to read in your spare time too. This book is very interesting to read and I think they made a movie out of it too. But all in all, this is a great book to read in your spare time and it’s very interesting.
I definitely would recommend this book to my friends and other people too. This is a very interesting book and great to read. So I like this book and I would read it again.
Drew Kosik 2nd & 3rd period
In this book, there are 7 main characters. Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, two-Bit Matthews, Steve Randal, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade. Ponyboy is the main character in this story. He is the narrator, and the protagonist, in this story. He is fourteen years old, and he is also the youngest out of all of the Greasers. Darrel Curtis is Ponyboy’s oldest brother, and also the leader of the Greasers. He is 20. Sodapop is the middle one of the Curtis Brothers. Ponyboy envies Sodapop’s good looks and charm. The joker of Ponyboy’s group. Two-Bit, whose real name is Keith, is a wisecracking greaser who regularly shoplifts. He prizes his sleek black-handled switchblade. Steve is a seventeen-year-old greaser who works with Sodapop at the gas station. Steve knows everything about cars and specializes in stealing hubcaps. He is cocky and intelligent, tall and lean. He wears his thick hair in a complicated arrangement of swirls. Dallas, known as Dally, is a hardened teen who used to run with gangs in New York. He has an elfin face and icy blue eyes and, unlike his friends, does not put grease in his white-blond hair, and he takes pride in his criminal record. Dally feels protective of Johnny Cade.
The novel is the story of a time in the life of a recently orphaned fourteen-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. He lives on the East Side, a member of the lower class and a gang of the greasers. Quiet and dreamy, Ponyboy has conflicts with his older brother and guardian, Darrel, who keeps the family together. The greasers who Ponyboy distinguishes from hoods are the heroes of the tale. Set against them are the upper-class socials, or Socs, who enjoy drinking, driving nice cars, and beating up greasers. The circumstances of this social situation result in the death of three teens. The story explores the themes of class conflict, affection, brotherly love, and coming of age in a way that young people readily appreciate. This novel's portrayal of disaffected youth has been criticized for its violent content, but it is now regarded as a classic of juvenile literature. It can be considered one of the first examples of the young adult genre, and after its publication literature for teens gained a new realism, depth, and respect for its audience.
I would recommend this book to other people. The book explains how life was, and for some people still is. I don’t like to read much, but this is a very good book. It explains how gang lives are, and what they were for some people, in the past years. This book describes how people would act, and how they would have/use self defense. Most young adults like to read this book, but also some kids.
It's the story of the relationship between the greasers and the Socs, two different groups of kids growing up during the early sixties. The story emphasizes the consequences that these teenagers face when they make some important decisions that affect their lives. There is a great deal of violence in the book. There are guns and a huge fight between the two "gangs". There is a stabbing and one of the characters dies. The book refers to alcohol abuse, child abuse, smoking, and hiding from the police. It tells of three young boys living without adult supervision. It alludes to teenage pregnancy and one of the main characters is a high school dropout. There is a lot of stuff that happens in this book, and the main one is the fights between the “Soc’s” and the “Greasers”.
I would recommend this book to other people. The book explains how life was, and for some people still is. I don’t like to read much, but this is a very good book. It explains how gang lives are, and what they were for some people, in the past years. This book describes how people would act, and how they would have/use self defense. Most young adults like to read this book, but also some kids.
-Samanthe Bolling 2&3rd period (:
I thought the book was good for little kids and not for eighth grade and above. It had a good theme to it but it was very juvenile. Introduction: The name of this book is The Tiger Rising. The setting takes place in the backwoods of Florida. The characters are Rob Horton, Sistine, Threemonger Boys, Rob’s Dad, and Beauchamp. This book is about Rob and how he finds a tiger and thinks he is on top of the world. There are many conflicts in this story. For instance, Rob gets bullied everyday on the bus and at school by the Threemonger Boys. He doesn’t fight back though because his theory is that they will get bored with him if he doesn’t do anything.
The first main point is when he is at school and is called down to the principles office. The principle says to him that some of the parents are scared that the rash on his legs is contagious. Then he suggests that he stay out of school for a while. The second main point is when a new girl comes to the school. Her name was Sistine and she was tough and mean. She liked to express her feelings and he didn’t. They didn’t get along very well at the beginning but they became friends throughout the story. The third main point is when Rob and Sistine are running through the woods and find a tiger in a cage. The owner of the hotel, Beauchamp, had given Rob the keys so he could feed the tiger. Sistine wanted to let the tiger free and Rob gave in. They were so happy but it was lose and angry. So once Rob’s Dad saw it, he killed it. Rob was very upset but got over the feeling.
I thought the book was good for little kids and not for eighth grade and above. It had a good theme to it but it was very juvenile.
At the end of the book, Rob and Sistine let the tiger out of its cage. Since it was very angry and vicious, Rob’s Dad killed it. Rob was very upset with his dad but overcame the feeling very quickly.
I thought it was not that good and I recommend it for ages 10 and below. It was too short for me. I give it 2 stars.
Book Review Outline Alex Harris
Book title and author: Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
Title of review:
Number of stars (1 to 5): 5.0 out of 5
Rumble fish is about a group of people being in a gang. These people have to grow up without any supervision. The protagonist’s father is an alcoholic that doesn’t pay any attention to his own two sons. One of them was trying to find their mother. Rusty, the younger of the two, looks at his older brother, known as motorcycle boy, as a hero. Motorcycle boy is called that because he rides a motorcycle all of the time. Rusty wanted to be like him when he grew up.
Rusty was an enemy to a cop. He always tried to run away. One of the main points is that he got kicked out of school. He got kicked out because he had bad grades. At first, he was going to transfer schools, but he didn’t want to. Later that day, his girlfriend broke up with him. At the end of the book, motorcycle boy went to the fish store, and stole the rumble fish out of the store. He handed rusty them and he got shot. Later, while rusty was running, he got shot too.
It is a very exiting and interesting. I loved this book because of the action in it. The book was really cool. I wouldn’t suggest this to younger children because of the smoking, drinking, and violence.
I liked it overall. If I had to rate it 1-5 stars, I would rate it 5 stars. Although it had violence, smoking, and drinking in it, it is really good. This is so interesting, that I might want to buy it on Amazon.
Overall, this book is a really good book. I rate it 5 stars. I loved the ending too. When you finish the book, you figure out that it is a writing itself. He started the essay exactly how the book itself started.
In this story an African American family live in the south during a time of poverty. They live in a small house with a young dog named Sounder. The author does not give the people names. He only tells the name of the dog.This story is very heartfelt and sad. Every chapter makes you want to cry. Sounder, the dog, never leaves his master’s side no matter where he goes. He goes hunting with his master and stay with him at all times. In this story Sounder and the dad go hunting but come back with nothing as usual. They are discouraged and the next morning wake up overjoyed when they find a delicious ham cooking. A couple days after their happiness is shattered when they find out that their dad supposedly stole the ham wagon. While on their way, Sounder chases after them and tries to save the dad. The sheriff shoots the dog with his shotgun. The dog is severely hurt. The dad is taken to a jail and left there. The dog later dies. He says he didn’t steal it but they take him away in a in peace.
I recommend this book to kids my age because it has many important things to learn to help you in life. It is a good book but it is very short. It helps you learn about what it was like to live as an African American boy during a poverty stricken time.
This is a very good book that is a little hard to understand because the dog is the only creature with a name. It is about a boy living in the south during the 19th century. He goes through an emotional time and has a hard time getting through it.
I recommend the book to kids my age because I think it is a good book and has an interesting point to it. It is interesting and has many good points to it. I think it is a wonderful story and the author did a good job.
In the small, quiet town of Long Island, a deranged man has been stalking open houses, waiting for the right moment to snatch away his victims. In this grotesque and intense book, I felt the pain that Kara, one of the main characters felt when her daughter went missing. I felt the hopelessness that Lindsay, Shannon, and Ellen, the masked man’s victims, felt after being confined, starved, and beaten for nearly two weeks. As an eighth grade student and an avid reader, this intense novel is perfect for those who enjoy harrowing and suspense filled reading.
The book starts out in the small town of Long Island. After open houses, three women, Lindsay Marshall, Shannon, and Ellen Fine, have mysteriously disappeared. After Lindsay’s disappearance, Kara, her mother, goes on a frantic search in order to find her daughter. For a long time, the search proved to be hopeless, and after a prayer session at her daughter’s school, Kara receives news that her husband, Steve was killed in a car accident. Kara is ready to give up, when her friend Claire introduces her to her brother, Patrick. Patrick tells her that he also lost his family a long time ago due to a house fire. Hearing Patrick’s story, Kara found the strength to continue searching for her daughter. That night, she stayed the night at Patrick’s house. Waking up in the middle of the night, she hears screaming. Kara goes outside to see where the noise is coming from and is surprised to see Patrick’s servant, Neville, sneaking around the house at night. After going back to bed, she hears more noises and even hears people singing happy birthday. She gets up and tries to find Patrick. She doesn’t find him, but she does find an open trapdoor in the library. Going down the trapdoor, she enters a dungeon like room where she finds her daughter along with Ellen Fine. The other girl, Shannon, was already dead. Kara soon realizes that the masked and deranged man who stole her daughter was Patrick himself. After being found, Patrick goes to is sister’s house in the middle of the night to do something that he had been meaning to do for a long time. He kills her after reminding her about his sixth birthday when she and her friend had a “surprise” for him in the playhouse. After killing his sister, Patrick points a gun to his head, and pulls the trigger.
This is an intense and suspense filled horror book that I highly recommend for anyone whom is interested in this gruesome field of literature to read. It is a very realistic book, as many of these events that take place could happen, and had it not been for my mother telling me that it was a fictional story, I would have believed that it were real.
In conclusion, Perfect Nightmare is an intense and grotesque horror book about the disappearance of three girls, a mother’s determination to find her daughter, and the dark and twisted soul of a man after facing a childhood tragedy. I recommend those who enjoy the harrowing to read this book, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
This book was undoubtedly the best I have ever read, and I hope to find more like it in the future. I highly recommend anyone whom is interested in this field of literature to read it and see what they think.
The main characters in this book, Elijah of Buxton, were Elijah, a boy in Buxton, Canada a slave camp for runaway slaves, and slaves whom bought their freedom; he lives there with his mother who is very afraid of frogs. Cooper his best friend, Mr. Travis Elijah’s teacher,and reason he makes his big adventure.
A theme of this book is that Elijah goes on this journey not only because he’s getting Mr. Travis’s family but he’s also getting to get a firsthand experience of slavery for his first time
I rated this book 3 stars because at the beginning of the book it is really slow but once you get to about the 12th chapter it starts to get better. Another reason for my ratings is that I know that it is written the way it is because; it is supposed to be him writing the book but all the misspellings get annoying. Though with these problems Elijah getting to go on the adventure that he did at that young of age is a good story.
In the conclusion two men beaten to death, one with a whip. Slaves are shackled, branded and starved; a man shot and badly injured; another is lynched; adults slap punch and punch children, dog attacks wounding boys; slaves think of murder and suicide , fingers cut off in a knife fight
On a scale of 1-10, I would give this book a 7 because it got its point across, but it could have put more detail in. And left some of the other business out of it.
Caleb Wilson
2-3 period
The book Premiere: On the Runway by Melody Carlson has two main characters, Erin and Paige. Erin a Paige are sisters. Erin is more of a tomboy and Paige is all about the new trends and fashions. This book is set at California in present time.
The mother of Erin and Paige works in a newsroom for a local news channel. Sometimes, she lets Erin be part of the camera crew and Paige work as a reporter. They are talking about a local theme park and are running out of things to say. Suddenly, Paige starts critiquing two little girls’ outfits. They think they lost their mother’s job, but they actually get put on their own show! They travel to different places to review different designers’ styles, with Paige in front of the camera and Erin behind it. After being on Malibu Beach to get publicity for their show, Paige gets caught up in the celebrity drama and almost loses their job. Soon they get back on track and their show is getting more and more popular! Their fashion adventure continues in the next book, Catwalk: On the Runway.
I really enjoyed reading Premiere: On the Runway by Melody Carlson and I have already started the next book in the series. I really liked this book because it shows how two very different people, like Paige and Erin, can get along and do something amazing. It doesn’t have nearly as much drama as Gossip Girls and it is really fun to read. It’s fun to read about the different designers’ fashions as Paige reviews them for her show. Premiere: On the Runway is definitely a book that I will read again.
Reading this book makes you realize that anything is possible and that working together is the best way to work. It shows you that no matter what happens, everything will turn out fine. All of the different parts of this book work because Melody Carlson used characters, setting, and theme that go well together.
Premiere: On the Runway is definitely a book that I would suggest to any teen girl that loves fashion and drama!
Bethany McPherson – Periods 4 and 5
The book by Elie Wiesel called Night is the true story of a young boy during the Holocaust. It takes place in Sighet, Transylvania, and in various concentration camps. It also takes place in the 1940’s.
Night, is an autobiography of life in the Nazi concentration camps, it is a must-read. Elie Wiesel, the author, takes his readers with him from his home, into the ghetto, on the transport, through Selections, into the concentration camps, on the Death March, and beyond. Elie Wiesel deals with his loss of faith during the holocaust, and relives the horrors of the concentration camp. He shows how such a life affected the people in the camps and how it changed many of them into something less than human. He explains how he was very faithful in God, then when he was put through all of the misery of the concentration camps, how he stopped believing in God. But, then, at then how he his faith in God grew once again towards the end of the book. Furthermore, reading this book gives readers a deeper and more personal understanding of the Holocaust.
This book, Night, was a very heartfelt and deep book. It is definitely a must-read. It explains how life actually was in the concentration camps; therefore, it gives the readers a deeper and more complex understanding of the tragic happening. This book compared to all of the other books that I have read about the Holocaust is my favorite. I give this book five out of five stars. It is very much so worth reading. Although it is an extremely distressing and tragic book that actually happened, it is definitely one of my favorites.
In conclusion, if you are wanting to read a book about the Holocaust that is very in depth and true, this book is the book to read. I would highly recommend this book if you are truly wanting to read about the Holocaust. It explains this happening very well and really gives a good understanding of the Holocaust. It is a very heartbreaking book, but it is also one of my favorites.
For my final review, Night is a tear jerking, heartbreaking, and complex autobiography by Elie Wiesel. I am highly pleased that I read it and I definitely recommend it for all readers.
Sarah Marie Topardo
4/5 period :)
Book title and author: The White Mountains by John Christopher
Title of review: Review of the White Mountains
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 stars
Introduction
The whole book is three kids named Will, Henry, and Beanpole. The kids were chosen to make a long journey to the free people at the White Mountains. It all started when a man walked up to them and asked if he would like to be a free person so he said yes, from then on it was a race to the Mountains where they could live and be free.
Description and summary of main points
It’s about kids going to a place called the White Mountains where people are free and not controlled by the tripods. Henry and Will started out but soon they ran into another kid trying to make his way to the Mountains named Beanpole. Through out the story the have to sneak around and sometimes even fight the tripods. They almost get caught a few times by people but in the end they make it to where they need to be. In the end everyone has to work together to make sure that they make it to the White Mountains
Evaluation
I liked the book pretty well because it mixed a few things together. In the book the author mixes angry, sadness, happiness all in a good way. I think the books flows along with you when you read it.
Conclusion
The book is a very great book which I enjoyed very much. For some people however, it may not be a great book for them if they don’t like action or a alien kind of book. All around it was a good book though.
Your final review
I would recommend this book to other people because it is all around a good book. I would also recommend the other books that go along with this one because they two are also good and enjoyable books for everyone.
Jayce riley 4/5th period
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about children being chosen from twelve different districts around North America to fight against each other until the last one is standing. The main characters in the novel are Katniss Everdeen and Peeta. The setting of the story doesn’t have an exact date of time, but it is described as post-apocalyptic North America.
In the beginning of the novel, The Hunger Games, the city of Panem choose a boy and girl to compete at the Hunger Games. Everyone in the city enters their name according to how old they are. At first a young girl by the name of Primrose was chosen as their girl position of District 12. Her older sister, Katniss, was afraid of her little sister dying of a young age, so she took over the position. The boy that was chosen was Peeta. After being chosen in the positions, the were sent off to the Capitol for the competition. They went through a few days of training for the Games and then it was time for them to compete. In the end, Katniss and Peeta were the last two standing, so they made a new rule that two people from the same district could win, which meant that they didn’t have to kill each other.
After reading the book and articles about The Hunger Games, I believe that it is a book that someone would be able to enjoy at anytime. The Hunger Games is basically an adventure book that explains how relationships can get between one another in a drastic situation. Most people that enjoy reading adventure and romance novels would really like this book because it is a combination of both.
In conclusion, The Hunger Games is a book about two children, Katniss and Peeta, getting chosen from District 12 to compete in the Games. They went to the capitol to compete in the Hunger Games against eleven other tribes. Each of the tribes trained for a few days one at a time until it was time for the games. The Games began and Katniss and Peeta were the last two standing. Their love and compassion in front of the audience made the leader of the games change the rule to that two people from the same tribe could win the games.
I would recommend this book because it has a great adventure in the novel with a little love and compassion mixed in.
Dalton Okel 4th/5th Period
Book Review Outline
Book title and author: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Title of review: Review of Tuck Everlasting
Number of stars (1 to 5):
4.174 stars
Introduction
Basically the book is about a family who can never die. They meet a little girl named Winnie and tell her their secret. Then the whole story turns to chaos when a man overhears their secret.
Description and summary of main points
When Winnie Foster walks into the woods she sees a boy drinking from a spring in the ground. She asks for a drink and the boys family appears and kidnaps her. They explain to her that if she were to drink the water she would live forever. A man overhears them telling her the secret and he tries to get the water for himself so he can sell it. Mae kills him so that he won’t tell. She gets sent to be hanged and Winnie helps her escape. They run away and Winnie dies.
Evaluation
I personally enjoyed this book. It had a very good climax with instance rising action. It had very happy parts as well as very sad parts. I only wish the book could have been a little longer. It seemed like the book went very quickly. That is just my opinion, though. So overall I would say this is a great book for all ages. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a good fiction book.
Conclusion
So in conclusion, Tuck Everlasting was a very good book. It has a very good plot and a twisted ending. I would recommend it to anyone of all ages. I might even read it again someday.
Your final review
Tuck Everlasting was a good book but it was short.
-Mr. Copley 4th
Introduction
Nathan is an eleven year old boy living with his father and sister. Suddenly his Pa doesn’t return home from hunting and there visited by a strange man named Ezra. Ezra leads them threw the woods back to his cabin.
Description and summary of main points
Ezra leads them to his home where the two kids find that there dad’s leg has been torn and ripped wide open and is asleep. They swarm Ezra with questions but he cannot talk because of an incident with Weasel at his cabin. Weasel had cut Ezra’s tongue out as a punishment for disobeying him. Nathan is out alone one night and is captured by Weasel. He is taken to his cabin and is tied up. He is untying the rope when Weasel falls asleep with Nathans dad’s gun. Nathan hurries to untie himself and picks up the gun and leaves with there horse. The next day there Pa is better and takes them home. Nathan that night has second thoughts of why he didn’t shoot Weasel. So he makes up his mind to sneak out in the morning to go kill Weasel. When he arrives at Weasel’s cabin he is shocked when he finds Weasel dead. He wanders back home where his Pa comforts him and they go back inside to live a happy life knowing Weasel is dead.
Evaluation
I really liked this book because of the action and it made me want to keep reading. In this book two sides collide and only one side will survive. The good people meet Weasel whom represents the bad side.
Conclusion
My conclusion is the book was great if you like action this is the book to read. If you like people fighting and dark scenes in the woods also this is your book. Overall it was a pretty good book.
Your final review
Weasel is a great book! I recommend this book to everyone. It has a lot of action and it is also a thrill.
Izaiha John 4/5
The book I did for my online reviews was The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The characters in this book were Ponyboy,Johnnycake,Sodapop, Two-Bit,Steve Randle,Dallas,Sandy,Cherry Valance,Marcia,Randy, and Bob.
The book is about how there are differences in where they live, like one side is rich and one side is the unwealthy place. It was the Socs against the Greasers all the time. They had to constantly watch each others backs while on the streets. While Pony,Soda and Darry all live in one house together without parents. Their parents died when they were younger leaving Darry to take care of them while working two different jobs. Darry and Pony were always getting into fights so one night Pony decided to runaway also with Johnny. The Socs came to them and tried to kill Pony, and Johnny stood up and stabbed one of them, Bob. Bob was then dead , so they decided to runaway so they would not be taken to jail. It was always the court masters believed the Socs over the Greasers, and they weren’t taking that chance on that this time. So as they were running away Two-Bit had came to see them in their little church to update them on what was going on and who was looking for them. They had changed their identities also in the process, and went wherever they had to go to stay away from the cops. Then one day Pony,Johnny and Two-Bit rescued some little kids that were in a burning fire. They were considered as heroes and not taken into jail because of that. Johnny and Pony went back home to normal things but little they didn’t know there was going to be a huge rumble tonight between Socs and Greasers. Later that night Johnny decided to go to the pet store and free some fish. He had gotten shot during the hour trying to save the fish and that was the end.
For this book I defiantly give it 5 stars because it was really good and for me I don’t normally read. This book was also everything, it had drama, comedy, life lessons and everything someone should read about. This book isn’t just for one kind of person either, it’s for all because it has things people can relate to. Especially how people judged them just by how they looked, because that still happens in the world we live in today. So this book is very entertaining and worth reading, it actually feels like your there and into the situations they are because the literature is amazing
So as you can see, I really enjoyed this book and most of the reviews I checked out said that they did too. This book basically has it all and even more to enjoy throughout each chapter. If everyone would take the time to read this they could understand how life was and still is like this for some people. It teaches you the value of friendship and how you have to go through life no matter what happens.
I actually do recommend this to people that they should read this because everyone needs a good story like this to just have fun with. It also teaches you lessons and other things in life that other people should know, like don’t take people you have for granted. Also that whoever is your family to you, keep them in contact because you don’t know when they aren’t going to be there and when they aren’t. So if you like good books and action, drama and comedy they read on the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
JoMarie Bogard
4/5th Period
This book is started in the late 1800’s to the early 2000’s. It is about a family that drank from a spring on there journey westward. The spring was different from others. The water from the spring had eternal life. Then one day Winnie Foster went into the woods and saw the youngest son drinking the spring water and she wanted to but, they didn’t let her. The Tucks had to kidnap Winnie to explain why she couldn’t drink it.
The main characters in Tuck Ever Lasting we’re Winnie Foster, Jesse Tuck, Mae Tuck, Angus Tuck, Miles tuck, and the strange man in the yellow suite. Winnie and Jesse fall in love during the few days they spent together. When she was being kidnapped by the Tucks a strange man saw her being taken, and he went to get help and went to get her back and the Tucks killed him. They had to leave town, and Winnie had to live the rest of her life not knowing whether they would ever come back. The tucks came back around 2000 to find that Winnie had passed away the year before, and was married and had kids, and decided not to drink the spring water.
I evaluated that this book is one of the best books I ever read. It is written for all ages of readers. I like how it is based from along time ago till the present. One thing I dislike is that it isn’t a very long book, I wish it was longer. It had stories in the book even, like how Winnie and Jesse fell in love, and how Winnie lived the rest of her life without drinking the water. It leaves you with a mystery, because it doesn’t really say what happened to Winnie and her life. I think that this book was the best book I have read so far.
My conclusion is that this book was one of the best books I’ve ever read. I feel that this book would be good for all ages. My thoughts on this book were that, it is based from a long time ago clear to the present. Unlike many books I’ve read I actually remember this book. Overall this book was great.
Overall this book was great; out of five I would give it a 5.
4th and 5th
Sam Tonkovich
The Tesseract
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle is a very good Sci-Fi book that tells the story of a girl named Meg Murry and her journey through the universe in search of her dad. The main characters are Meg Murry, Charles Wallace, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs.Who, Mrs. Which, and Mr. Murry. The setting in A Wrinkle in Time is on earth. The other settings take place throughout the universe.
A Wrinkle in Time is about a girl named Meg. She doesn’t know where her father is because every time her mom speaks to the government they tell her he is on a top secret mission. Meg and her brother Charles Wallace know something is peculiar when a strange woman comes to their house in the middle of a bad storm and tells their about the Tesseract. Meg and Charles end up meeting a boy named Calvin O’Keefe and tessering with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. They end up having to save their father from The Black Thing. Overall, Meg goes through a very dangerous journey to save her father.
My opinion of A Wrinkle in Time is that is a very exciting book and once you start reading this book, you can’t put it down. It is put together very well. I like this book better than any other Sci-Fi books I’ve read. This book makes you want to know what happens next. If I would have to rate this book, I would rate it a 9 out of 10. One of the other good things about this book is that it can appeal to all ages. I find it cool how the author wrote about the dimension and how it might be possible to tesser.
In conclusion, A Wrinkle in Time is about a girl named Meg that must search for her father. This book is very well put together. All of the main characters in this book help keep the story going with their different attributes. The main characters also help the reader make a connection to the book. The setting of A Wrinkle in Time makes the book different from other books. Overall, A Wrinkle in Time Meg needs to tesser with these beings to find her father.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to read.
Sean Riggleman
English 4-5
1-19-11
Characters: Jamie, Landon
Setting: Orphanage, School
Nicholas Sparks writes about a young man and woman in 1958 on the coast in Morehead City in Beaufort, North Carolina. This is the story of their first love. Landon never even knew Jamie. The homecoming was coming up and his girlfriend broke up with him so he had no date to go with and he would be embarrassed in front of his friends. So he went through his yearbook to ask anyone else. Well he called all of the girls he knew and they said they already have dates. So he came upon Jamie. At first he didn’t want to, but after asking every other girl he had to. She said yes and they were going to the homecoming together. Second, after homecoming he thought he would never talk to Jamie again. Landon never even knew Jamie he always thought that she was a goody-two shoes and would always read the Bible. But he didn’t know that she was diagnosed with a disease that would kill her in a few months. Then after all that he knew he wanted to marry her. And then she died but they were still married. Those are the reasons why I love this book.
I love the book because it talks about a boy who doesn’t know this one smart, intelligent girl and he ends up falling in love with her. Little did he know that she had a disease that is going to make her die in a couple of months. But she didn’t want to tell him because she told him not to fall in love with her and he did. So she got so sick that she had to go to the hospital. While they were at the hospital Landon knew exactly what he had to do for them to be together forever. He asked her dad(the preacher) if he could marry her. He said yes. Then they got married and she died. But it is a romantic book about how they fell in love.
In conclusion in this book both of the characters end up falling in love and getting married before Jamie dies. It’s a romantic book and I think people should read this book.
I would recommend reading this book.
Kasey Curtis
Period:4/5
Is Something really Upstairs?
The novel Something Upstairs by Avi and it is a really adventurous book that a boy meets a ghost and has to help him find out who really murdered him. The main characters of this book are Kenny, Caleb, and Mr. Willinghast. The settings are Providence, Rhode Island in 1988 and Providence, Rhode Island in the early 1800’s.
The novel Something Upstairs is about when a boy named Kenny has to move to Providence, Rhode Island. When he moved into his new house he found a ghost named Caleb that was trapped in a Memory which he wanted to be free of. So Kenny says yes and goes to help him break away from his memory. When they were back in the 1800’s, Kenny finds Mr. Willinghast that he just met at the Library a couple of days ago. Then Caleb tells Kenny that he is a slave. They go on strike and Caleb gets hurt really badly. They go back to the house and make a plan. Then they found out that Mr. Willinghast was the one that killed Caleb and Kenny shoots Mr. Willinghast and freed Caleb from the Memory.
My opinion of Something Upstairs is that is was an action packed book that you would never want to stop reading it until you finish it. I think that it is better that any other book that Avi has made. It is an adventurous, Action Pack, History novel that a lot of people would love. If theirs was a reward for the best book ever it would get it. I think that the rating should be a 10 out of 10. This is the best book that I have read in my inter life.
In conclusion, the novel Something Upstairs is the best book ever. It has a lot of History, and Action Packed scenes in it. It also tells you that it doesn’t matter what skin color you are, you can work things out and solve the problem.
I really recommend you to read this book.
Steven Riggleman
1/19/11
English 4-5
Book title and author: the Outsiders by: S.E. Hinton
Title of review:
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Introduction: My book is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. The setting is in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the mid- 1960s. The characters in this novel were: Ponyboy, Darry, Sodapop, Two Bit, Steve, Dallas, Johnny, Sandy, Cherry, Marcia, Randy, Bob, Paul, Jerry, Tim, Curly, and Mr. Syme.
Description and summary of main points: Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers Soda and Darry are in a gang called the Greasers. They always fight with the Socs, a rich group of boys from the other side of town. This book is mainly about how the Greasers and the Socs get into a huge fight which leads to other issues like killing and then running away. This book also shows how Ponyboy is shy and Soda is the popular one out of the two and how he can get all the ladies before Ponyboy can even see a girl. Later, in this book they get into a huge rumble at the local park. The Greasers and the Socs are fighting until one gang gives up and leaves the scene. This is when it gets intense. The Socs brought weapons and knives when it was going to be a no weapon battle but the Greasers found some weapons and started kniving people in the stomachs and this all lead to Bob being killed. Bob was a mean Soc. Ponyboy was being drowned in the big water fountain located at the park so Johnny killed Bob by stabbing him in his stomach and Johnny hands were seeping with Bob’s blood all over him. Then, Ponyboy and Johnny run away and hide from the police. Eventually in the end it was all over and they did get put in jail by the cops for breaking into a pet store and freeing some animals.
Evaluation: I liked this book because it had a lot of dialogue and action scenes. This book also had a lot of great characters to play these action packed scenes. I thought that this book was great and I give it 5 stars out of 5. I couldn’t get over in how much action it had filled in the book and the movie, this author did a great job on writing this book and the director of the movie did also an awesome job.
Conclusion: I enjoyed this book it had a lot of action packed scenes and suspense, I really go into this book because of all of its dialogue and actions. I usually do not like to read but this book really got my attention. I absolutely loved and adored this book. It had a lot of great actors and characters. Also,
Your final review: I recommend this book to all people. This book shows great lesson. This book was just great and it packed in a lot of action and suspense. I rate this book a 5 out of 5 stars. It was great, action packed, suspension filled, and enjoyable. There were a lot of good and bad parts of the book. Overall the book was just great and it was one of the best books that I have ever read.
This book is a award winning book that teaches people how two groups of societies may seem total different can be alike in many ways .The main characters Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny has found him self on the lower class side of town called the who are called the greasers and the upper-class side of town is called the soc’s.Some of the main points in my story are in the first few chapters where the two sides of town get into a rumble. Another main point in the first few chapters is the two boys Johnny and Ponyboy are walking in the park and the Soc’s found them and they got into a fight where Johnny killed one of the Soc’c because he almost killed his friend Johnny by drowning him. This starts the book at a new setting because now the boys have to find a new home where no one knows who they are or what they’ve done. The next main event in this book is when they move to a banded church on the top of a rural town. One day they left and came back to find the church on fire because they had left a cigarette lit in the church. So then the decided to save the children in the church and they were known as heroes in the town but with the fame came there secret getting out and Johnny got burnt from the church every badly. Johnny died soon after and Johnny was Dally’s strength ,so with out Johnny , Dally commented suicide.
My thoughts on this book were it is a very good book for all ages it shows that a book can relate to many ages .I personally related to this book very well because it is based on people my age, and on day I could very well have the same problems on day. This book is a five star in my eyes because it is a very engaging, thrilling and emotional book. It is a very descriptive book that can really give you a thrill.
In conclusion this book is a must reader. It is readable for all ages and can treat many life lessons.I think that this book is based for teenagers and adults because some of the language and the actions done by the characters are more appropriate for those age groups. This book can really make you think not only about your life but others as well. One thing you must do before you die is… read this book!
This book can change your perspective on our world today and how fast your life can change.
This book grabbed my attention as soon as I opened it. I think the authors’ purpose for writing this book is to teach us work for what we want no matter how tough things get. I also think that the theme of this book is, never say never.
This book is about a boy, Sam Gribley, who lived in New York with a very large family. He could not stand all of the noise so he decided to run away to the Catskill Mountains. Once he got there he made a home in a hollowed out tree and learn everything he could about the outdoors. He got most of his food by fishing, trapping, gathering, and he even hid some deer that hunters had shot and lost. One day he heard sirens so he hid in his tree a little later he went outside to see a man beside his tree. The man helped Sam out by making a fireplace out of clay. Then Sam asked his dad to come and spend some time with him. A few weeks later Sam got a visit from his entire family, and his mom said they were moving in with Sam.This book made me want to fallow in Sam’s footsteps because it has everything. It is like a field guide to edible plants and ways to trap animals. Sam braved all of the elements and survived throw them. Then everything that happened grabbed your attention. Those are some of the reasons that this book grabbed my attention. He was brave and persistent. He was intelligent and quick witted. Lastly he never said never. This book was great and will never get boring.This is a terrific book for all ages, and I recommend it to anyone.
This book is a award winning book that teaches people how two groups of societies may seem total different can be alike in many ways .The main characters Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny has found him self on the lower class side of town called the who are called the greasers and the upper-class side of town is called the soc’s.Some of the main points in my story are in the first few chapters where the two sides of town get into a rumble. Another main point in the first few chapters is the two boys Johnny and Ponyboy are walking in the park and the Soc’s found them and they got into a fight where Johnny killed one of the Soc’c because he almost killed his friend Johnny by drowning him. This starts the book at a new setting because now the boys have to find a new home where no one knows who they are or what they’ve done. The next main event in this book is when they move to a banded church on the top of a rural town. One day they left and came back to find the church on fire because they had left a cigarette lit in the church. So then the decided to save the children in the church and they were known as heroes in the town but with the fame came there secret getting out and Johnny got burnt from the church every badly. Johnny died soon after and Johnny was Dally’s strength ,so with out Johnny , Dally commented suicide.
My thoughts on this book were it is a very good book for all ages it shows that a book can relate to many ages .I personally related to this book very well because it is based on people my age, and on day I could very well have the same problems on day. This book is a five star in my eyes because it is a very engaging, thrilling and emotional book. It is a very descriptive book that can really give you a thrill.
In conclusion this book is a must reader. It is readable for all ages and can treat many life lessons.I think that this book is based for teenagers and adults because some of the language and the actions done by the characters are more appropriate for those age groups. This book can really make you think not only about your life but others as well. One thing you must do before you die is… read this book!
This book can change your perspective on our world today and how fast your life can change.
olivia wilson
4th/5th period
The Outsiders is about a group of guys named the Greasers who are enemies with a much more high- class group named the Socs. The main character is Ponyboy. Ponyboy has two brothers named Sodapop and Dally. His parents died in a car accident when Ponyboy was little so Dally has to take over and make all the money. The Greasers and Socs already had enough problems when Ponyboy met Cherry ; one of the Socs rich, beautiful girlfriends. Ponyboy ended up killing one of the Socs and hid away for two weeks. Both sides eventually got into a rumble (huge fight) and the Greasers won.
The Outsiders is a novel based in 1965 by S.E Hinton, first published in 1965 by Viking Press. Hinton was 15 when she started writing the novel, and 18 when it was published. S.E. Hinton is a very talented and gifted author. To write this book that is a bestselling book. This book can be one of two things, interesting or boring. I would definitely say this book is a bestselling, interesting book for me.
The characters are the key element in this book. The characters make the book, such as a setting makes a book more realistic. This book completely and successfully achieves its purpose and goal.
In conclusion, this book is all about how life has its ups and downs, but always turns out okay. It’s also about how to get along with your enemies. It teaches you a lesson about how to deal with life and its problems. If you ever pick up The Outsiders, you’ll never want to put it down. This is by far my favorite and most interesting book I have ever read.
I would highly recommend this book for any reader.
Book title and author: The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank
Title of review: The Diary of Anne Frank
Number of stars (1 to 5): 5
The Diary of Anne frank was one of the emotional books I’ve probably ever read. It was full of everyone’s point of view, and it was very well written. It wasn’t just about Anne’s life, it was about the lives of the hidden people, and how they managed to survive.When I was one the first chapter, it got very detailed very quick. When Anne was just a little girl, she taken into hiding, along with her parents, her sister, her parents friends, and her love interest. They were hidden in Mr. Frank’s old office, behind a bookcase, that they called, the secret annex. After hiding for two years in the annex, they were caught and sent to a concentration camp. When they arrived, they men were separated from women. After Mr. Frank was separated from his loved family, the rest of them all died except for Anne. Anne and Mr. Frank were sent to another concentration camp, where Anne died a couple months later. Unfortunately, Anne died one week before they released everyone, so Mr. Frank was alone. Years later, Mr. Frank died of old age, leaving all of the Franks, All of the Vandanns, and the dentist, Mr. Dussel gone forever! This book was very good, and I recommend it to everyone, young or old. I recommend it because it was a very good book, and people should know all about the holocaust, and Like I said, the Diary of Anne Frank was a very emotional book’s, with all of its excitement and action, it is truly one of the greatest book out there. This book is the one to read. I rate this book 5 stars and I will read it again if I ever get the chance.
michael Shaw
The book Thirteen Reasons Why is written by Jay Asher. He does a great job of introducing the main character, Clay, by describing him through his actions. Another main character is Hannah Baker, a dead classmate of Clay’s. The book is set in a small town although they never tell you the name. This book is very intense and will keep you reading for hours.
In this book, Hannah Baker commits suicide. Two week later, Clay Jensen, her classmate and crush, receives recorded tapes of the thirteen reasons Hannah killed herself. On the first tape, she explains that if you are listening, you must be one of her thirteen reasons. On the next tapes, Hannah names each person and the reason they contributed to her suicide. She tells the story of her misled life and the listeners realize what she was really going through inside. Clay is number 8 on her list. She tells of how she had a secret crush on him, and how he never got up the courage to talk to her. Hannah says that Clay could have been the one good thing in her life, but instead he was too scared. She says that he could have made a difference in her life, and he chose not to. After listening to the tapes, Clay isn’t the same person. He takes things into more considering now. He is a better person in general.
The book Thirteen Reasons Why is certainly the best book I’ve ever read. It is definitely five star worthy. It always had me on the edge of my seat, dying to know what would happen. I think it sends a good message to teenagers. You just never know how you’re going to impact someone’s life. This book has taught me that there are no such things as small details and everything has consequences, good and bad.
In conclusion, the book Thirteen Reasons Why, written by Jay Asher, is the best book I’ve ever read. It explains how teenagers can feel at this point in their life and in return, makes you want to be a better person. The message in this story is that you never know what others are going through, and every small detail can make a difference. It has taught me many lessons, but the biggest one concerns how you treat others. If you’re ever lucky enough to read this book, I hope it impacts you as much as it did me.
I would highly recommend this book for all teenage girls.
-Baylee Abbott
Rumble Fish Review
The story starts out on the beach. Rusty-James is lying in the sand and he sees an old friend. His name is Steve. He reminds Rusty of some old times. Rusty-James was one of the toughest kids in his neighborhood. The story is about how he always looked up to his brother, the Motorcycle Boy, and wanted to be like him. Rusty is 15 and he isn’t very smart in school at all. He lives at home with his father and brother but his brother is usually gone a lot.
In the beginning Biff Wilcox wants to kill Rusty so they get in a fight and Biff pulls out a knife. The Motorcycle Boy shows up and saves Rusty from Biff. Then Rusty is with Steve and he steals some hubcaps. The owner chases them and they run across buildings to get away. Later in the book Steve, Rusty, and the Motorcycle Boy go to town at night time to hang out. Rusty and Steve get jumped and once again, the Motorcycle Boy saves them. When Rusty goes to Benny’s, he is no longer the number one tough cat. Smokey is and he took his girlfriend, too. Then, the main part of the book is when the Motorcycle Boy takes Rusty to rob the pet store. The Motorcycle Boy gets shot and Rusty gets slammed against a police car and sees black and white and hears nothing just like the Motorcycle Boy.
I really liked this book, “Rumble Fish”, because it was very intense and had a lot of action. I recommend this book, but not to young children. They wouldn’t enjoy it because it contains some violence. It is one of the best books I have read. It is a good fiction book.
In conclusion I thought this book was exceptionally good. A life lesson you could get from it is, ”sometimes you get what you wish for,” because Rusty always wanted to be like his brother. It is a great story and I recommend it.
My final review of this book is that I would recommend this book. You won’t regret reading it. It is a very good story. I rate it four out of five stars. If you like sad stories, then you’ll like “Rumble Fish.”
Recently, I have read The Guardian by Nicholas. I am writing this review to encourage you to read this book. It was by far the most spine tingling novel I have ever read! This book was mainly about Julie Barrenson’s life after she lost her husband, and is ready to start dating again. Soon she finds herself being stalked by her former boyfriend, Richard Franklin. I think Sparks’s purpose for writing this was to entertain us, and to really make us think. The main point is to show that you never truly know who someone is.
All of Nicholas Sparks’s books take place in North Carolina. This novel particularly takes place in a small town called Swansboro. In this novel Julie uses the help of the police, and her current boyfriend Mike to try and stop Richard Franklin. They will soon find out that they have a bigger problem on their hands then they realize. The main police officer Lisa suggests them running away. Julie and Mike like the idea. Though it was smart Richard manages to find them. Stopping him will be harder than they thought. One of my favorite quotes comes from this book. Julie said “It is funny that you could know someone for years but still discover something that you never noticed before.” Though this book seems like it has a lot of drama it truly is good. I am judging this book based on others by Nicholas Sparks. It isn’t the saddest of his romance novels, but it is most definitely the most interesting
This novel is Sparks’s seventh novel, and it is phenomenal! It seems that his books just continue improving. Though his previous six novels have been great, interesting, sappy love stories this one adds an extra chilling twist. The readers should greatly appreciate this. This type of book is found interesting by many people. Sparks’s really knows how to dig at your heart. The novels he writes seem so true to life. The quote “Everyone – you included – is on her best behavior in the beginning of a relationship. Sometimes little quirks turn out to be big ones, and the big advantage that women have – sometimes the only advantage – is their intuition,” is said and is thought to be very true. Julie is defenseless and has had a hunch about Richard from the beginning. A few of my favorite books Dear John and The Rescue are of the same genre, romance. Though it may not be as romantic it does have more drama.
So in conclusion, The Guardian was an amazing novel. It not only evolves the two main characters falling in love. They have a problem on their hands though. Julie’s former boyfriend is stalking her. Together they will have to stop him. I feel that this novel covered a lot of main points that are critical to the end of the story. I believe that this was Sparks’s strongest most entertaining novel yet! I would highly recommend this novel to anyone.
Lauren Massacci 4th/ 5th
Pearl Madness
By: Matthew Strand
The author was trying to teach us a lesson, and entertain us at the same time. The lesson was, don’t let tangible items destroy you or your family. Another lesson I got out of this book is just be glad to have a family even if your family isn’t the way it should be. I also learned that what you see value in sometimes others won’t. I enjoyed this book immensely!
The book is an older book, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an amazing, interesting book. John lived from February 27, 1902 to December 20, 1968. This is one of my favorite books. Kino found an insanely large pearl while pearl diving one day. His son was stung by a scorpion, and almost died. The doctor wouldn’t help him, because he couldn’t pay for the services. When Kino found the pearl the doctor went to them, because he knew they could then pay for his services.
In The Pearl, Kino kept trying to give himself up to save his family even though it was unnecessary. He also had to convince himself that he should keep the pearl, despite the many troubles it was causing. In the end, Kino came to his senses, struggled to, but eventually threw the pearl away. The book definitely achieves its purpose; I got many lessons from it. One was tangible items don’t mean much compared to your family. I have never really read any other books with this genre, but I’m sure it is one of the best of its kind.
I enjoyed this book immensely! The author was trying to teach us a lesson, and entertain us at the same time. There are many lessons to be learned from this and many ways you can interpret them. The book definitely achieves its purpose; I got many lessons from it. One was tangible items don’t mean much compared to your family.
The Pearl a great book! I could easily read it and comprehend its meaning.
As he makes his way through the cold with nothing but the clothes on his back and the food he can find he tries to figure out what he really wants in life and then finally he finds it. Jonas goes on a long journey that saves his community and an infant named Gabriel. He escapes without a trace in the middle of the night with nothing but memories that will change his life forever.
The Giver is an exciting book where a boy from the perfect Utopia finds out his society isn’t as perfect as thought it was. There is no real feeling or emotions. There is no color here. This city is a bland, blank, barren place where no actually knows anything. When children in Jonas’ town turn twelve their jobs are chosen for them and Jonas is chosen to be the receiver. Receiver is the most honorable career in the whole community. You must be brave and strong to be a receiver and Jonas fits like a glove. As he realizes there are better things than what he has he decides to fix what he has and sacrifice his life for it. Gabriel, an infant about to be killed, inspires him to sneak away in the darkness of the night. As he moves forward all of his memories stay behind, fading away from him. As he climbs this last hill he finally finds it, the life he would die for.
This book deserves the stars it received because it is the best book I’ve ever read. The Giver makes you keep coming back for more. The moment you set this book down you can’t wait to pick it back up if you can put it down in the first place. The Giver is exciting and mysterious and what we all imagine.
Though The Giver has very intense moments I loved it and anyone eleven and older should read it at least once in their lifetime.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspenseful stories and vivid descriptions because this is the most well written book I’ve ever read .
I have just recently read the novel Tuck Everlasting By: Natalie Babbitt. This book was very enchanting adventurous, and enjoyable to read. Tuck Everlasting tells a tale of having to choose between life and death or to be forever young or to forever age and with that come great life lessons. What I found most entertaining about this novel was how hard of a decision the characters in this book had to face. I also found the challenges of the characters entertaining also.
Tuck everlasting is a novel that tells a tale about a 10 year old girl named Winifred foster. Winifred Foster wishes nothing more but to escape from her 4 foot fence around her yard and to explore her wood also known as tree gap. Well one day her wish comes true she escapes from her yard to explore her wood. While escaping from her yard and running through her wood she comes along a boy. The boy tells her to go away and to not come back and she argues with him a little and finial agrees to leave after she gets a drink from the spring the boy was just drinking out of .The boy grabs her and says no you mustn’t and she ask why but before he could answer his brother comes up behind Winifred with a hose and grabs her. He takes her back to their house there she learns about the Tucks and their secret .The Tuck’s Miles , Jesse, Angus , and Mae all share their secret with Winifred about the spring giving you everlasting life.
This novel by Natalie Babbitt is truly inspirational with all of the life lessons that come with it. Some of the quotes that I found truly inspiring to me were a quote made by Angus Tuck. “We are like rocks on the side of the road we just are.” With this quote Angus Tuck had made me realize a life lesson that maybe living forever is not all what you think it would be. I would compare this novel to another novel I read a while ago by: Stephanie Myer named Eclipse. I compare this book to Eclipse because they a similar in many ways. They are similar in many ways with the life lessons and similar way with the immorality plus more.
I recommend this novel to everyone who likes a great novel that you can sit down and enjoy.
Book Review Outline by Taylor Campbell
Book title and author: The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith
Title of review: The Jordan Rules Review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 5
The book The Jordan Rules is by Sam Smith. It was released in the 1990’s. The book hits on all the points big or small about Michael Jordan on and off the court. Also it tells about his baseball career as well.
College- has a UNC basketball player he was the best player in the NCAA by his junior year but in his freshman year he hit the game winning shot in the national championship in 1982 under legendary coach Dean Smith which is 3rd all time in wins in respect to all NCAA Division 1 head-coaches.
NBA- Just as a rookie he was voted as a All-Star and only got better and most say he is the best basketball player in the world ever. He had won 5 MVP awards the most ever and 6 NBA championships which is also the most ever by any one player. Still to this day the Bulls still have 6 NBA championships. He was also on the USA “Dream Team” in 1992 with Larry, Magic, Dr.J and others and in the Olympics they beat teams by an average of 43 points a game an won the gold metal.
MLB- in baseball he was bad at first but by the end of his first season the White sox had asked him to be on their team but he want to go back to playing with the Bulls. He played outfield for the Chicago White Sox’s Minor League team and had finished his one year career with a .243 batting average. Some say he did this because his dad would have wanted him to try it but he said he was doing this for himself and in doing so proving to him self that he could do what ever he put his mind to.
This book overall was a true five star book. It gave me all the information that I was looking for and gave a lot of details. He gave me every bit of information from why he plays basketball to him growing up to his life in the NBA and everything in between. It also gives who interviews and sayings by Michael Jordan. So if your like me and you weren’t alive or you cant remember him this is an excellent book to catch up on one the worlds most famous person and the biggest international icon to ever live. In addition not only does it tell you about MJ but it also gives you information on Scottie Pippen, BJ Armstrong, John Paxson, and Dennis Rodman along with other teammates of Michael’s.
In conclusion, this book was not only informative but also entertaining to me as a sports fan. I really enjoyed this book from start to finish. This book I would high recommend to anyone even if they are not sports fans I would still tell them to read this book because I think this book sums up the world of sports and how cool and awesome it is.
This is by far the best book I have ever read.
The book I chose to write a review on is Maniac Magee by: Jerry Spinelli. Personally, I found it to be a great, exciting, on-your-toes book. It always kept you going. I never put it down! The theme of Jerry Spinelli’s Golden Newberry Award book, Maniac Magee, is that you cannot run away from your dilemmas. Eventually, you’re going to have to stand up to it and find a way to deal with it. Jeffery Magee, the main character, AKA: Maniac Magee, (who earns this nickname throughout the climax of the book), currently was living with his aunt and uncle in Norristown, PA, due to the sudden death of his parents. His aunt and uncle never spoke, which he could not bare, so he ran away after bursting out in a school play. This causes the setting to be changed to Two Mills, PA, which Jeffery ran too. He becomes known as Maniac Magee because he ran 200 miles from his home. He felt that he needed a true home. So he set out on this adventure and came across the Beale family. The Beale’s are an African-American family that lives on the east side of the town. Amanda Beale becomes friends with Maniac and her family takes him in for a short while, until he runs away again. His second home is with Earl Grayson. An uneducated, minor league pitcher, who lives in the bandstand room at a zoo. They become close loving friends, until Earl suddenly dies.
Maniac Magee is a wonderful, emotional book. Jerry Spinelli has written other fantastic books. Spinelli is always able to bring in action but have a heart-warming touch to it. The points leading up to the plot really get you going. It’s honestly upsetting when you have finished reading the book. Jerry Spinelli has always been one of my favorite authors. I judge his work from a specific angle. If I can understand the concept, and I am interested in the subject of the book, then I usually end up loving the book and can give it a thoughtful review. I can positively say without any hesitation, Maniac Magee is my all-time favorite book.
If I had to say which part of the book is my favorite, I would have to say when Maniac and Earl become pals. I just find it so sweet that Earl would take in a random little boy that doesn’t have a home. Although Earl is previously living in a bandstand room, and can barely afford anything for himself, he still takes Jeff in. I thought it was very caring of him. In return, Maniac taught Earl to read, before he sadly passed.
In conclusion, I absolutely adored this book. It was full of intense adventure and conflict, yet it was able to pull in family and a loving environment.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves theme in a book. I would say, from ages 9 and up could take down this terrific book. Well done to Jerry Spinelli for another breathtaking work of art.
McKenna Kelley 4-5
The Last Olympian is one of the best books Rick Riordan has ever written. This book has action, drama, fun, and keeps you into it till the end. The story begins when Percy Jackson and his friend Rachel, are driving in Percy’s step dad’s mustang on a little private beach. Rick Riordan is great at using descriptive words in his writing, And explains things with a lot of detail.
This book starts with Percy Jackson (main caricature) and his fried Rachel, are driving in Percy’s step dad’s mustang on a private beach. All is going well until Black Jack (Black Pegasus) Lands on the hood of the car. Percy’s friend Becandorf pikes up Percy and they both fly to a(n) ship that is full of monsters and blow it up. Becandorf in killed in the explosion. Percy gets back to Camp Half Blood. They plane to go to Mount Olympus and defend it from Kronos’ army. They fight for several days before Kronos was finally killed.
I loved this book. The way the author writes and all the details. It had to be the best out of all the books. I can’t wheat for the next book of the next series to come out.
This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It kept my waiting for the big finally. It had twists and turns and all the things you love in a book. I recommend it to all teens.
This book is great I recommend it to any kid I meat.
The A-List is on my A-List!
The A-List by Zoey Dean
5/5 stars
The A-List by Zoey Dean’s main character, Anna Percy, faces a lot of different challenges during her 17th year on earth. Her emotions face a lot of twists and turns and friendships are put to the test. She’s off to college soon and has many decisions to make. Because her wealthy mother takes a trip to Europe, she decides to spend half a year in L.A. with her father who has never been there for her. Anna also chooses to start living her life to the fullest. As a result, Anna’s life completely changes under the sun of Los Angeles.
While on the plane to L.A., Anna finds herself blushing while talking to a boy from Princeton, Ben Birnbaum. She was recently in a relationship with a boy from back home, named Scott, but there was a dramatic end to their love when he betrayed her trust. Ben invites her to be his date during the event the whole book is based around, the wedding of Jackson Sharpe (a made up movie star). Of course, Anna accepts the invitation, but the ceremony turns out to be less beautiful than expected. Sam Sharpe, Jackson’s daughter, Cammie Sheppard, and Dee Young, three girls the same age as Anna, don’t give her a very warm welcome. All three ladies have had a hidden obsession over Ben. The rest of the novel tells the story of how Anna learns to deal with the relationship drama, the trust of her dad, and the result of her choice to change her boring life into a nonstop party.
The end of The A-List definitely leaves you hanging. It’s suspenseful and makes you beg for more. The juicy relationships between Ben and all three girls grow deeper and deeper. Will Anna and her father be able to come to a middle ground? Will Ben make the right decision? Just like a young adult TV show, you’ll have to tune in for more in the next novel.
Seeing as I love girly, drama-filled books for young adults, I really enjoyed this book. It includes all the components needed to make a teen soap opera—a beautiful girl in a new town, a cute, single guy to go with her, betrayal, and catty girls looking for a fight. I am continuing to read the rest of nine books in The A-List series such as Girls on Film and Blonde Ambition. All of the novels by Zoey Dean are well written and include feelings any teenage girl can relate to.
The A-List is a perfect novel for teenage girls who enjoy dramatic storylines and emotions they can understand.
The Notebook was written by Nicholas Sparks. The book focuses on an old man reading a story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he read to the old woman is about two young lovers named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who are in love. But they were separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's UN wealthy family, and Allie was forced to move away. After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and gets engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and her first love.
The Notebooks main points are that it is a flashback. An older man reading a story the notebook to older women in a nursing home. The older lady is losing her memory and can barely remember anything. Allies’ parents don’t like Noah at all. They think this because he doesn’t have as much money as the Hamilton’s have and also they say that he’s dirty and not clean.
I think that this book was amazing. It was very touching that made me cry at some parts. I think that the author could have expressed Noah and Allies feeling for each other.
In conclusion the Notebook is a great book that I suggest everyone should have a chance to read. I enjoyed reading this book. I thought it was very entertaining.
The notebook is one of my favorite novels to read. I really was interested in finding out what was going to happen next. The novel was sad, romantic, and funny at times. I would suggest this book for other young readers to enjoy and read.
The notebook is one of my favorite novels to read. I really was interested in finding out what was going to happen next. The novel was sad, romantic, and funny at times. I would suggest this book for other young readers to enjoy and read.
Abby Williams 7th & 8th
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Title of review: Bud, Not Buddy
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis’s main character is Bud Caldwell. This book takes place during America’s Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud describes the hard things about being a kid and not an adult throughout the book. He lives in an orphanage because his mom died. He is sent to a foster home. They are very mean to him, so one night he sneaks out. Now he is on the lamb. With him he has only a suitcase, inside is the only possessions he has. They are mostly his mothers that belonged to his mother. He goes to the nearby library and it is locked so he sleeps under a tree outside. There is something special about this particular library; this is where he and his mother would come when he was little and they would read books for hours at a time. He meets an old friend there and they together decide to go to a Hooverville.
There they meet people who tell them to try jumping on a train the next morning. They listened and tried but Bud was unsuccessful. Unlike his friend who was. So now but gathered facts about things in his suitcase that were his mother’s and thought that he new who his possible father was. So now he was in search of is so called father. Making his way there, walking along the road a man stops and picks him up. This man takes him to his “father”, Herman E. Calloway. Herman is a very grumpy man. They have many disputes because they see the world from two completely different views.
I read this book when I was in my seventh grade language arts class. I thought that that this was a great book for kids my age to read. It has many interesting points in it. The ending turned out to be very different than I originally thought it would.
In the end, Bud and Herman started getting along because Herman realized that Bud was a lot like him. Unfolded was a long past. Bud and Herman are related. Herman is Bud’s long-lost grandpa. Years before, Bud’s mother got in a big fight with her dad, Herman and fled. Now they are finally united together.
This is an excellent book to read.
Abby Cooper 7/8th period
Dear John is wrote by Nicholas Sparks. The setting of this novel is Wilmington NC. This book is mostly about a young man named John Tyree and young woman named Savannah Curtis. This story starts out when Savannah and John were on a beach in North Carolina. They met when John had caught Savannah’s falling purse. They started talking and spending more time together and they eventually fell in love.
The main points in this story are when John and Savannah fall in love. When John has to leave and go to the military. He has to leave every 6 months. They write letters to each other to stay connected. And When John has to leave for a year one time Savannah stopped writing to him for a long time. Finally when Savannah writes him back, in her message she said that she had fell in love with someone else. When John returns from the military he finds out Savannah had gotten married.
I thought this book was amazing! I know a lot of my friends who also enjoyed this book. The movie Dear John was well played. They didn’t show as much as they book explained but it was still a wonderful movie. I think the book is way better than the movie but that’s my opinion.
In conclusion I think this book was the best book I have ever read in my life. I would encourage anyone to read this book. I think everyone would enjoy to read it. Its every interesting and amusing.
If I wanted to I would read this book over and over again. When I first started reading it, I never wanted to stop reading. This book is very upsetting and touching. Its also really romantic! The ending really upset me but I still absolutely loved it anyway. Everyone should read this book!
Megan McCullough 7&8th
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Title of review: Bud, Not Buddy
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis’s main character is Bud Caldwell. This book takes place during America’s Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud describes the hard things about being a kid and not an adult throughout the book. He lives in an orphanage because his mom died. He is sent to a foster home. They are very mean to him, so one night he sneaks out. Now he is on the lamb. With him he has only a suitcase, inside is the only possessions he has. They are mostly his mothers that belonged to his mother. He goes to the nearby library and it is locked so he sleeps under a tree outside. There is something special about this particular library; this is where he and his mother would come when he was little and they would read books for hours at a time. He meets an old friend there and they together decide to go to a Hooverville.
There they meet people who tell them to try jumping on a train the next morning. They listened and tried but Bud was unsuccessful. Unlike his friend who was. So now but gathered facts about things in his suitcase that were his mother’s and thought that he new who his possible father was. So now he was in search of is so called father. Making his way there, walking along the road a man stops and picks him up. This man takes him to his “father”, Herman E. Calloway. Herman is a very grumpy man. They have many disputes because they see the world from two completely different views.
I read this book when I was in my seventh grade language arts class. I thought that that this was a great book for kids my age to read. It has many interesting points in it. The ending turned out to be very different than I originally thought it would.
In the end, Bud and Herman started getting along because Herman realized that Bud was a lot like him. Unfolded was a long past. Bud and Herman are related. Herman is Bud’s long-lost grandpa. Years before, Bud’s mother got in a big fight with her dad, Herman and fled. Now they are finally united together.
This is an excellent book to read.
Abby Cooper 7/8th period
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Title of review: Bud, Not Buddy
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis’s main character is Bud Caldwell. This book takes place during America’s Great Depression in Flint, Michigan. Bud describes the hard things about being a kid and not an adult throughout the book. He lives in an orphanage because his mom died. He is sent to a foster home. They are very mean to him, so one night he sneaks out. Now he is on the lamb. With him he has only a suitcase, inside is the only possessions he has. They are mostly his mothers that belonged to his mother. He goes to the nearby library and it is locked so he sleeps under a tree outside. There is something special about this particular library; this is where he and his mother would come when he was little and they would read books for hours at a time. He meets an old friend there and they together decide to go to a Hooverville.
There they meet people who tell them to try jumping on a train the next morning. They listened and tried but Bud was unsuccessful. Unlike his friend who was. So now but gathered facts about things in his suitcase that were his mother’s and thought that he new who his possible father was. So now he was in search of is so called father. Making his way there, walking along the road a man stops and picks him up. This man takes him to his “father”, Herman E. Calloway. Herman is a very grumpy man. They have many disputes because they see the world from two completely different views.
I read this book when I was in my seventh grade language arts class. I thought that that this was a great book for kids my age to read. It has many interesting points in it. The ending turned out to be very different than I originally thought it would.
In the end, Bud and Herman started getting along because Herman realized that Bud was a lot like him. Unfolded was a long past. Bud and Herman are related. Herman is Bud’s long-lost grandpa. Years before, Bud’s mother got in a big fight with her dad, Herman and fled. Now they are finally united together.
This is an excellent book to read.
Abby Cooper 7/8th period
In the book, Bud Not Buddy, there are three main characters. They are Bud, Herman E. Halloway, and Bud's friend. The boo takes place in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression. The year the book took place was in 1936. The plot is about a boy whose mom dies four years before he is put in a orphanage.
Bud was moved around alot from foster home, to foster home. He's tired of linving in the orphanage so he decides to go on a journey to find his dad, which he thinks os a man named Herman E. Calloway. Bus is ten years old, and he does not like to be called Buddy. Herman E.Calloway is a member of a band all the way Grand Rapids. Even though its a long way for Bud to go on feet, he's very determined to find his dad, so he does it anyway. One night while Bud was laying in the barn house, where his current foster family made him sleep, he snuck out the barn house and was on his way to Grand Rapids. During his journey he found a family that let him stay at there house until he was ready to continue.
After reading this book, I was very impressed at the overall story. That book has been my favorite out of all the books I have read. I liked the book alot and I think everybody else who reads it for the first time will like it too. I highly recommend this book to everyone who is trying to find the perfect book to read. I like the book because I think it relates to alot of kids who have to live in an orphanage, and one there family members have died. I think any boy or girl who has gone through something like this would want to find there dad too.
In conclusion, even though it took Bud two days to get Grand Rapids, and three days to find his dad, he finally found him and he was very happy. At first Herman E. Calloway denied that Bud was his son, but after Bud told him about himself, and tld him about his mom, Herman finally believed him. Bus ended up living with Herman E. Calloway, and he even got to play in there band. I think this book was the best book I have ever read.
Book title and author: The 6th Target By. James Patterson
Title of review: Book Review - The 6th Target
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 1/2
A fantastic book that later turned into a TV series called The Women's Murder Club in which the main character, Lindsay, tries to catch a madman. In this chase of wits and many more misfortunes along the way, Lindsay tries and tries to solve this case at all cost. All of which she still completes other cases. As for the madman he goes on a ferry with a gun that he calls "Bucky." On that ferry he shots a women and her son, who of which dies later in the hospital. That’s just the beginning of this horrible mans crime spree.
Lindsay Boxer is going through a big number of personal issues as she solves several different crimes. Her career is in jeopardy as is her long-distance relationship with boyfriend Joe. Lindsay, and Joe both have highly stressed jobs and are both divorced with bad leftover baggage. Lindsay also has a new male partner and there is big potential for a relationship there. In addition, Lindsay's best friend nearly dies of a horrible gunshot wound and it’s all more than Lindsay can stand at many times. Meanwhile, little geniuses are disappearing and their nannies are being murdered without ransom notes except those of mysterious phone calls instructing the parents never to try to find their children again.
I like this book because you don’t expect what is right around the corner. You will think you have the case solved and yet you get a curveball. It’s a surprising story that twists and turns and hocks you on the story so much that you can’t stop reading.
It’s a fine read that many people would enjoy. With a main character that has many problems and many cases to solve. As she faces this madman that seems to be impossible to catch, she faces many hardships. I would recommend reading the 1st-5th before reading this book. A very good book for anyone to read again and again.
This is a book I would recommend this book to anyone that loves a good mystery!
jeff stimm
The outsiders by: S.E. Hinton
There are four boys there names are Pony boy, Johnny, Soda pop, Two-bit, Darry. They all want to explore life and they suddenly get in to trouble when their friend Dallas robs a convenient store and gets shot by the police.
The boys always go to the drive-in and hit on girls. Then the cops find out that they have been sneaking in and not paying so they come after them and chase Dallas down the street. Then later on Pony boy and Johnny go and run away to hide in an old, wooden, abandoned church because Johnny killed a Soc (preppy boys on the other side of the town. Dallas says it is ok to come out after the newspaper news wear away). Then when Dallas decides to rob a convenient store he gets killed by a cop.
This book is a great book and I completely approve and recommend this book for ages 13 and up.
At the end Dallas dies and tells Pony boy to live a good life and not to waste it.
This book was great and has a great life lesson it.
Book title and author: Diary of Anne frank
Title of review: yip yip
Number of stars (1 to 5):
Anne Frank's diary begins on Sunday, June 14, 1942, during World War II. At this time, thirteen-year-old Anne and her family live in Amsterdam, where she attends the Montessori School. As the Nazis march into Holland, they force Jews to wear identifying badges displaying the Star of David. Shortly thereafter, the Jews begin receiving "call up notices" and are sent to concentration camps. When Margot, Anne's sister, is told to report to S.S. Headquarters, her father realizes that the family must hide and arranges for them to stay at the "Secret Annex" of the warehouse on Princengracht. My evaluation for the book Anne frank is a good one because I enjoyed the book. And I would definitely read the story again. I liked the whole purpose of the story because of how it was based on a true story.
Conclusion Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend. It was a very suspenseful book also very sad. Anne franks story was based on a true story that really happened during the holocaust. Your final Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend.
Book title and author: Heroes of Football by: John Madden
Title of review: Greatness on the Gridiron
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Introduction
In the book, John is explaining football’s players and plays that changed the game for better or worse. The plays and players are mostly from his team. The team that he coached in the super bowl and won.
Description and summary of main points
When John is talking about the plays and players that changed the game for better or worse. He is explaining the days from when he saw plays and players from his coaching days and still to this day his analyst days. He goes into detail about how some of the players lead the team. The main thing he is doing is talking his own team leaders from the days when he coached the Oakland Raiders. You can tell when John is talking about plays that he was witnessed, because they are teams that John Coached against.
Evaluation
The book is not that bad. He could of done better but for not being a professional artist. John put a lot of hard work into this book that he wrote. I can tell that he wrote most of the book from the super bowl point of view.
Conclusion
The book is very interesting and goes into a lot of detail.
Your final review
I liked the book I would recommend it to a friend.
AARON Paige
Among the Enemy, Margaret Peterson Haddix
This book is the 6th of 7 books in the series Shadow Children. In the beginning it starts out, when they’re at a school that is hiding them, because third kids are outlawed. Matthias comes up with an elaborate plan after they are put onto trucks to be sent to work camps. Unfortunately, his plan doesn’t work out and it injures his friend Alia. Percy and Matthias carry an injured Alia into the woods. Later, Percy gets shot, and Matthias must go out on his own to find help for both of them. But before Matthias can ensure that Percy and Alia will be all right, the cabin is set upon by a Population Police patrol. But before they can get off a shot, rebels open fire from the trees, with Matthias caught in the middle.
Main points are when they wreck because of Matthias plan to set them free. Also there are many other main points that go along with him trying to help his friends. Another one is when he goes to the Population Police Headquarters. Lastly is when he is made a hero of the PP (Population Police).
I liked this book, because not only it was good, but it kept you very interested during the whole thing. Also how the author wrote it, it made you feel like you were a part of the story. I think this book fits along great with the other books of the series.
In this book, it shows how friendship can keep a person from giving up, and conquering many obstacles along the way. It also shows how bad the world could be. The author made a very good choice to make a series, because it makes every book a little better. Matthias, the main character is only 13 years old but has a lot of courage and stands up for the rebellion that he is involved with. This book of the series ends while Matthias is in the HQ trying to bring down the system.
This book is very good, because it shows good and evil, triumphs and downfalls. I liked this book a lot; it was very realistic throughout the entire book.
Austin Ferguson 7/8
Book title and author: Diary of Anne frank
Title of review: yip yip
Number of stars (1 to 5):
Anne Frank's diary begins on Sunday, June 14, 1942, during World War II. At this time, thirteen-year-old Anne and her family live in Amsterdam, where she attends the Montessori School. As the Nazis march into Holland, they force Jews to wear identifying badges displaying the Star of David. Shortly thereafter, the Jews begin receiving "call up notices" and are sent to concentration camps. When Margot, Anne's sister, is told to report to S.S. Headquarters, her father realizes that the family must hide and arranges for them to stay at the "Secret Annex" of the warehouse on Princengracht. My evaluation for the book Anne frank is a good one because I enjoyed the book. And I would definitely read the story again. I liked the whole purpose of the story because of how it was based on a true story.
Conclusion Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend. It was a very suspenseful book also very sad. Anne franks story was based on a true story that really happened during the holocaust. Your final Anne frank was a great book and I enjoyed reading it and would refer it to a friend.
Coleby cook
frankie greenlee-In the beginning a young boy named Billy really wants some dogs but his parents say no because they do not have the money and he dreams of these of these all the time but doesn’t get them so he decides to go work for them instead.
Billy saves up money for sometime working at his grandpa’s store and then after some time he earned enough money and had to take a long bumpy trip to Kentucky where he got his two dogs and then he made his way home from his long trip and were safe and sound.
I liked this because a young boy set a goal to get his dogs and instead of sitting down and crying to his parents he got up and worked or his money and bought his dogs and even through the death of his dogs he learned a lesson of live that will be with him for the rest of his life. Also I liked the book because Billy’s family all stuck together threw the god and the bad times witch show what family’s today a lacking and shows us what all this hate is doing to our family’s and that we should all be one big happy loving family.
In this book a young boy set a goal to get his dogs and instead of sitting down and crying to his parents he got up and worked or his money and bought his dogs and even when they died he always kept them in his hearts and thoughts.
In this wonderful book a young boy named Billy wanted some dogs but his parents said they didn’t have the money and time to get his very high priced dogs. Billy dreamed about his dogs and at one point didn’t even eat because he was just so upset and then one day he got the idea to work at his grandpa’s store to earn some money and he worked until one day he learned he just got enough money to go and get his dogs but it would not be easy they had to go all the way to Kentucky but sadly when it was all said and done the part that made us a cry his dogs sadly all died but there spirit would live on in Billy’s heart and mind.
The Outsiders
Book Review
By: T. Newbrough
S.E. Hinton first started writing the novel The Outsiders when she was only 15 years old, publishing it in 1967 at the age of 18. Not much older than the characters in the book, her debut novel did not go unchallenged. She made the decision to publish it using her initials, instead of her name to add ambiguity to her gender, which still served as a point of discrimination in the late sixties. It has been listed on the 100 Most Challenged Books, but is still read by many high schools every year. The main plot is the class war that is waged between two gangs, the Greasers and the Socs (pronounced "so-shs"). The Greasers were the Elvis-listening, black T-shirt-wearing, misfit-labeled juvenile delinquents of the community. They were often in trouble at school and by law, named for the hair grease they used to slick back their hair. (We called them "hoods" back in the early 1990s.) The Socs (short for "Socials") listened to the Beatles, wore the latest fashions of the day and came from families with money. (We called them "preps.") The story is told from Ponyboy's view, a Greaser, whose older brother takes care of them after their parents were killed in a car accident to avoid having the family broken up in the foster home system. They have also taken in two others who were otherwise homeless. The Socs were often pulling up in their cars and picking fights and taunting the Greasers. Life for them was nothing much more than a series of clashes.
Ponyboy and his friend Johnny run away from home because Ponyboy’s older brother, Darry, hit him. So the two went to the park and were attacked by Socs. One soc was trying to Ponyboy, then Johnny killed him with a switchblade.
After Johnny had killed the Soc, he and Ponyboy went to see their friend Dally who was at a night club. He gave the two a gun and some money. He had also told them to go hide out in a abandoned church until everything was solved. After a few days in hiding Darry went to get them and some lunch. After returning to the church it was on fire with little kids inside it. So Ponyboy and Johnny saved them and got badly hurt. A few days later Johnny dies from being paralyzed. Then Darry is so astonished and upset that he then goes and robs a store.
After Darry robs the store he calls the others to meet him somewhere where he pulls an unloaded gun on two police and dies by being shot.
triston Newbrough
7-8 periods
Book title and author: Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
Title of review:
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
Set during the Depression era in Flint, Michigan, Bud, Not Buddy tells the story of a 10-year-old orphan named Bud. After managing to escape a terrible foster home, Bud--convinced that Herman E. Calloway, the bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father--heads to Grand Rapids hoping to find him. Thanks to a kind man named Lefty Lewis, Bud finally makes it to"his father's" club. Herman and the men at the club can't believe their ears when Bud claims that he's Herman's son, but they decide to take him in anyway. Ultimately, Bud and Herman make a surprising connection. Bud is an orphan who lives in Flint, Michigan. This was during the Great Depression. Bud was being placed in a new foster home. After a fight with Todd, he had to spend the night in a garden. I liked it because you can learn so many things from the book. I didn’t like some of it because it was hard to understand. Bud not buddy was mainly about Bud Caldwell. He was transferred in and out of foster homes. One day he decided to leave and go find his relatives. He found out that Angie Calloway was his mom. Also Mr. Calloway was his uncle.
I love this book and I would recommend it to anyone.
Ali SHAVER
7th/8th PERIOD
T J JONES
7th/8th PERIOD
First I think that the gun is a great book and I recommend it to anyone who has heard about it. This book is by is by Paul Langan and it is the best book I’ve ever read.
My description for this book would be… fun, exciting, great, nice, and it always keeps you wondering what will happen next. There are many main points and important parts of this book but the most important would probably be when Tyray, the main character gets taken down by someone he despises on the Bluford high school wrestling team who goes by Darrelle Mercer.
A couple of reasons I think this book is so amazing is because you never know what is going to happen next and it is a fun book it is a book that you would want to read, it is also the kind of book that if you read a page you won’t fall asleep. Although there are many great and exciting things about The Gun the best would probably be the ending because in the end Tyray had chosen the right path and instead of shooting Darrelle Mercer he and Tyray were now best friends.
Last I think that the book is fun to read, exciting, and a great book for all ages. I find all of these to be true first of all because it is fun for anyone to read, it is very exciting because you never know what will happen, and it is a great book for anyone to read because it isn’t bad.
Overall I would rate this book from one from ten I would give it an eleven!!
T J JONES
7th/8th PERIOD
First I think that the gun is a great book and I recommend it to anyone who has heard about it. This book is by is by Paul Langan and it is the best book I’ve ever read.
My description for this book would be… fun, exciting, great, nice, and it always keeps you wondering what will happen next. There are many main points and important parts of this book but the most important would probably be when Tyray, the main character gets taken down by someone he despises on the Bluford high school wrestling team who goes by Darrelle Mercer.
A couple of reasons I think this book is so amazing is because you never know what is going to happen next and it is a fun book it is a book that you would want to read, it is also the kind of book that if you read a page you won’t fall asleep. Although there are many great and exciting things about The Gun the best would probably be the ending because in the end Tyray had chosen the right path and instead of shooting Darrelle Mercer he and Tyray were now best friends.
Last I think that the book is fun to read, exciting, and a great book for all ages. I find all of these to be true first of all because it is fun for anyone to read, it is very exciting because you never know what will happen, and it is a great book for anyone to read because it isn’t bad.
Overall I would rate this book from one from ten I would give it an eleven!!
MADISON HENDERSON
7th/ 8th Period
The main characters in Bridge to Terabithia are Jess and Leslie. They both made up their own little world and they were in charge of the place but the only way to get there is to swing on a rope.
The main points in the story are jess has been preparing for a race all summer. When he first gets back to school the getting to start to race and then this new girl comes and the race was for only for boys. And some boy said “this race is only for girls and you shouldn’t be here.” But she didn’t listen to him and then jess says u afraid of a girl beating you in the race.” And the boy says no. so the race started and jess was behind and then he ran faster and faster and then he almost won but the girl Leslie did and he got so mad he didn’t even talk to her. So then he is in one of her classes. And when they go home she gets off the same stop as jess and jess ignores her and then his little starts to talk to her and then they start to talk about barbies. Then jess becomes friends with her and then they went into the woods and found a rope and then they swung across the lake and they made it across so they made it their own kingdom. Then one day jess went with a teacher and they went to a museum and Leslie didn’t go with them. So they came back and a whole bunch of police cars and ambulance was there and jess went inside his house and asked whats wrong. And they said that Leslie died. And then jess went to the funeral and everything. And then when he got back he made a bridge to go across so no one will die again.
I liked the book because it was an adventure book and I like adventure books. And it was a sad book and I love sad books. The dislikes are how the girl died at a very young age.
Leslie died and at the very end jess made a bridge so no one can die going to Terabithia.
The book that I’m interviewing is the Bridge to Terabithia and I liked it because it was very interesting.
The Outsiders has many great points like about judging and treating each other equal. This book is a story about the hardships that Ponyboy, which is the main character, and his friend Johnny go through. The characters in this book are Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Steve, Dally, Twobit, Cherry, and Marcia.
Ponyboy has two brothers, Sodapop and Darry. Ponyboy is what in this book they call a greaser. The people that live on the other side of town are called socs. The socs have more money and are the stereotypical “better” compared to the greasers. The socs often gang up on the greasers and make it an unfair battle. When the socs gang up on greasers they have many more people with them in comparison to the greasers. Ponyboy and Johnny get jumped by a couple of Greasers and they find their selves in a tricky situation. Ponyboy is getting drowned and Johnny has to decide if he wants to sit there and let his friend Ponyboy drown, or if he needs to do anything to stop it from happening. Johnny kills the Socs and they must run away before they get caught by the police. They end up going to their friend Dally for help because Dally has been in trouble before and they figure that if anyone could help them get out of trouble, it would be him. He gives them a gun and some money and tells them to get on a freight train. They jump on the train and they have to do it without anyone knowing so as you can imagine it would be very dangerous. They ride the train to a small town and walk to an abandoned church and that is where they hide out. They pass the time by reading a book called “Gone with the Wind.” Johnny gets this idea that they should disguise themselves so they will not fit their descriptions in the newspaper. They both cut their hair, which is a big deal because to a Greaser, their hair is their pride and joy. Then Ponyboy bleaches his hair. A few days later Dally visits them and takes them out to eat. They end up deciding that it would be best if they just turn themselves in although, Dally disagrees, they are tired of hiding out and Ponyboy misses his family. They return to the church to gather their belongings but they discover that the church is on fire so they go in the church and save the little kids that were trapped in there. Johnny got injured very badly. He broke many bones and had severe burns. They were in the newspaper for saving them and were considered heroes.
I really enjoyed reading this book. This was one of those books where you just cannot put it down and must continue reading to find out what happens next. It’s a thrilling, entertaining, touching story that you will love reading.
The Outsiders was a phenomenal book and it has gotten many great reviews. If I were to rate this book out of five stars, it would have five all the way. Most reviews that I have looked at have given the book at least four out of five stars.
I would recommend this book to everyone that likes exiting books to read. If anyone likes to just read books for fun and really get excitement out of reading it, then this is your book! I also believe that the people I recommend this to will also recommend this book to others. On a scale of 1-10 I would give this book a ten and I highly recommend it!
Martina Edgell 4-5 pd.
Martina Edgell
Forever?
Kayla DeLorenzo
In the book Tuck Everlasting, Winnie meets the Tucks; Angus, Mae, Miles, and Jesse. They kidnap her for the reason that she knows their secret. Winnie is very glad that she is kidnapped because wanted to run away. She wanted to make a difference and she thought she couldn’t if she stayed in her yard all of the time. The Tucks apparently have everlasting life because they drank from a spring of water in the wood. The man in the yellow suit is a sly man who has a very significant role in this book. Winnie’s family looking after her and she is found with the Tucks. What will happen to the Tucks? The only thing I will tell you is there will be no more yellow suit on any man.
Winnie and her family are rich and preppy. They will do anything for their daughter. On the other hand, the Tucks are not the richest nor the poorest and they are very untidy. Natalie Babbitt displays her evident description very well in her words of wisdom. I am a very picky person and I judge things very hard. This book is an attention grabber. Winnie getting kidnapped is probably the main point and everything else follows. One of the other main points will spoil the novel so you need to read it yourself.
This book was incredible and live changing. It proves that no one wants to live forever and to cherish every moment that you have with someone. Tuck Everlasting was a 4. 5 star book. One of the most memorable quotes from the book was when Jesse Tuck said, “I am going to be 17 forever.”
This book is one of my favorite books and I would recommend it to any age and gender. Tuck Everlasting was a life changing and inspiring book. When Winnie unites with the Tucks, she gets a taste of the outside world. Winnie proves to her family that she can be just like anyone else. This is one of the best books of its genre.
I would read this book over and over again and I would recommend it to anyone.
Kayla DeLorenzo
4th and 5th period
Book title and author: Bud Not Buddy; Christopher Paul Curtis
Title of review: Bud Not Buddy Review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4
The name of the book is Bud Not Buddy. The author is Christopher Paul Curtis. The story takes place during the Great Depression in Flint Michigan. Bud the protagonist is a ten year old orphan who is searching for a real home and his father. The world is the antagonist, meaning the distance from flint to his destination and everything that keeps him from getting there are the antagonists. The book is full of different people that play a roll on Bud’s life. Some important characters are Herman E. Calloway, Lefty Lewis, Grace Thomas, and Angela Caldwell. They mostly all help out Bud in the story.
Throughout the book Bud meets some people that help him out and others that make things worse for him. For instance, Bud is put in a new home with some very mean people that end up locking him in a shed. Afterwards Bug escapes and the next morning goes to the Mission for some breakfast. Bed gets to the Mission too late and is not let in. A family in line act like Bud is their son who got out of line so that Bud could get some food. This is what I mean by people playing a role in Bud’s life. Bud believes Mr. Calloway is his father. Bud learns some things while he is on his journey. He learns that when God closes one door, he opens another. Bud is also impacted by segregation in the book. There are certain things Bud isn’t able to do, and certain places Bud isn’t able to go because of segregation.
Bud wouldn’t have been able to make it to Grand Rapids without the help of some people like the librarian. Bud goes to the library and talks to the librarian about how long it would take to walk to Grand Rapids. Bud is determined to walk for 24 hours to Grand Rapids. Bud believes that has long lost father Herman Calloway is there. As Bud is walking he is picked up by a nice man names Lefty Lewis. Lefty ends up taking Bud to Grand Rapids. Bud creates many relationships with the characters he meets throughout the story. Many feelings can come out of small interactions between people. Buds life is changed throughout the story by the people he meets. People help him make his journey. Bud realizes that not just relatives are your family.
In the end Bud realizes that all the good people he met on his journey that helped him and cared for him are like a real family to him. When Bud goes with Lefty Lewis to meet Lefty’s family, they feed and care for Bud. After Bud realizes that Herman Calloway is his grandfather, not his dad, and all of Calloway’s band members become family to him.
I recommend this book because it is comical and entertaining. I think people of any age would like reading this book. After reading this very good book you will understand why it got so many awards. I really enjoyed reading the book Bud, Not Buddy, and I think others would too.
Lucas Kinder 2-3 period
As he makes his way through the cold with nothing but the clothes on his back and the food he can find he tries to figure out what he really wants in life and then finally he finds it. Jonas goes on a long journey that saves his community and an infant named Gabriel. He escapes without a trace in the middle of the night with nothing but memories that will change his life forever.
The Giver is an exciting book where a boy from the perfect Utopia finds out his society isn’t as perfect as thought it was. There is no real feeling or emotions. There is no color here. This city is a bland, blank, barren place where no actually knows anything. When children in Jonas’ town turn twelve their jobs are chosen for them and Jonas is chosen to be the receiver. Receiver is the most honorable career in the whole community. You must be brave and strong to be a receiver and Jonas fits like a glove. As he realizes there are better things than what he has he decides to fix what he has and sacrifice his life for it. Gabriel, an infant about to be killed, inspires him to sneak away in the darkness of the night. As he moves forward all of his memories stay behind, fading away from him. As he climbs this last hill he finally finds it, the life he would die for.
This book deserves the stars it received because it is the best book I’ve ever read. The Giver makes you keep coming back for more. The moment you set this book down you can’t wait to pick it back up if you can put it down in the first place. The Giver is exciting and mysterious and what we all imagine.
Though The Giver has very intense moments I loved it and anyone eleven and older should read it at least once in their lifetime.
This story, The Outsiders, is about Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop and Darry. They are what the are labeled Greasers. There are two types of people Soc’s and Greasers. The Soc’s think they are better then the Greasers. These two groups have a lot of differences and they sure show it. In the book these boys get in a lot of trouble because of the Soc’s. Before the story started they told about how Johnny was jumped by a Soc, and he was hurt very badly, which causes him to be a little on the jumpy side. He is quiet shy and doesn’t really talk that much unless he’s with the other greasers. Then after that the two boys Johnny and Ponyboy get in a fight with these Soc’s and they started to drown Ponyboy so Johnny stepped up and stabbed them. Thus, forcing the two boys to run away to this church without telling anyone except Darry. Johnny decides that he wants to turn himself in, as it isn't fair to Ponyboy to have to hide out while his brothers are worried about him. As they leave for home, they notice the church has caught on fire and that several small children are trapped inside. Johnny and Ponyboy rush to rescue them, but a large piece of burning wood falls on Johnny and breaks his back. In the end Johnny ends up dying. Darry was so heartbroken because he loved Johnny like a little brother, he ended up robbing a store and getting caught by the cops in this parking lot and he pulled out a not loaded gun, knowing the cops would kill him. I think this book was an amazing book. It had a common problem that a lot of people can relate to, so I think that is what would make the book popular. This book really caught my interest, and I would love to read more books like this one. It was very astounding! In the end of the book Johnny ends up dying and everyone is heartbroken. Especially Darry, he took it to such an extent that he went and got himself in trouble with the cops. He robbed a store and when he was standing a few feet from the cops he pulls out an unloaded gun, knowing they would kill him. All because he lost the one person he had ever truly loved. This is the best book I have ever read!
-Sammie Grodi(;
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A fun and chilling book that will send tingles down your spine and this young girl goes to visit her aunt Greta and spooky things start to happen, they keep getting more and more scary as the weeks go on. After the first couple weeks things started to calm down and everything was going good. Then everything started getting bad again and they stayed bad the rest of the time she was there but at the same time she had lots of fun. She and her aunt Greta had the most fun the time she was there and they were never board because of all the things that had happened.
The case that this young girl is going through with her aunt Greta just seems like bologna to me because anyone who went through what she and her aunt went through because I know that I would be the first to go crazy like no lie.!!!!!!! And I am surprised that she didn’t go crazy I mean she had a lot of problems and nothing ever went well for her. Everything she did went wrong no matter what she had done it all went down hill After a few months after the young girl stayed there that’s when all the crazy things started to happen. And she just couldn’t get over all the crazy things that had happened to she and her aunt. She always had a dream that she would get to see and smell the sweet aroma of ghosts. She had never thought of anything like it she wouldn’t trade those few months for anything else in the world no matter what she had to go through. She went home and told her mom everything that had happened to her and her aunt Greta! Then she went back to school and she wrote a book about everything that had happened to she and her aunt Greta.
from were she started.
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liked this book because it had a lot of specific points to it and it’s a ghost story and you can never go wrong with a ghost story no matter what I also liked this book because it had and made a lot of since something that you could understand without getting confused. There is nothing better than a mystery in a ghost story. Some people think they are wrong but I know they are just for entertainment if you know what I mean
After a few months after the young girl stayed there that’s when all the crazy things started to happen. And she just couldn’t get over all the crazy things that had happened to she and her aunt. She always had a dream that she would get to see and smell the sweet aroma of ghosts. She had never thought of anything like it she wouldn’t trade those few months for anything else in the world no matter what she had to go through. She went home and told her mom everything that had happened to her and her aunt Greta! Then she went back to school and she wrote a book about everything that had happened to she and her aunt Greta.
A story that will send a chill down your spine.
Kim Walton
7th/8th Period
Book title and author: Rumble Fish – S. E. Hinton
Title of review: Rumble Fish Review
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4 (alright)
Rumble Fish is a story about a seventeen year old boy named Rusty-James.
Rusty-James has one older brother only known as “The Motorcycle Boy”.
There only seems to be one neighborhood foe for Rusty-James who is named Biff Wilcox who tries to knife him in a street fight.
There are also a few side characters that pack a big punch to the story line (Smokey, Patty, BJ, Steve, and RJ’s parents).
This story takes place in the late nineteen-seventies, early nineteen-eighties.
This is a story about the hardships during the great depression for all Americans.
Throughout this story you will be following Russell James (Rusty-James) on a trip to find his mother. Rusty-James is a tough teenager who is constantly alienated, and gets attached to people too fast. Alongside him on most of his journey is his older brother “The Motorcycle Boy”. While you read this novel you will learn the throughout American history that there was hardships for all people of any and all ages. It might also teach you about the effects of drugs and alcohol in public and that it is never a good idea to steal from others. These lessons will help you for the rest of your life.
If you like stories of the lives of others in The Great Depression I think that anyone with a little free time on there hands should consider this book as there first read. After I read this novel I was shocked by the ending, but I won’t ruin it for you. Enjoy this novel, and try to understand the hardships that they went through.
This is w a wonderful story about a teen who feels alienated by his piers. Rusty James is a lot like his older brother “The Motorcycle Boy” If you have hardships in your life then read this among other books by S. E. Hinton such as The Outsiders or That was Then, This is Now. Remember, don’t read this book all day and all night or you just might get hooked!
This is a great story for anyone who has some free time and should be read by anyone who has any troubles or confusion about who they are.
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
BY: C.S. LEWIS
In the beginning of the book there are four children that have to move away because of the war and get sent off to a house that is occupied by two people one is a lady that takes care of the house and the other is a professor that is always in his office. The names of the kids are Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. One night they stared to play hide and go seek they went off to hide and Lucy had no where to go so she went upstairs and went in a room with a wardrobe that had a tarp over it so she hid in there and felt pine needles and she went back further and found a whole new world.
There are four kids that move away because of the war and in the house they are staying in one of the kids finds a wardrobe and finds a world. She comes back tried to tell her brothers and sister about it but they didn’t believe her so they go check it out find nothing and then have to go back to the wardrobe find the world help the people in the world get away from the evil witch and help them win the war against the witch spend a lot of there lives there then come back out when they had gone in.
It was a very good book, I liked the whole story and the conclusion of the book.
The reason why I liked this book so much was that it was always interesting. The book always kept you wanting more and more.
They win the battle against the witch and stay in Narnia for about another 15 years. One day all the kids that are now some what of adults are going through the woods on a horse ride. They stop to rest and continued on there ride. A few minutes later they ran into the light post that they ran into when they first came to Narnia and so they went off looking for the wardrobe. They found it went in and when they opened the door they fell out as kids when they first walked in the wardrobe.
I really liked the whole book because it was very well written and it had a very good story behind it.
BY: STEFAN PRIESTER
Book title and author: The Outsiders By. S.E. Hinton
Title of review: Review For “The Outsiders”
Number of stars (1 to 5): * * * * *
In this book there are seven main characters Ponyboy Curtis, Darrel Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, two-Bit Mathews, Steve Randal, Dallas Winston, and Jonny Cade. In This book Ponyboy is the main character. He is the narrator and the antagonist. He is fourteen and the youngest of the greasers. Darrel Curtis is Ponyboy’s older brother he is twenty and the leader of all the greasers. Sodapop Curtis is also Ponyboy’s older brother he is sixteen and is very good looking. Two-Bit Mathews is the joker of the greaser he is always making joke. His most prized position is his switch blade. Steve Randal is Sodapop’s best friend he is seventeen and works with soda at the gas station. Dallas Winston is the toughest of the greasers. He is violent, dangerous, and harsh. Jonny Cade is sixteen he comes from an abusive family.
In this book Ponyboy Curtis lives with his two older brothers Darry and Soda because, both of his parents died in a car accident. The three brothers are members of a gang called the greasers. This gang has seven members and each has there own very different personality. In this book the main conflict is between two groups the greaser and the socs. The greasers come from the bad side of town and the socs come from the rich part of town. The main conflict in this book is Jonny kills one of the socs because he is drowning Ponyboy. This is considered murder so they contact dally and hide from the police. They hide from the police in a church on the top of a hill. One day after they had left to go get food with Dally the church catches fire while the school was having a picnic. A few children got trapped in the church while it was burning to the ground. Jonny and pony go in and save the children but’ Jonny came out badly injured and Dally just barely saved them. Jonny is in very bad condition and dies in the hospital. This drives Dally crazy and in the end he made a seen so the cops would shoot him.
This was a fantastic book. S.E. Hinton goes into so much detail and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
There were so many surprises I would recommend this book to people of all ages. If you haven’t read it you need to. You should totally read this book. Once you pick it up you won’t be able to put it down. I would recommend this book to anyone. And you would be stupid not to read it so get this book you wont regret it.
A Child Called It
A biography that greatly impressed me was A Child Called It.
First, I'll start with the characters. Dave (David) was the main character. He had a very nice family until his mother turned all crazy. His mother would beat him for stupid reasons that she would make up. Then there is father. He never helped Dave because he didn't want to get in a fight with mother. Mommy dearest herself, was the worst mother you could ever think of. His brothers also never helped him and they didn't even acknowledge him. Would you want a family like this? I wouldn't.
Second, there is the conflict. Dave would have to steal food from kids at school because his mother would never feed him. When she finally found out, he would go up to the shop n' save and steal food. When he would get home, mother would make him throw up the food that he ate. Later he had to scoop it out and eat it. He had to eat his THROW UP!! He always had to do chores before he went to school and if he didn't finish them in time he wouldn't get his brother's leftovers. At school, he had no friends because he had to wear the same clothes everyday and smelt really bad. Once she had made him drink ammonia. Also, his mother would play this game with him called "the gas chamber". It was when he would get locked in the bathroom with a bucket full of Clorox and ammonia. Never the less, she came up with new punishments. For example, he had to lay in the bathtub with his head completely under the freezing cold water, his bare body exposed to whomever walked in. After that he had to sit outside in the shade, still completely wet from the bath treatment. Then there was the mirror treatment where she would bang his head against the mirror. One time she tried to get him to lie on top of the stove, but she only burnt his arm. She stabbed him once but I’m not sure if it was an accident or not. When they went to the Russian River, he had to stay in the cabin with mother and she tried to make him eat his baby brother's poop.
Third is the plot. There were only a few times he was happy and these are those few. In the summer they would go to the Russian river and he liked it there because he felt like he was loved when they were there. One time the family went on a picnic in the park, so his brothers and he would go exploring the unknown. When father was at work, mother would take them on tours to places like for example she would tale them to China Town. When they were there, they learned about the culture and the people. Mother always made the best food to. Right after thanksgiving, mother would bring up the Christmas decorations and decorate. Everyone would always get a bunch of presents from Santa (mother). Other holidays were a joy to the family as well. If you haven't guessed, this was before mother turned crazy. When Dave had to wash the dishes, father would help him. Father would wash and Dave would dry. The last time he was happy was when he finally got free of her. Also whenever he won in her games.
Jocelynn Kilgore
2nd/3rd period
A biography that impressed me was (A Child Called It)
The setting of this story is in California. The characters are Dave Pelzer, Dave's mother, Dave's nurse, Dave's father, Dave's brothers the mother was abusive, the brothers were so clueless that they didn't see that there brother was getting abused, his father was so weak that he couldn't control the mother enough to save Dave from the beating, the nurse is the one that saves him in the end. The most of the time they was in David's house where he was beaten but sometimes they went to the park or the Russian river and school where he stole a lot of food.
The story had a lot of conflict like the gas chamber treatment which was when his mom stoke Dave in the bathroom with ammonia and Clorox for a half an hour, and the bathtub treatment which was when his mom put him in the bathtub with ice cold water and then put him outside for an hour, and the ten rounder which his mom punched him ten times in the face, and the stove treatment which his mom put him on the stove to burn his skin, and the stabbing which his mom stabbed him in the ribs. Some other things were that his mom made him drink ammonia that made him cough up blood. She also would not feed him for weeks the longest time he went was 10 days without food or water.
This story also has some good times like when Dave went to the Russian river that’s when Dave learned how to swim, they also went to china town and Dave's mom dressed up in a Chinese outfit for the kids at dinner and told them some history about china, on the holiday's they had some awesome traditions like standing outside and looking at the Christmas, and when they was at the park they had picnics and played in the woods there. The best time he had was when he was at Russian river.
This book was an inspiring and sad story of a real life abuse by Dave Pelzer.
By: Jastin Stuart,
6th period
unMy Favorite Biography
To begin with, a biography that impressed me is called a Child Called It. This was a very sad story of a young boy who was abused as a child. If you ever have a chance to read this book I advise you should. Now I want to tell you about some of the things that happen and some of the people who are in this story. Some of the things I will tell you are about the characters, conflicts, and the theme of this story. I am being so serious if you ever have a chance to read this do it because in my opinion it is the best book ever and these are just some of the things that happens in this story.
First, I want to tell you about some of the characters in this story. One character in this story is David. David is a young boy who was abused as a child by his mother who in my opinion tried to kill her son. Another character is the mom she is a very mean woman who beats her son and drinks a lot of beer. Don't worry there are more we can't forget about the dad he is a 2 faced jerk who is David’s hero but when ever the mom beats him he don't do anything about it. Then there are all the brothers who are little brats. When David would get into punishment and his mom made him take a cold bath the brothers would bring the friends over to look at him. I don't know what kind of life you live but wouldn't you hate to live like this.
Next, I want to inform you of some of the conflicts that are in this story. The first conflict I want to tell you about is the beatings he had to suffer while his brothers laughed at him. One time the beating were so bad that it broke his arm then the mom claimed that he fell off the bed. Some other things she did to him was she burnt him on the stove because he stole food at school so he could get something to eat. He did this because his mom only fed him crumbs if that. One time she starved him for 10 days. Another time she said that she would kill him if he didn't do his chores on time then she stabbed him in the stomach. This would be very scary to have a life like this.
To conclude, the theme of the person writing this story is very realilistic. One thing he is tiring to show that he stank really bad and if someone don't look ok or don't smell right talk to them see if every thing is okay at home. He is also trying to show don't let anyone beat you if you do your life sucks but if you don't then everything one day gets better. Another thing is to treat others fairly don't treat someone wrong just because they aren’t as cool as you are or don't have as much money as you do or anything like that. If everyone is nice then no one gets hurt. Start being good to each other. After reading this story my life has changed a lot and I have a feeling that if you read this your life will change to.
In conclusion, I have told you a lot about this book. Like I said if you ever have a chance to read this then do it truly is amazing. Now that I have told you about some of the characters, some conflicts, and a lot about the theme.
Tanner Holbert 2/3 period
The setting of the story is in California in the 1960's at davids pelzers house and the conflict is the torture that David took when he lived with his mother and some of the things she did where make a homemade gas chamber with Clorox and ammonia and but it in the bathroom with David and made him breathe in all that gas that could have killed him and then she made him keep his head under water in ice cold water and if he put his head out of the water she would hold his head under for not listening to her. And then she would make him run outside in the cold and sit on his hands in the backyard on rocks. Then she made him eat poop. Next she burnt him on the stove because she clamid he was a bad boy. then his mom made him eat all of the food he threw up in front of everybody and they just watched and snickered but then out of no where she acted like she was sorry then she only did that to put on a show for the social worker so David would say she was a nice mom. And then when she was a angry mom she would go ten rounds with David and beat him up really bad. First his mom was a nice person then she was angry. Like she would give him hugs and kisses then he would get beat the next day just to give his mom a laugh.
The plot of the story is that davids dad never treats him like a dog he talks to him when the mom is not around so he cant get in a fight with his wife but he still just sits there and watch’s but there are still good memories like all the family trips they went on like the beautiful trip to the Russian river next it was when the all went to china town together as a family when the mom was the nice mom has he called it and it was really sad that people could stand there and watch a poor kid get beat for no reason he gets no present’s for Christmas because his mom was just a monster for no reason and only to David. However the only time he got to be a real kid was when his grandma came in to town. And when he got to hang out with the other kid’s parents. but other things was like his mom became the den mom leader just to give David hell just because she was that sick.
the theme of the story is to love each other even when they are bad and just pay attention to each other because David went to school for five years with out any body knowing but as soon as he got in to fifth grade then someone put two and two together and said this kid is getting beat up by his mom for no reason and it was only David. And then someone took him away from his mother but by then it was too late because his mom beat him up and he was really weak and there was nothing he could do because he had to take it.
in conclusion you should all ways look at people and never talk about people no matter how they look like the other kids did David because you never no the kid you are talking about could be getting abused.
maceo green 2 & 3
A Child Called It
The crimes of abuse took place in San Francisco, in the 1970's. David was five when the absurd abuse started. His mother was the one to deliver the abuse, she found it amusing, and laughed at all the heinous crimes. His Father took in all the beatings and couldn't live with it. Instead of helping, he drunk himself into a stupor of emotional distress. He ran away to the comfort of work whenever "Mother" was angry, and left David with nightmarish attacks. Next, the substitute teacher was the first to notice David's distress. She told the nurse about the bruises and scratches. The nurse examined David every day writing down all the new bruises, or marks. She told the principle, and the two called the police and David was there were many horrible sinuous going on. It started out with simple and non-violent punishments. There was the average time-out, he stood in the corner for an allotted time. Until it was for no reason the mother made up excuses to give him punishments. Corner treatment evolved into mirror treatment, "mother" would smash his face into a mirror and make him repeat "I'm a bad boy" over and over again. Of course then, Beatings started, he was punched ten-times, which his mother called a ten-rounder. Then, the vicious tortures started she starved him for fourteen days on end. He had to drink water to survive. One day He was burned and almost forced him to lay on the burning blue and orange flames naked. But luckily, Ron came home just in time. David was banished to the basement. He was forced to lick his burn to cool it down, and avoid pain. There were blisters all over his hand. Next, came the vacation to Russian river, he was forced to stay in the cabin, with his mom and the new baby. She rubbed feces all over his face and almost made him eat it, until he was saved by time once again. Next, was the time he ate ammonia, over and over again, it burned his throat, and peeled his tongue. Then, came the "accident" his mother in a drunken stupor, where she stabbed after dressing her wound, she made him work more and do more chores. Finally, the worst of all tortures came, the gas chamber. Mother locked David in the bathroom with a bucket of Clorox, and ammonia, which resulted in chlorine gas. It closed his throat and burnt his lungs. Without thinking he grabbed a rag and covered his mouth. To avoid the gas. He pushed the door hoping Mother would get a taste of her own medicine. These were absolutely horrid, vicious and heinous tortures, beatings, and starvation! saved from horrid and dead David’s childhood wasn't always like this. Once when he was younger than five his family was perfect. He had a caring mother and father. They went on incredible trips, and vacations. One day he went to Chinatown with his mom and brothers. When they got home they ate Chinese food and had great decorations. Then, the went to the Russian River for the family vacation. They swam and canoed and did all the things family members do on trips. That was David’s favorite memory, he felt special, and loved at this place. Finally, the picnic his family went on a picnic. David ran and plated all day with his brothers, his mother and father drink wine while watching. His mother would occasionally call over for lunch or snacks to enjoy and relax. How can something so sweet and innocent, turn into violence, and horridly tortures.
Noah Haberland
A story that impressed me is A Child Called It
The characters in this story are David, are the second youngest and are getting abused. The mom is the worst she abused the little boy. The father is David little saver, also when he came home his mom would stop just a little. The brothers are really butt heads and don’t care about David. The setting of the setting of the story is in California. David is the child getting abused and he is in the first grade. His mom is the abuser and David has three brothers. His brothers are all older just one is younger. Everything happens in the 1970s. The Theme of this story is to ask questions and be more observant to people and what they wear and look like. Also 'be positive' never give up, Stay Strong!
This is a hore, nightmare, area story that nobody wants or needs to go through, or should do. The conflict in this story is David is getting abused from his mom and she doesn’t even care and does it nonstop. His father, Steven will come home and the mother will stop a little just not allot. Something’s that his mother does are really intense. She has a very violent mode and she does so many bad Stupid things. She burns little David on the gas burner stove.
In the book he refured to her has a 'Bitch' because she was so hateful. She also does the Ice treatment, which is when she fills up the bathtub with cold water and makes David lie in the overwhelming cold water and then she shoves him with all her force under the water so he can't breathe. She has so many that it is sick to even read this story. For example when he comes home from school he doesn't waste time he must start his all night chores. If he didn't do them good enough for mom then he wouldn’t get dinner. Also she would stab him and many other abused things happened to him.
His father sometimes tries to sneak in scraps but his mom knows. Do your parents abuse you is so you need to make it stop? For example they will not let him eat with the family or eat period. He is his mothers little slave! For example when mother made the kids find something she never lost. This is a really sad story. You have to be a fighter and never give up! In conclusion this story is really a sad story. No child has to go through it.
Nathaniel Romino 2nd/3rd
A Child Called It
The setting would be the 1970s in California. Also, there is a boy that is only seven that gets beating by his alcoholic and overweight mother. He learns how to survive living with his abusive mother, and brothers that only watch him get beat. As a result, his brothers and father get brainwashed by the mother and they think that what the mother is doing is appropriate. Meanwhile, the boys name is David and he hates his life, because he gets beat for the most stupid things. Consequently, he has no friends, because he wears smelly clothes and his mother won't buy him anymore clothes so they are covered in holes. David's life is a living hell, and his mother is just so aggressive when she beats him. After all that he goes through with his mother he still tries to make her love him. For instance, his mother beat him and he cried so she stopped beating him so hard.
At first, the atmosphere was very horrible and miserable. David gets beaten to a bloody pulp, and his mother doesn't even care about it. For example, his mother beats him then he has to go to school so then after that he has to lie about what had happen. Hence, people don't believe him and they begin to become suspicious, so they call the principal. As a result the principal calls his mother and when David goes home she beats him for telling. Rather then asking him why he told she just beats him to where he can't move. Therefore mother makes him miserable by not buying anymore clothes for him. Never the less no one likes him, because he smells and has horrible clothes that look like swiss chesse.
The mood that I would say that this story expresses is that a boy gets beaten by his mother and that she doesn't even care. Afterward she would just make some kind of punishment up for him. Hence, he gets tortured, punched in the face, and other horrifying things that a child shouldn't go through.
Ciara Linear 2nd & 3rd
A biography that had impressed me greatly was "A Child Called It." Thye setting of the story is in California, although most of the story takes place in the child's home. The story also takes place at a school, and other areas around the school and home. the time period that this happened was in the early 70's.
The first thing that I want to tell you about is the characters. First off, David Peltzer was the middle child of the five. He was also the one who was getting abused in the family. He would get very little food. He was also not able to play with the other children because of his mother. His mother would do horrible things to him every single day. His mother also held him back academically.
Next i'm going to inform you about the bad things, and the good things in David's horrible childhood. The bad thing was the abuse obviously. David thought that the worst thing about the abuse was the gas chamber.
A Child Called It.
The story is about a young boy with an abusive mother. She treats him as if he is a piece of trash! He is never fed, and never given a thing. She treats the poor child as if he were her slave, not her pride and joy. Its truly sad, and just pitiful to see, and hear about all the dreadful things his mother has done, or made him believe. His strong heart, and desire to survive is what keeps him in his right mind. Although they live in the heart of san francisco, and his Austrain father works at the fire department, his life is a living hell. As much as the father tries, the mother always wins. David will have to keep living as her slave. The father is the only person that gives him hope. The Characters are Mother, the abuser. David, the middle child abused and treated as a slave. Father, the older man that gives David his only little hope. The Teachers, are the ones that saved him from living in that terror when he was in 5th grade. Shirly, is the young woman with children of her own that live across the street. She finally figured out what was going on in the home and still did nothing about it. His Brothers, are the ones treated like children, the pride and joy of their mother. Yet, David still loves his mother, and just wants her to love him back. He tries and tries, yet the alocoholic mother keeps the abuse up.
The poor child has had to steal food to survive, his "bitch" of a mother, as he would call her, wouldn't feed him. He stole food from people, and school. He was quite a little thinker, he would plan and think it through before doing it. His plans normally got him caught. For example when he stole food from the school cafeteria his mother figured he has done so, therefor she made up a new game, she would force him to regurgitate his food and then when he got hungry he would have to eat it, as his mother said to do. She had always told him that he was a "Bad boy" and made him get the mirror treatment. That was when he would have to stand infront of a mirror and tell himself over and over again that he is a bad boy. If he didnt it would result in a beating. About 5-10 blows to the head or upper torso. Poor child. All he had ever wanted was he mother he had a few years before. You see, his mother wasn't always such a dreadful bitch. She loved him, she actually treated the whole family great. She was normal weight, beautiful, and caring. Then she was introduced to alocohol. After that, all she did was abuse and yell at everybody that stepped foot in that house. Weither it was mental abuse or physical abuse she did so. Nothing was done about the abuse, until David was in 5th grade. His substitute teacher had noticed all the marks on the body of him, so the boy was called down to the Nurse's office every morning so she could examine the new bruses and marks of David. He made up excuses to tell her, to protect the mother that had done all of those terrible things to.
-Olivia Paige Hawkinberry 2&3rd pd
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He had never given up on life, if he had there would be no David Peltzer to tell us about these terrible things that took place in the Peltzer home. Everybody had thought David was an attention seeking child that made up tall tales about abuse that he had undergone. Until his teachers notice the unbelievible things he had on his body. It wasn't until he was in the 5th grade his teachers finally came to their senses and called the police about everything that had happened to him. His brothers had been brainwashed by the mother, so they wouldnt dare tell on her. But the boys friends would see the abuse, and not telling a soul? That part I did not understand. Some kids had to of seen the nasty things done, an inteligent child would have went to his or her parents and told. The brothers friends must have been quite stupid. No doubt. It angers and sickens me to hear the dreadful thing the sick woman did to her little boy. She had even stabbed him! Nothing was done by the father when David told him. The mother had a total of 5 children, all boys. Yet, David was the only one that got all the abuse. He had no idea what sick games mother had in plan for him. Some of her games are terribly gross. She made him eat defication from his baby brothers dirty diaper. After she was done, her words to him were "Clean that shit off your face". She even made him sit in the bathroom with a bucket of ammonia and clorox. Im surprised the poor kid isnt dead. Another one of her sickening games was making him get naked, and sit in a freezing bath with his head under water for hours at a time. He could only come up to breathe, then he would have to resubmerge his head. His brothers would bring in their friends to see what their "bad brother" had been doing. After that, they would have dinner, but no. David would have to sit outside in the shade. A cold bath for hours, then having to go sit outside in the shade? You must be thinking how the poor child survived. Because i sure was.
He went into school one morning thinking it would be just another regular day, but it wasn't. The nurse called him back, and made him strip off his clothes. Or his swiss cheese clothes they had so many holes. He did as the woman asked. Then she examined his body. She had asked what happened. But his excuse was no good. She was a smart woman. Then she hugged him, he enjoyed the few seconds of love and warmth she had to offer. She had gone and told the principal about it. He didnt dare call David's mother, he knew well it would result in more abuse. In any case, he called the police. They took David away from the school in the back of a cop car, not because he was a bad boy. But because he was safe. All of his classmates had cheered because they thought stinky David was gone for good, and going to jail. As did David. He had been told he was a bad boy for so long, that he believe it, the poor child thought he was going to jail! The cop had called his mother stating that he was now in custody of Children Services. Then as they life the county, the Officer turned to David and stated "You're free". David Slightly turned his head to look out the window and said "Im free?" as a tear fell down his purple bruised face. David Peltzer was free from the abuse. The only true thing that kept him alive was the pleasure of knowing deep down that he would "never give that bitch the satisfaction of seeing him die" He won. David Won!
A Child Called "IT."
Imagine having a horrible mother that is abusive and doesn’t even call you by your own name. Well David Pelzer from, A Child Called "IT", experienced all of this. David went through some of the worst things in his life. The worst part of this was that he was only in first grade, which means he was only about five or six years old. His mother had five children. David was the third and she only beat him. The main things I will tell you about are the characters, plot, and theme of the story. Do you think you could ever do this to your child?
First there are many characters. Like I told you before David was the third child and he was in first grade when his mom started to beat him. His mother was a crazy drunk. Her real name was Catherine Rovera. She only beat David when no one was around. The father didn't do any thing when David got beat because he wasn't there when it happen. He was the only one in David's family that helped him. David's brothers didn't even pay attention to him. When he was getting one of his treatments they brought their friends to watch. Next is Shirley, which is their neighbor. That was the moms friend, but when she started to ask why David couldn’t' come outside they slowly became not friends. Now I will tell you about the school characters. The substitute teacher was nice and thought there was something going on with him. She told the nurse to check him out and ask him and ask questions. The nurse felt sorry for him and was also nice. The students were pure mean to him because he stank really badly. Could you live knowing you would get beat if you told what was going on in your life? No one wanted to be his friend and was mean.
Next is the plot. His mother was the devil. She didn't even include him in the family. She would starve him for ten days at a time. One time she made him eat ammonia and she mixed it with Clorox put it in the bathroom shut the door and made him clean it. She also treated other kids and her own like kings. One of the treatments was a cold bath underwater. Then he would have to put his clothes on wet and sit in the shade outside. Another was he had to skate in the winter without a jacket, up and down the streets for hours. She would make him sit in P.O.W. position, or Prisoner of war.
One day on vacation she made the dad and kids leave. Then she took David’s arm and burned him off the stove. After that she said "You made my life a living Hell and now I want to burn." Would your mother ever say that to you? There are many themes you can get from this story. One is "Watch for signs of abuse." He tells you how he looked. Look around and try to help people. Make friends with people who don't have any. It is not hard to be nice to others.
In conclusion David had a very hard time as a kid. If that was me I would be scared for life. His plot and theme was very intense. The characters weren’t even that good to him and he still made it in life. Would you want to read the actual book?
Biography
My favorite short story is A Child Called It. The main characters in the story is Dave- a young boy that gets beaten constantly by his horrible mother, David's Mother, Catherine, David's Father, Stephen, and David's three brothers Ron-David’s 1st brother, Stan-David's 2nd brother, Kevin-David's 3rd brother. He lived in California in the 1970s when his abusing took place.
The plot of the story is when he is in first grade when his mother starting to beat him. The school nurse and the substitute teacher noticed that he was being abused by the burn marks, bruises, and stab mark. He was beaten all the time everyday for no reason. Thereupon, she would find new ways to abuse him like the gas chamber and when she made him lay in the bathtub with his head underneath the water and naked in the tub. His brothers brought his friends over and they just stood there and did nothing, never told anyone, ever do anything to help him escape from all the beatings his mother gave him.
The mood of the story is mean and cruel. His mother starved him, made him drink ammonia, and put soap in this mouth. His mother starved him for ten days because she wanted him to die of hunger. She made him do a lot of chores that she made up everyday while he was at school that required punishment while doing his chores. His mom took chemicals and mixed them up in a bucket and he would have to clean the bathroom with the fumes in there with him and he would suffocate and cough up blood from inhaling all of those fumes. She stabbed him to where all his shirts were soaked in blood and the stab wound made him very weak and he had trouble doing his chores. He had to sleep on an army cot down in the garage. He had to stay in a P.O.W. position in the garage until his mother called him up from the upstairs to do the dishes after his brothers, father, and his cruel mother ate dinner and he didn't. His mother treated like a sweetheart whenever there is company over and when the lady from the child protective services.
In conclusion, he was free in the fifth grade when he was 12 years old. The school nurse and the principal called child services and he were sent to a house where he was adopted. He later wrote a book that explained all of his beating from his mother. One of his brothers named Richard wrote a book that explained his beatings after his brother David left. David later went on Opra where he met his mother and ask her questions about his beatings and see if she knew if she was beating him and she said she knew that she was doing it.
-Sabrina Coe
2nd & 3rd Period
Biography
I'm writing about a book called "A Child Called It" and it takes place at California 1970, His at home mostly and he goes to school. Sometime's his mother would send him outside and stand like he is a warrior His mother would send him to go to neighbors and ask them if they need their yard mowed and he needs to get the right amount of money that his mother need or more. When David is in school, at recess he would go to the store and take food so he would go hungry but his mother would know that he is getting food somehow so she made him throw up and then made him eat it again but right in front of his father. His father just stood there and watch didn't do anything at all. Of course, he couldn't do anything he could do, well in his mind he thought he couldn’t do anything. He could have helped if he was thinking straight but he was drinking to but not as much as the mother. The mother was drinking allot more then the father but the mother knew what she was doing though she wasn't drunk though.
-Kaitlin DuPont
Period-2nd & 3rd
I just can't believe how he feels when this happened to him, I wish he had all of that, he should have happiness, fun, and loved! A little kids does not need to go through with so much pain, I'm just glad he gets away from his mother and be free!
My conclusion is that this takes place at California in 1970, when David’s mother started to play her games and beat him when he did nothing wrong. His father would talk to him and try to get him food but he would do nothing, nothing at all. All the fight he got into his wife he would give up and not help his own son. David he tried to show his father that he needs help but his father wouldn't do nothing he would watch if his mother told David what to do and made David’s father watch him and he wouldn't do nothing, he would stand there and watch him do what ever his mother made him do like eat his own food that his mother made him throw up or watch him clean the kitchen while he has a just knifed in the chest by his mother and for one whole day he could do whatever he wanted. Therefore he was not aloud to go outside to play with his brothers, eat, take a bath, he wasn't aloud to watch TV or sleep in his own comfortable bed the next day. He was her slave again doing what she wanted while he was hurt and bleeding. I wonder why he even lived through all the bad things. When he was at school one day the teachers and the principle and one cop took him in a room and asked him questions about his clothes, bruises, and the cut make that his mother stabbed him. The same day, the cop took him away from his mother and he was free, he could eat, take a bath, play with new people, be out in the sun. His life got better when he was at of that house, away from his mother.
The only reason why David made this story was because he wanted everyone to know how it is to e abused and wants it stopped, so, nobody has to go through what he went through. He wants everyone to be nice to each other and be kind to others, help others, and take care of your family when their sick and wounded. He doesn't want anyone to be in his place because it was so horrifying and horrendous to be beat, hurt, and most of all it was difficult!
-Kaitlin DuPont
Period-2nd & 3rd
A Child Called It
The setting location is in California. David Peltzer is the mane character of this true story David was abused by his mother. His abuse started at the age of five and didn't end end till he was twelve. He was save by the police and the school teachers when they had enough proof that she beat him. Catherine David's mother she was a abusive mother that beat her middle and youngest son she would come up will army punishments like the P.O.W position. She tried to crush his soul but clearly she felled because she is still alive. The father is no better than the mother because while she would do these things he would sit by and watch her do it and not do anything to stop her. The brothers would bring there friends to look at David being punished. The teachers tried to save him from her but he wouldn't tell them that she would beat him.
His mother would sit at home think of sick ways to touchier her son. In other words he would have to be the slave of the family be doing all of the chores and house work. For example he would work in till his hand would be bleeding. His mother would make him lay in ice cold water with his head under the water for hours then she wouldn't even et him dry off she would tell him to put his clothes back on and have to sit out side in the cold in P.O.W position. Instead of David's mother beating on his other brothers she only hits on David she treats the other children like kings. She made David drink ammonia when he drink it he was not able to breathe and it made his mouth, and throat raw. Later she came up with a gas chamber mixed with ammonia mixed with Clorox it made David’s throat bleeds from the chemicals mixed together.
David had some good times before his mother went crazy. They when to the Russian River with his family in his younger days when his mother would hold him he would fell like the safest person in the world. She would give him a warm and kind hug that made him feel special. He loved to get away from his mom so he wouldn't get beat or punished for no reason at all. He loves school even now he didn't have any friends because everyone thought he was a bad boy when it was his mothers fault. David like is father because when he was around he felt like someone loved him and cared for him he had the hardest time after his father left him.
In conclusion his mother is a abusive bitch that beats him all the time and never does anything good. His mother was not fit to take care of any children all of the children should have been took away from her. David had a hearable child hood it’s important to a child to have encouragement to not fail or give up. By the way do you think your mother or parents would do that to you? I think he should have ran away or have told the teachers about what happens to him at home it would make him life easier. His brothers always brought his friends to see David being punished why didn't they tell their parents?
Randy L. Stewart II 2, 3 per
A Child Called It
The setting location is in California. David Peltzer is the mane character of this true story David was abused by his mother. His abuse started at the age of five and didn't end end till he was twelve. He was save by the police and the school teachers when they had enough proof that she beat him. Catherine David's mother she was a abusive mother that beat her middle and youngest son she would come up will army punishments like the P.O.W position. She tried to crush his soul but clearly she felled because she is still alive. The father is no better than the mother because while she would do these things he would sit by and watch her do it and not do anything to stop her. The brothers would bring there friends to look at David being punished. The teachers tried to save him from her but he wouldn't tell them that she would beat him.
His mother would sit at home think of sick ways to touchier her son. In other words he would have to be the slave of the family be doing all of the chores and house work. For example he would work in till his hand would be bleeding. His mother would make him lay in ice cold water with his head under the water for hours then she wouldn't even et him dry off she would tell him to put his clothes back on and have to sit out side in the cold in P.O.W position. Instead of David's mother beating on his other brothers she only hits on David she treats the other children like kings. She made David drink ammonia when he drink it he was not able to breathe and it made his mouth, and throat raw. Later she came up with a gas chamber mixed with ammonia mixed with Clorox it made David’s throat bleeds from the chemicals mixed together.
David had some good times before his mother went crazy. They when to the Russian River with his family in his younger days when his mother would hold him he would fell like the safest person in the world. She would give him a warm and kind hug that made him feel special. He loved to get away from his mom so he wouldn't get beat or punished for no reason at all. He loves school even now he didn't have any friends because everyone thought he was a bad boy when it was his mothers fault. David like is father because when he was around he felt like someone loved him and cared for him he had the hardest time after his father left him.
In conclusion his mother is a abusive bitch that beats him all the time and never does anything good. His mother was not fit to take care of any children all of the children should have been took away from her. David had a hearable child hood it’s important to a child to have encouragement to not fail or give up. By the way do you think your mother or parents would do that to you? I think he should have ran away or have told the teachers about what happens to him at home it would make him life easier. His brothers always brought his friends to see David being punished why didn't they tell their parents?
Randy L. Stewart II 2, 3 per
I just can't believe how he feels when this happened to him, I wish he had all of that, he should have happiness, fun, and loved! A little kids does not need to go through with so much pain, I'm just glad he gets away from his mother and be free!
My conclusion is that this takes place at California in 1970, when David’s mother started to play her games and beat him when he did nothing wrong. His father would talk to him and try to get him food but he would do nothing, nothing at all. All the fight he got into his wife he would give up and not help his own son. David he tried to show his father that he needs help but his father wouldn't do nothing he would watch if his mother told David what to do and made David’s father watch him and he wouldn't do nothing, he would stand there and watch him do what ever his mother made him do like eat his own food that his mother made him throw up or watch him clean the kitchen while he has a just knifed in the chest by his mother and for one whole day he could do whatever he wanted. Therefore he was not aloud to go outside to play with his brothers, eat, take a bath, he wasn't aloud to watch TV or sleep in his own comfortable bed the next day. He was her slave again doing what she wanted while he was hurt and bleeding. I wonder why he even lived through all the bad things. When he was at school one day the teachers and the principle and one cop took him in a room and asked him questions about his clothes, bruises, and the cut make that his mother stabbed him. The same day, the cop took him away from his mother and he was free, he could eat, take a bath, play with new people, be out in the sun. His life got better when he was at of that house, away from his mother.
The only reason why David made this story was because he wanted everyone to know how it is to e abused and wants it stopped, so, nobody has to go through what he went through. He wants everyone to be nice to each other and be kind to others, help others, and take care of your family when their sick and wounded. He doesn't want anyone to be in his place because it was so horrifying and horrendous to be beat, hurt, and most of all it was difficult!
-Kaitlin DuPont
Period-2nd & 3rd
The Child Called "It"
Imagine having a life where everything you did was wrong and you got beaten for it. This story is about a little boy who was beaten and tortured in new cruel ways everyday by his mother. His life was hell compared to most of ours today. His mother has 4 other kids and she treats them like gold and then 'David' she treats like trash. His father, Stephen, when he was abused he did nothing. He tried to help but his mom would yell at him for helping. It got to the point where David's dad didn't even want to come home and when he did it was for short periods of time. David was scared to even move without his mother’s permission because he didn't want to have to deal with her torture even though he knew he was going to get it anyways. It's horrible the life that he lived and he wasn't able to tell anybody.
First I'm going to tell you about some of the things that David's mom did to him. She would usually just beat him but then she began to make up games to torture David. She would make him take ice cold baths with his face under the water for hours, Go to school with the same clothes on everyday and she wouldn't let him wash them. She treated him as her own little slave. David didn't deserve to be treated like that. He was forced to do unnecessary things such as mow 'other' peoples lawns and he didn't even get the profit from it. He had to scrub the floors and if his chores weren't done in records time then he didn't get to eat. One time he had went 10 days without eating! That's ridiculous. He was only a little child, maybe 8 or 9 and he didn't get to eat? She tried to make him lay on the top of oven top and said "You have made my life a living hell, and now I want to see you burn." She had broken his arm and that night she made him sleep on the top bunk of his bunk bed, David was confused because he always slept on the bottom bunk. he was him up in the middle of the night and said he had fallen and broken his arm while he was sleeping, and that's the excuse she fed to everyone instead of telling them that she broke it herself. He wasn't aloud to play with the other kids or anybody for that matter. He had to sit in the basement while his brothers went outside to play. David never had a normal child hood because of all of this. He shouldn't have had to do all of those things for that bitch of a mother he had. She was a fat, lazy ass drunk that deserved to die a slow painful death. One day, while David was in school, he had went to the nurse for his daily examination. She had found a knife cut in his stomach and asked him what it was about and how he got it. He tried to make up a good believable story so they wouldn't call his mother but she wanted the real story. He told her that his mom was threatening him with a knife while he was doing the dishes and that she had said if he doesn't finish in time that she would kill him but he knew that she would as this was a usual threat for her. She was drunk and she had stumbled and the knife slipped out of her hand and went right into his side. The nurse was so infuriated that she called all the teachers into her office and sent David out into the hallway as they talked and officer had come into the room and he kept looking back at David. This made him really nerves. He got so nerves that he ran into the office and told them not to call his mother. They told him they told him that everything was going to be okay. The last time they called David's mother, David came home and got it 10 times worse than what he usually did for opening his mouth and telling anybody about what she was doing. They knew not to do that again.
Many moods were aroused while reading this story. Mostly anger for me, I felt angry because of the way David was being treated by his mom. I also felt bad for David because he never got that normal fun childhood that a child should have had. He never fit in. He had no friends. Everyone made fun of the way he smelled even though he had no control. David wanted to be like the other kids so badly but he couldn't. He can never say. "I wish I could be young again" because of the way he was treated as a child. I also felt sad during this story because David didn't know what to do. He had to go through awful painful experiences while he was at home. He felt pain on the inside ands out. He felt that no one cared about him and nobody was ever going to come and save him from the 'Hell House'. I felt happiness at the end of this story because David, grown up, a wife, kids, and he has a good life now and he doesn't let what his mother did to him stand in the way of being a good person along with a good father to his children.
So as you can see, David never lived a normal childhood like you and I. His experience and what he lived through should inspire us to not take our parents for granted or our lives because sometimes, compared to other people, we have it good. Some people don't even have clothing or have to live on the streets by there selves or have no mother or father or in David's case, are horribly abused by there parents. After reading this story, I have realized that I have a good life and a wonderful mother and father that love me. After this, I will never take my parents for granted again.
"A Child Called It"
A biography that impressed me was a Child Called “It”. The setting of the story is in Daly, California in the 1970's. A relatively small house where a mother, father, and five brothers lived. It was here that the unknown crime was being committed. His mom and dad would have a happy hour and drink for eight hours straight. As a result of the alcohol, his parents were deeply intoxicated. The family was a strange one, but nobody really knew the truth of what was happening inside that house. Soon it would be discovered, but how long until it will be? Can David survive? Next, these questions and more will be answered.
There were many conflicts in the story. For the most part, they were quite disturbing and irrational. Some were stomach churning, and one was quite difficult to read. Everyday a young boy, Dave, would come home from school to get abused by his mother. In other words, he came home to bruises, beatings, and scars. Simultaneously, the outside world had no clue of what was happening in this household. Why would you want to go home if you knew this punishment awaited you? Dave was around eight or nine years old, so he had no hope of running away. He had no way to escape the hatred he received at home. For example, his mother would get drunk and conjure up poorly executed cruel punishments. Ordinarily, the abuse would obtain punches, kicks, and scratches. That is if his mother wasn't extremely drunk, if she was she would basically attempt to harm her child in indescribable ways. For example, she had tried to put him on a stove, pour ammonia down his throat, and make him digest his own saliva. The ammonia slithered down his throat, consequently he had scabs on the inside of his throat and his tongue was devoured by acid.
The worst damage he received was when his mother was in a drunken stupor waving a knife and tripped. Consequently, the knife flew threw the air and stabbed David in the gut.
Usually the beatings wouldn't last long unless his mother was deeply intoxicated with alcohol. In brief, David was in a tormenting household and could not escape. Instead of giving in, he would try to defeat his mother by not hitting back, but taking the beating so she feels like she has won but he actually did. As a result of this strategy, he felt like he won some battles with her mother. Therefore, this action boosted his confidence. That was the confidence that helped him throughout the roughest times. Never the less, he didn't give up, and that was the key to his survival.
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The plot and scheme of this depressing story were amusing. The organization was smoothly placed throughout the story. Transition words were used very nicely in the paragraphs. The complex words and sentences made me read the story very deliberately. Personally, I wouldn't of read the book if I knew it was so depressing. Our whole class was in a depressed mood the whole time this story was being read. Usually we read happy books, but this time was different. For example, when I heard about one of the times he was tortured, my stomach turned and I felt sick. I was also aroused by some of the characters described in the story. I enjoyed the way they were described in the introduction of the story. The book informed me of all the characters very precisely. In the final analysis of the first paragraph, I knew all there is to know about the characters. For example, I could've described David as if I would've lived with him my whole life.
In conclusion, this was a very interesting book to read. Generally, David's life was full of torment and disappointment. In other words he didn't want to live. Throughout the story David was persistent and kept up his good spirit. However, it was hard to feel good about him when all the stuff happened to him. In contrast to this his mom enjoyed what she did very match. She was an evil lady. The conflicts of the story were very disturbing; I couldn't stand to read it! The plot and scheme were very well incorporated into the story. It was an awesome story, I just wish it wasn't so sad!
Jake Van Horn 4/5 Pd.
A Child Called "It"
A biography that has impressed me greatly is A Child Called "It" It is about a child that has been abused by his mother. The person telling the story is Dave Pelzer, the son that is abused. It is written in first person. The family lives in Daley, California in the 1970's. Even though the little boy, David, is being abused by his mother he deals with it, stays strong, and most of all, he survives.
The characters in this book are interesting however, they all a key part to Dave's story. The first character I will explain is Dave, the child being abused. When the story starts he is in fifth grade. In the school all the teachers know him because he has the aroma of a skunk and he always has dark-brown bruises. Dave is the main character. After the introduction of the story we read about Dave's past. He was brutally abused by his mother and his father didn't do a thing about it. As a result Dave was a miserable kid. The mother of the story is a wicked tyrant. Everything has to be her way for example, if Dave didn't clean the dishes the way she wanted, he had to do them again. She was always beating David, emotionally and physically. The father was very passive. When Mother abused Dave or didn't feed him Father didn't stop her excluding the instance when he did slip him a piece of bread. The brothers of Dave didn't help Dave at all either. They didn't want to get beat by helping him so they ignored Dave. One of his brothers though, did want Dave to die. In addition to his family other characters in the book tried to help Dave, including his teachers and a police officer. Consequently Dave did have help through this hard time.
There were numerous conflicts in the short story. David stole food out of the other students' lunchboxes at Thomas Edison Elementary, the school he went to at the beginning of the story. When he came to school with bruises and scars from when his mother hits him the teachers had to decide what to do about the situation. That conflict was resolved when the police came and took David away. Some conflicts that occurred at the home were when David was six years old and his mother was going to burn him alive on the white stove they had in the kitchen. Pursuing this further Mother took his arm and placed it on the open flame on the stove. Dave was smart though. He knew if his father came home his mother would stop abusing him so he tried to buy time. His scheme worked. More conflicts were Mother stabbing David, Mother not feeding Dave, Mother teaching Russell to hate Dave likewise his father, and Dave's mother making him eat feces and vomit.
Jake Van Horn 4/5 Pd. (Continued)
On the contrary of all of the harsh and wicked things Mother did to David there were many lessons learned. Granted this is a true story, I cannot believe this is because of all of how horrible Mother was. A theme I learned was to respect your family. If David had not respected his mother the way he did, his mother would not have let him live. Treat others the way you wish to be treated is another big theme. Mother didn't treat David correctly and David learned from that. A lesson that the teachers were taught at Thomas Elementary School was that your actions reflect who you are. When David came to school with scars and bruises the teachers knew the real truth: his mother abuses him. I also learned that you can influence in the things you do. Russell, David’s youngest brother learned from the actions of what his mother was doing. The most important lesson I have learned was to persevere through tough times. David was really strong and had a will to survive.
When I read this book my stomach churned because of all the things David's mother did to him. I didn't like to read "A Child Called "It"' because I could hear David's heart break every time his mother beat him. My grandfather always says,” Treat others the way you want to be treated. If you do you will prosper in life." This quote resembles this short story because a couple years after Dave left the house Mother died. She did not prosper in life at all.
Ryan Ricer
A Child Called "It"
One biography that I was impressed by was A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer. An element of the story that I was most interested was the characters because their actions were very intriguing and promiscuous; also they lived somewhat of a secretive life due to the appearance in everyone in the family but the one child who was abused often. Since this short story is non-fiction the characters involved are all living humans. One example is Dave Pelzer the author was the abused child, and his brother Ron wrote a novel about Dave being abused as a young child. Most interesting about this story is that each person has a different “role “in the past occurring events. At first I found this short story as a waste of my time but later on I came to the conclusion that It was rather peculiar which caught my eye. First I found it a tad bit odd that Dave was generally beaten while on the contrary everyone else in his family lived a glorious life. Characters in the story are the writer himself Dave Pelzer, his immigrated father out of Austria Stephen, his highly abusive mother Catherine Roerva, his two brothers at a relevant age Ronald and Stanley, and last his infant brother Russell who was trained by their mother to make up stuff and snitch on Dave when he was spotted doing something he was forbidden from doing.
In this story the atmosphere varies from Daly, California, a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco in the early to mid 1970's to his school Thomas Edison Elementary to the many different orphanages he was sent to. It started out in Daly, California in the summertime where they are a perfect family with a stay at home mom, a father working as a local fireman, and his two brothers Ronald and Stanley. They lived a wonderful life together always taking trips across California to kill time while the father was at work. Then everything changed suddenly when their mother got lazy she also got abusive. Dave considered school a second home once his mother got abusive, because it was is only time away from his mother so it was basically a safe haven for him. Last I stated that the orphanages were a home to him also. Later on he finally turned 18 becoming an adult where he could roam free. And was able to choose what he pleased. Dave had the integrity to live, while I know I could never endure the pain he went through to make it through those types of hardships. In my opinion Dave is a role model because he had the will to live when he had nothing to live for. Dave turned his life into a positive from a negative, going from an abused child to an award winning author.
This story's mood would be best described as extremely suspenseful and disgusting. An example of this story being disgusting is when the mother made Dave eat his younger brothers feces’. At this moment I felt myself tempted to vomit which is extremely rare while reading the description of the diaper in Dave's face. One example of this story being suspenseful is when Dave's mother threatens to put him on the burner of the family's stove. My stomach was in a knot when I read that part of the book due to the suspense of almost being burned on the stove for playing with his brother at recess. Another mood would be fearful because you never knew what awful thing was going to happen to Dave next. It seemed like he would do the smallest things and receive the biggest punishments.
A Child called It
A biography that impressed me is "A Child Called It" . This book is about a young boy named Dave. During the story you find out that his mother, Catherine abuses him. Dave's dad Stephen is his best friend in the story. The family lives in a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco called Daly City. Dave is in elementary school at Thomas Edison Elementary.
First thing that impressed me in this short story is the characters. Dave was the main character and he was a little boy. His mom abuses him everyday and Dave has too find a way to live throughout the day when his dad isn't home. Catherine is Dave's mom and she is a drunk who abuses her boy. She is so evil during the story and almost kills her own son. The next character is Stephen, Dave's dad. Stephen is really nice to his son and is a respectable person. The house that they live in is very scary, gloomy, and evil.
This story is scary because the boy's mom abuses him all the time. She uses the mirror treatment which is where she made Dave sit in front of the mirror and she bashed his face into it until he started to bleed. Dave had lots of chores to do and if he didn't do them than consequently she wouldn’t feed him dinner. As usual a mom cares for you but she hated Dave so much she rubbed dirty diapers in his face . She went beyond dispensing her kids, she abused her kid.
This story makes me thankful for my family. They are so nice to me. I also love my mom the most because she puts 3 meals a day on the table at home. In the story Dave steals food because his mom won't feed him. My brother also cares for me unlike Dave's brother. The other kids in the family just watched him get abused and didn't help. For instance she gave him the mirror treatment and they played while David wasn't aloud.
I think the worst part of the story comes when Catherine makes him sit on the burning stove. Nevertheless Dave uses his brain and finds away to get out of trouble. These are all reasons why the biography, "The Child called It' impresses me and I encourage you to read it too.
Ben Taylor
Ryan Ricer(continued) 4/5
In conclusion A Child Called It is very interesting because it's suspenseful, and let's face it because every guy loves some action, blood, and gore. I was impressed mainly by the role of the characters and the most interesting thing I found was the surreptitious beatings. Soon I hope to read some of Dave Pelzer's other stories just like this short story. As I mentioned earlier I disliked the book then somehow it came appealing to my mind. One quote I found appropriate is that of what rapper Kanye West once stated " What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. ". If I was Dave Pelzer I would use this as the story of my life.
Jarrod Bosley 4/5 Period
A Biography, With a Major Impact
A biography that impressed and made an impact on my life was, A Child Called It. There are many elements in this story that make it so astonishing. These elements consist of the characters, conflicts, and themes. I find this story life changing mainly because in the end the child becomes free. The protagonist in this story is Dave, and the setting is California in the 1970s. Throughout his childhood, Dave's mother was very abusive to him. She treated him like he was just another piece of trash. Dave has no other choice but to accept this abuse until he is freed. Dave patiently waits for his hero to come and save the day.
The first element that is within the story is the characters. As I stated in the first paragraph, Dave is the protagonist. The antagonist in this story is Dave's mother. She is a careless drunk that is very abusive and unthankful. Other characters in this story are Dave's brothers. Their names are Kevin, Russell, Ron, and Stan. At moments, Dave's brothers showed much sympathy for him and cry during the abuse. But at other times, they sit back and watch the horror in action. Dave's superheroes in the story are made up of the teachers, nurse, and principal. The characters are just one of the elements that make this story so exciting.
Another for example, is the conflicts. This very well could be the main element in the story. First, Dave's mother is always beating him in some way. But this time, she went a little farther. She forced his precious, fragile arm over the hot flame of the gas stove. He was in so much pain. He could smell his little hairs singe right off his arm. This was only the beginning of the disrespect. Next, she would give him limited food, and when he came home from school she would demand him to puke. This would assure he wasn't stealing any food. If there was food in his puke, she would command him to eat it. "Eat it," she demanded. Also, she forced him to eat baby dung. She threatened him with a knife. "I'm going to kill you!" she exclaimed. Wasted of course, her chair went out of control; the knife went flying, and ended up in Dave's stomach. This is just some of the examples from the story.
The last major element was the theme. There were several themes throughout this biography. To start, you can only punish someone for doing wrong. A lot of the time Dave's mother would tear him to pieces for no reason at all. Then, it showed that in time of need, cry out for help. However, Dave would just accept the abuse because he was too embarrassed to admit the truth. Also, people can be very fake and unreal. Dave's mother was called into the school for a conference. She told them that she doesn't hurt him at all. "He scratches himself and blames it on me," she said. She won that time. She fooled them and the teachers completely believed her lies. These themes played a huge role in the story.
In conclusion, a biography that impressed and made an impact on my life was, "A Child Called It". This story left a huge impact on my life. There were many elements that made this story so interesting. Three example of this are the characters, conflicts, and theme. It is very sad what Dave went through and put up with for all these years. Everyone should read this book.
The elements of the book The Child Called It
To begin with, I'm going to explain probably one of the most emotionally gripping stories of life. First, the realistic setting the book pulls you in. Secondly, will be the horrible atmosphere surrounding this little child. Then, I will describe the tone of the mood that goes along with the story. Finally, in conclusion the book is wonderful.
In the beginning of this book, around the second chapter is the exposition. At the sometime, is Dave a little kid having the time of the few years of his wonderful life! Earlier, in his life David was the little kid of bunch in the perfect family. For example, the dad was the smiling firefighter, the mom was happy all the time, and his brothers were playful. Until Dave went to first grade. Soon, after entering the fall his mother started drinking alcoholic drinks and sat on the couch all day. First, it began with a simple time out in the corner. Then, the perfect household turned into the most horrible place on earth. Some people ask "Why?". But, then all of the sudden his mom started with pure child physical abuse. Soon, the hitting came until dad came home. Afterwards, was no food, beatings, worse tortures, and no dad. Also, he is forced to live in a basement, sleep on newspaper, not eat dinner, and be made fun of everyday. Then the life of this poor child leads is even more horrible as spirals through the book. For now, this is the setting of the story that surrounds the little boy. After all this, the most scary part is it is an actual true story about a little kid with hope.
To start off, the atmosphere conveyed by the story, is very frightening. Likewise, the characters add a lot to the atmosphere. First off, the brave dad is David's hero by sneaking him food and motivating him. But, the relationship is starting to go apart as mom's control over the house strengthens. Then comes the mother who was good in the beginning. Later, she becomes the most evil person I have read about in a book. In turn, the torture she ensues to a little kid is very horrible. For example, the main character has to stay in locked bathroom locked in ammonia which is a cleaner. First, it doesn't affect him at all. Then, he can't breathe anymore as the air thickens with cleaner. Soon his mom only opens the door when he on the verge of death. Next, the mom had another child which she brainwashed him to want to kill David. Also, his older brothers don't try to help him with anything. But, later on their only trying to save themselves from the wrath of their mom. Then, the most conveying character in the story is the main. In essence, you could compare the kid to a lost hiker. Similar, he is a genius doing anything to survive the life of abuse. While, the burning passion of hope, survival, and hard ship! However, he is only a little kid in grade school! Generally, this is how the atmosphere everything around it in the story.
To begin with, is the mood the story aroused. At first the story started out with the resolution and then the book unfolds itself as it goes on by pages. Similarly to a happy family book the second chapter accounts of the main character's life. You might have a smile on your face throughout the chapter. Until the next few
(continued)chapters come one by one. Earlier, in the chapters it isn't so bad until the stories ranging from dirty diapers to a stove. Also, they could make sick to your stomach. Next, is the sorrow you feel for David as he continues through his painful childhood. Soon, I felt hope as his dad would sneak his food at night. Instead, of giving up, David faces his mom head-to-head. Likewise, makes you feel happy! In any event, this is how any person would feel about the mood the traps us all.
As a result, the stories elements affect everything in and around it. In brief, the setting is the most powerful thing going throughout the story. However, the atmosphere comes in a close second that supports it. Then, the mood the story aroused stirs all of us around. However, there are also many things that I couldn't describe in this short amount of time. But, these are the best three things that make the story. For example, "I will never give up," transports these three things into one statement. As you can see now, this is the most intriguing short story "The Child called It" can affect anybody.
Elements from the book "A Child Called It"
The book "A Child Called It" is a short story that impressed me greatly because the elements of the biography captured my interest. These elements consist of things such as the characters, conflicts, and themes. It took place in California in the 1970's and is one of the worst hidden secrets of all time. To begin with, the realistic setting makes you feel the pain and seek the terror that the main character David had to go through. One reason I think that this is one of the most emotional book I have ever read is because it is fiction. For example, it was a horrible atmosphere in both the child's home life and his life outside of home. I will try and describe the horror and terror this book brings to my attention.
First, I would like to talk about the characters in the story. The main characters in the story are David, his mom Catherine, his dad Stephen, and his brothers Kevin, Russell, Ron, and Stan. David was a nice kid that got abused by his mother and didn't deserve any of it. His mother's name was Catherine and she abuses David as a child and also when he gets older. She is a drunk and is very cruel and evil to everyone in the family especially David. She did horrible things that only a person with a twisted mind would think to do to a child his age. His dad was Stephen and he stood up as long as he could before mother became too much for him. David thought of his dad as superman until he told his dad very valuable information about his drunken mom and he didn't seem to care. His brothers were involved in the story but didn't take much action in it.
Next, there are various conflicts in the story that give vivid details. The first conflict is the beating that mother transferred to David. David's mom beat him every day and told him he was a bad boy even though he didn’t do anything. The next treatment that he received from his mother was burning on the stove. He got burned one day when he got home from school. Mother made him take all of his clothes and she tried to burn his skin with hot, flaming fire from the stove. This was very treacherous. Also, Catherine made him rub his face in a dirty, disgusting diaper and said "Eat It" and he replied in a terrified voice "Please, No!" Dave asked "Mother, why do you have to be this way?" but she replied nothing in return, which in turn caused her problems.
Lastly, there are numerous themes that express the story's relation between the characters. The first theme is to treat everyone the same, no matter what race, ethnicity or how their appearance reflects on your opinion. Another example of a theme from this extraordinary book is to love your family no matter what consequences nature has to throw at you in the future.
As you can see, this story's mood aroused me in a sensitive way. There were many events and points in the story that twisted my stomach like a whirling tornado.
In conclusion, there are many depressing and terrible things that have happened in this story. This book impressed me greatly because the elements of the story captured my interests. There were many things in the story that had
The setting of this biography is in Daly California a small town on the outskirts of San Francisco. The time all this occurred was in the 1970's. The main character of the book is Dave Pelzer, a child that was severely abused when he was young. Kathryn Rivoura she was a very sick women all she did with her life was stay at home, drink beer, and think of new ways to abuse David. Dave had two other brothers that lived a perfectly normal life while Dave was beaten and tortured every night. The last character I am going to discuss is Stephen David’s dad. Stephen was a firefighter he also was somewhat of a protector of David in his home life. When Stephen was not home Kathryn would beat and torture David twice as bad.
There were many conflicts in this story. For the most part they were disturbing and irrational. The most irrational conflict was when his mother turned on the gas stove and put his arm over the orangish-blue colored flame. Dave often was sent to his room which was the cold garage floor while the family was eating there meal, also he usually would got without food. At one point in his life he was averaging one meal per every three days. His cruel mom went beyond the boundaries of punishment and started abusing him when she rubbed his face in his little brother’s diapers. Dave had feces running down his face and coming out of his nostrils.
The horrible mood the book arouses is defiantly depressing. The book is depressing because who would ever to this to a innocent child. Dave's mom was so cruel she even threw a knife at him and cut his stomach wide open. Every time I read this story I want to cry. Whoever would want to do this to their own child deserves to be in prison for their entire life. The mood of the book is also frightening. If my mom did that to me would never be able to sleep or relax. This would be terrible to live like this and I hope no one ever has to.
This book was extremely well written. I encourage you to rean this book. First the book teaches you many life lessons. Second the book entertains you when your reading the book. Last but not least the book tells you specifically not to treat anyone like this. Once again I strongley suggest you read this novel.
Justin Okel 4/5th period (continued)
inspired me and captured my attention. These things include examples such as the characters, conflicts, and themes that took an important role in this astonishing book. There were an astounding amount of anecdotes that helped make me realize the crucial pain of being abused can feel by someone that is mentally, physically, and psychologically bigger than you.
A Child Called It
One biography that greatly impressed me was named A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer. In the story, he tells of all the horrible things his mother had done to abuse him while he was a child. She afflicted large amounts of pain, and tortured him constantly until the day he was taken to protective services. After everything she did to him, he is lucky to still be alive. All of the things that happened to David as a child took place before he had turned 11 years old. This story will help you to understand the affects child abuse can have on the children affected by it and also too show you why child abuse is as big of an issue as it is today.
Though out the story David was beaten many times by his mother and started to give up until he made a promise that he would never let his mother have the satisfaction of feeling the she had won. All the abuse began while David was in the first grade. It started out with his mother being extremely mean to him, and how we was the only one ever in trouble when his younger brothers, Stan and Ronald, were let go with no punishment although they were committing the same "crime". It then moved on to the "mirror treatment". In this, his mother would take his face, smash it against a mirror, and make him stare into it and say he was a bad boy. His mother was constantly drinking and it only made the beating worse. Later in the story, she had a knife and lost her balance due to her baby, Russell, hanging on her leg. While falling, she stabbed him. His father protected him at the beginning gat the story, but then just left him to be tortured. There was nothing he could do.
Early in the story, David was always being starved. He started to steal food from the school, but was caught in the act a few weeks later. He went home, to yet another beating after his principal had called home. His mother made him puke everything up every day to see if he had been eating. There was no end to the constant abuse David suffered. His father quit caring, his mother hated him, his brothers did nothing to help him, and the kids at school thought he was bad. The abuse finally stopped when David was taken away from his home Protective Services.
Some themes of the story are how terrible abuse can be, and what it can do to the child's self esteem. David was terribly abused. His mother tried to make him feel worthless and like a slave. She made him do whatever she needed with no reward, she starved him, and she held him back to make him feel stupid. There was never and show of kindness from his mother until she had stabbed him. He was lost in the world. When he was told by the officer, and I quote, "You're Free," he had no idea what to think.
It brings out the dark mood of sadness, anger, and sympathy. You felt sad to know that this was going on and also to know how so many other kids are going though the same thing everyday of their lives. It also makes you angry. When David's mother was abusing him, I was angry. No parent should ever threat a child how she had treated David. No child ever deserves to be beaten, burned, stabbed, and made to think so low of themselves because of the parents treating them how they do.
A “bibliography’ that I have recently read that impresses me tremendously is A Child Called It. This book taught me to appreciate life and the great values that life has. While writing this story, I will tell you about the characters, the conflicts, and the theme. I will first tell you about the characters. Subsequently I will tell you about the conflicts. Lastly I will tell you about the themes and the life lessons I learned from reading this book. "Don't worry about your problem so much because there is someone out there with a bigger one" is an example of a life lesson I had learned while reading this book. I will tell you about this “bibliography.”
I will start by describing the characters in this book to you. The main character in this story is Dave. Dave is the son that gets beat by his mouth mentally, physically, and emotionally. He is a very hurt child and can't find a way to stop his mother's evil games. Catherine is the next character that I will tell you about. She is the mother and she is a very sick person. A few examples of this is she beats her child daily, and lies about it, she makes him eat stuff that shouldn't be in a human's mouth, and she also makes him drink poisonous stuff that could kill him. The last character in this story is his father. He is the only person that sticks up for Dave. He tries to help him when his mother tries to beat him and he also yells at Catherine when she does not feed him. He is a nice person, but then ends up changing in the end.
There are many conflicts that this story contains. They have to do with his Dave and his mother. Examples of this trait are his mother beating him, not feeding him, and making him eat nasty stuff. She beats him everyday and leaves him big wounds. How would you feel not getting dinner every night? Dave barely gets food all day and if he gets any they are leftovers. The last thing his mother does is make him eat and drink stuff that could kill him, like window cleaner and throw up.
This book makes me feel supercalifragilisticexpealidousius. In this story one of the themes are "stay strong, things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever." I learned this because Dave has many struggles in this book, but he keeps fighting for his life. He could have been dead along time ago, but somehow he found ways to stall or to stay alive. the next life lesson in this book is " Life is a gift however, everyone's isn't allows perfect so love the life you live, and live the life you love." Dave has a very hard life. Is there someone around you that has a life like Dave? There probably is and it can't get any worse than that. Theses were just some of the themes of this book.
In conclusion those are some traits about the book that inspired me. "A Child Called It" is a very good book and I think that everyone should read it and get inspiration from it. Did you learn anything from my story? Well I hope you have. I also hope that you have learned that this short story captures my interest with characters, conflicts, and theme. This book is a magnificent book and there are many great lessons in it.
Madison Morrone 4/5th period <3
A Biography
A book I found that really impressed me was A Child Called "IT". This is a very sad story about a mother who went from being the nicest mother possible, to being sick gross and just plain out disgusting. Throughout this short story, I will be taking you on a journey through the book. I don’t really approve of this book, because no parent should have to put such and innocent child through this. Some mothers have perverted, inappropriate minds. Some of the examples I will be express make me literally want to vomit.
First, "IT" is Dave. He is a little boy with tremendous dreams. When Dave was a little child, Catherine, the mother, was so sweet and would do anything for her three sons. One of Dave's favorite places is the Russian River because that’s when there family spends most of their time together. The father, Steven came from Australia. The two older brothers where Stan and Rusty. In this story , the brothers never where abused or anything. It’s very sad because every day Dave has to go to school and get called names by everyone because he is hungry and smells horrid. There are many conflicts to this story. As you can see, i will be expressing them to you. First, Dave's mother abuses him sexually, mentally, and physically. I feel so guilty for him, its so upsetting. Second, Dave never did a solitary thing wrong, but his mom still made up excuses. For example: Once Dave's mother yanked his arm out of socket and told him to sleep on the top bunk, later on to know she just did that to make up the excuse that he had fallen from the top bunk.
Very often you see mothers pulling, yanking, biting and punching their kids. That’s abuse. There are many life lessons to learn, one don’t make fun of someone because they smell bad and look bad. Sometimes they can’t help it and by making fun of them, it just makes it worse.
Now, I will be expressing my feelings for this novel. Once in this book, the mom wouldn't feed him so he snuck frozen hotdogs and ate them. He later had cramps and his mother made him vomit then eat it. Another time, his mom shoved defecation is his face from his little baby Brother Russell’s diaper. Very often you see mothers pulling, yanking, biting, and hitting their kids. That is called abuse. There are many life lessons to learn, one didn’t make fun of someone because they smelled bad and look bad. Sometimes they cant help it and by making fun of them, just make it worse.
As a result, a book I found that really impressed me was A Child Called 'It". Even though it was horrid and it made me feverish with exhaustion, it was inspiring, now I know I will never abuse my kids! I also I have never been abused which makes it a whole lot better. When I’m older, I want to help children in need. I want to be an Oncologist and I want to change lives. Its an extravagant event and novel. 4th and 5th period(:
"A Child Called It."
A biography that interested me was, A Child Call “It.” Throughout the story, "A Child Called It," many elements capture my interest. One element that caught my attention would be the characters. The main character, David extremely caught my attention in the story. Dave is brutally abused throughout the story. For example, he is beaten by his mother nearly every day. Another example would be that his mother rarely feeds him; and when she does it is his brothers' leftovers. As a result of Dave's mother not feeding him; he continuously steals from other students' lunches at school. A third example would be that his Dave's mother forces him to wear the same outfit to school every day, which Dave compares to Swiss cheese because of the holes in them, to humiliate him. Another example is that Dave’s mother abuses Dave and not the other children. To illustrate this, she calls them superlative children. A final example would be that Dave's mother demands Dave to sleep in the garage every night.
Another character that stood out to me was Catherine Roerva. Catherine is Dave's abusive mother. I would describe Catherine as a very complex character. For example, Catherine is what someone would call "the perfect mother," in the beginning of the story. Towards the middle Catherine begins to abuse Dave and continuously does it throughout the story. I would also describe her as two-faced. Catherine is very different towards Dave and her husband when people are around. In conclusion, these two characters were very interesting to me.
Another element that captured my interest was the conflicts throughout the story. There were many conflicts in this story between the members of Dave's family. For example, Dave's mother Catherine abusing Dave was the main conflict of the story. Another conflict would be that when Catherine abuses Dave, Dave's little brothers ignore him. Subsequently, they would act like it was okay. For example, when Dave's mother would beat him, his little brothers continued to play. Another conflict was that Dave's mother and father always fought. For example, Dave's father, Stephen, is scared of Catherine. In summary, there were many conflicts throughout the story, but these managed to steal my attention the most.
The author, Dave Pelzer, displays several themes throughout the story. In my opinion, I believe that the theme in this story is that you should always appreciate and be thankful for what you have because some people in the world are not as lucky. For example, I have loving family, great friends, and I'm also very thankful that I am able to eat at least three meals a day. Another theme the author displays is never given up. For example, although Dave is brutally abused every day of his life, he stays strong and never gives up on anything. Also, although Dave's mother is abusive and an alcoholic he still loves her. In summary, this book explains several life lessons that everyone should follow.
In conclusion, this short story displays many elements, such as, characters, conflict, and theme. These elements greatly capture my interest. In my opinion, I would recommend this book to people of all ages. It is an amazing book and I would defiantly read it again.
Olivia Moroose
4th and 5th period (:
Sydnee Shaffer
4th and 5th period :)<3
A Bibliography
The story "The Child Called It" is a life changing story. This is a awesome book to read to make you appreciate what kind of family you have and what kind of life you have. The main character in this story is David and he is abused by his mom. This is a very cruel and evil woman. David does everything he can to survive. David’s dad was the only thing David could count on. After a while his dad gave up and he never spoke up and told his wife to stop. Dave also has brothers which are forbidden to talk to Dave and ignore him. The only character that caught my eye was David’s mother. She punished him by beating him and hurting him in mental ways. His mother is evil and cruel. And what did I think of this story? I thought it was sickening and cruel.
In this story there are many conflicts. The first conflict would be Dave is the only child in the family that is abused and is punished. Second is his mother lied to the principle and doctor about Dave’s bruises and hurt arm. Another problem is that Dave’s dad does not try to help Dave or stands up for Dave and is scared of his own wife. His mother told his brothers that they were forbidden to talk to Dave. The last conflict is Dave’s mom stabbed him by accident but before that she said, “That if he didn't do the dishes fast enough that she was going to kill him."
The theme of this story is that I should appreciate what I have as a family and what my life is like. And how greatly fortunate I am. Dave is abused and doesn't at home and is not taken care of. This story is very sad as far as everything that happens in this story. This story is really a sad story. Which some kids should read that don't appreciate what they have. How they should love their mom and dad more than anything. They should also appreciate that they don't get abused and that they are fed. And to thing about the one that are not fed or abused everyday and that smell horrible. And wear the same clothes over and over every week. I appreciate everything and everyone that is in my life.
The story "The Child Called It" is a life changing story. This book is a very sad but cruel story. But Dave is saved but is taken to foster care and is moved from to house to house. At least he does not get beat now and is away from his mother. There are so many other conflicts too in this story. I feel so sorry for Dave and wished that they would have caught his mom a long time ago. But I definitely recommend this book to everyone.
"A Child Called It"
A story that inspired me and changed my point of view on the humongous world was the story called "A Child Called It". This story happens in the late 1960's in California, in David's "Dave's" childhood home. The author is Dave Peltzer, he is also the main character "A Child Called It" is a true story about a boy "Dave" who is abused and hammered by his drunken mother Catherine. His father Stephen just observes and lets this happen. Dave had three brothers he was the oldest. His brother's were Stan, Russle, and Randel. However Dave was the only one who got abused and neglected. Catherine would throw him across a room and then laugh when he cried, this women had no right to be called mother by anyone.
The family used to be the best household; they had the best house the new car a shining family! For example they were like the families you see on tv, absolute perfection! They had pets, the boy's got toy's and presents, and they always decorated the house for holidays! Their house was the best in the neighborhood, everyone wanted to be in that family. Soon things started to change, Catherine "mother" would drink, smoke, and watch tv all day she wouldn't even get dressed. Catherine would be mean and vicious to the boys, Russle hadn't been born yet. She would send them too look for lost things, but wouldn't tell them what they were looking for. First it was all the boys, but then only Dave would be sent on these wild searches. Moreover when Stephen "dad" came home she would get dressed up a and cook dinner for them. When Stephen wasn't home Catherine would make Dave stand in front of the mirror then slam his face into it and make him stare at himself and say "I'm a bad boy! I'm a bad boy!". Every airing of commercials she did this, or something else terrible. Finally Catherine and Stephen started fighting, screaming. Things soon changed again, it didn't matter if Stephen was in the house any more Catherine would beat Dave, hit, and slap him one time Catherine even dislocated his arm, and told the Doctor that he fell off the top bunk bed.
Before too long Dave wasn't even considered part of the family. When she wouldn't feed him, Dave started to steal food. When Catherine found out about this she was furious so she would put ammonia on a spoon and make him swallow it. One day she made him regurgitate his stolen food then eat it. Dave would sleep downstairs in the basement on an old army cot with newspapers as blankets. The other children never said a word about how she treated their brother for fear she would do the same to them. There are many life lessons in this inspiring true story. For example, I learned to be grateful for what I have other people have life so much worse! Also I have learned that Child Abuse isn't something people make up its real! Catherine was threatening Dave one day and was waving a knife in his face when she was drunk and lost he balance and stabbed him, Dave thought that he was finally free, he was going to die. After he relized that he was free he decided not to give up, because Dave didn't want to give Catherine the satisfaction of not having to deal with him any more!
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"A Child Called It"
A story that inspired me and changed my point of view on the humongous world was the story called "A Child Called It". This story happens in the late 1960's in California, in David's "Dave's" childhood home. The author is Dave Peltzer, he is also the main character "A Child Called It" is a true story about a boy "Dave" who is abused and hammered by his drunken mother Catherine. His father Stephen just observes and lets this happen. Dave had three brothers he was the oldest. His brother's were Stan, Russle, and Randel. However Dave was the only one who got abused and neglected. Catherine would throw him across a room and then laugh when he cried, this women had no right to be called mother by anyone.
The family used to be the best household; they had the best house the new car a shining family! For example they were like the families you see on tv, absolute perfection! They had pets, the boy's got toy's and presents, and they always decorated the house for holidays! Their house was the best in the neighborhood, everyone wanted to be in that family. Soon things started to change, Catherine "mother" would drink, smoke, and watch tv all day she wouldn't even get dressed. Catherine would be mean and vicious to the boys, Russle hadn't been born yet. She would send them too look for lost things, but wouldn't tell them what they were looking for. First it was all the boys, but then only Dave would be sent on these wild searches. Moreover when Stephen "dad" came home she would get dressed up a and cook dinner for them. When Stephen wasn't home Catherine would make Dave stand in front of the mirror then slam his face into it and make him stare at himself and say "I'm a bad boy! I'm a bad boy!". Every airing of commercials she did this, or something else terrible. Finally Catherine and Stephen started fighting, screaming. Things soon changed again, it didn't matter if Stephen was in the house any more Catherine would beat Dave, hit, and slap him one time Catherine even dislocated his arm, and told the Doctor that he fell off the top bunk bed.
Before too long Dave wasn't even considered part of the family. When she wouldn't feed him, Dave started to steal food. When Catherine found out about this she was furious so she would put ammonia on a spoon and make him swallow it. One day she made him regurgitate his stolen food then eat it. Dave would sleep downstairs in the basement on an old army cot with newspapers as blankets. The other children never said a word about how she treated their brother for fear she would do the same to them. There are many life lessons in this inspiring true story. For example, I learned to be grateful for what I have other people have life so much worse! Also I have learned that Child Abuse isn't something people make up its real! Catherine was threatening Dave one day and was waving a knife in his face when she was drunk and lost he balance and stabbed him, Dave thought that he was finally free, he was going to die. After he relized that he was free he decided not to give up, because Dave didn't want to give Catherine the satisfaction of not having to deal with him any more!
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In conclusion, I have learned so many different life lessons, I learned more about child abuse. Also i learned some of the signs of child abuse and that it really does happen, and that we shan't be ashamed of what we have and be thankful! To summarize David had been abused since before he was in kindergarten till the fifth grade! Can you imagine you mother treating you like that when you were that small for that long in your life? His mother was terrible Dave thought of his dad as a super hero, then his dad turned him a cold shoulder. They went from the perfect family to a awful relationship with drunken parents, who beat their kids and one of them didn't even notice! I just vaguely touched the real story of Dave Peltzer's redundant life. This is a story that changed my life forever.
By: Madison Urse 4th and 5th period
"A Child Called It"
A biography that truly impressed me a lot was, "A Child Called 'It'", written by David Peltzer. This story took place in California around the year 1960. First I will explain each one of the main characters of this book. They included Dave, his mother, his father, his brothers, the school Principal, and the nurse. David was a young boy who was continuously abused and beaten by his mother. The abuse started when small Dave was in the first grade. His mother was a very cruel woman. She would always devise sick and twisted games and then watch as her son suffered. She was an alcoholic. David's father was the only thing David looked forward to seeing. Every day when he came home, David knew he would be saved from the harsh beatings. His two brothers acted as though he didn't exist. They never looked at him or even acknowledged his presence. Principal Hansen was a very loving and kind-hearted man. He was the one that finally put Dave out of his misery by calling the police. The school's nurse was a loving person as well. Each morning she'd search David's bruised and starving body for more life-threatening injuries.
There were several major conflicts that occurred in this story. One of them was how David had to steal food every day from his classmates. His mother barely fed him. Even when she did, it was only mere left-overs from his other siblings. Eventually, David was caught. The school notified his mother and she fed him even less. As a result of this, he stole food from the cafeteria. Mother eventually realized this and made him regurgitate his entire prize. David was always beaten by his mom. She had beaten him so hard that his arm broke. One day she was threatening to kill him, and a knife flew out of her hand and stabbed him in the chest. Her punishments got even worse and one evening while they were home alone, she told him to lay on the stove nude so she could watch him burn.
Also, there were minor conflicts and clashes with his classmates. Poor and innocent David was forced to sit by an open window because no one wanted to sit next to "smeltzer-peltzer." He couldn't escape his abuse from home, because it also carried into the classroom. No one wanted him at his own home, or at his school. Dave didn't really have any friends, so he really did not have anyone to talk to. He just kept to himself. All he could do was pray for a miracle. A miracle that would someday come.
In the begging of this bibliograpy, David had it made. He was blessed with the perfect family. They had a blast whenever they were together. Eventually, things headed downhill. His mother and father began to have a "happy hour" every day at 3. Then, they'd drink until they weren't able to anymore. After a while, his mother got hooked. She became a full-blown alcoholic. Her routine consisted of the following: drinking, sleeping, and eating. As time passed she added one more thing to her to do list. And that was making David's life miserable. She would make up the most mind-blowing and cruel "games" that you could imagine.
Progressively, the games began to get even more and more terrifying. At first, it was just a simple time out. After those weren't successful anymore, she began the mirror treatment. His mother would smash his face against the mirror and make him repeat the phrase "I'm a bad boy." Her goal was very simple; make David feel worthless. She never succeeded though. He didn't even give up hope when she told him to strip and lay on the top of the stove. He used his brain and out-smarted the demon. She treated David like a slave and made him do whatever she said. She was in control.
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As you can see, this short story is very inspiring and impressive. After I described the characters, the multiple conflicts, and the plot, I bet you're pretty curious about what this story is like. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to read a truly incredible tale. David Peltzer inspired many children to never give up even when the odds are totally against you. His life story is so impressive. There are a number of conflicts in this story and I have no idea how he overcame all of them.
Mia Manzo 4th & 5th Period (:
The Story of Dave
By: Rainy Heston 4/5 period
One story that stands out in my mind that impressed me greatly was "A Child Called "It"' by Dave Peltzer. This book was a biography of Dave's young childhood. It takes place back in his home state California. This inspirational story had many characters including Dave, who the young boy between ages 5-10 is growing up with his abusive Mother. His mother was a despicable, sinful, twisted woman. She would do, say, and treat him in way unimaginable. There was also his father who really tried to assistance Dave out but never usually accomplished his begs. A few more Characters included his brothers, who didn't even speak Dave, The principle, who called the police, and finally "freed" Dave, And the Nurse who every day would count Dave's bruises and scrapes. Also, over all there weren't many that could save Dave but, himself.
Otherwise, this story wasn't always so sad in his early years and Dave started out in a happy family being loved and recognized. But, as he got older things got worse. As you can see around the time of kindergarten his mother started being very, very, abusive toward only him. Next in the First grade he had to start stealing food from other student and would go to school every day with more bruises. All the children had disgust toward him and though he was gross. He didn't have an easy life at all and there was nowhere for him to escape. At home he was treated like a slave and beating while at school he was teased and bullied constantly. Some examples of his abusive encounters include having to swallow phenomena, having to eat his little brother's poopy diaper, getting his head and body slammed around, and getting his teeth knocked out. Then some examples of school would be him being called despicable, horrible nicknames like "Smelltzer Peltzer''. There were so many effects he had to go through. Could you ever imagine going through some thing like that?
This story had a very sad mood. He had to do so many things and didn’t get anything in return. The worse thing was that the older he got the more violent it got and he had to fear for his life more. He was forced to sleep in a freezing garage on a cold wood cot and newspaper for covers. He was beaten constantly every day and night of his life and As usual he had a lot of bruises. There were also times were she would almost kill him, for example there was a time when his mother stabbed him in the torso and nearly killed him. Lastly he was never feed so he had to steal food or not eat. But, soon his mom caught on and started making him throw up the sustenance. As a result he was never treated in a fair manner till he was taken into foster care.
Therefore, I have come to learn that this was an inspirational story of a young boy's will to survive. I also learned that life can always change so make what you have of it. I've also learned how fortunate and blessed I am to have a family that loves and cares about me! All I have to say is that prayers go out to the children who have to go through Dave's story.
The Story of a Child in Need
By Deborah Wright
I have read several books during the course of my life, but not many of those have been short stories. However, I recently read a short story that impressed me greatly. The book was titled A Child Called 'It'. This short story is about one of the worst cases of child abuse in the history of the United States of America. This story takes place in California in the 1970s, and it is about a young boy named Dave who was abused by his mother. Dave was abused by Catherine Roerva from the time he was only four years old until he was finally taken from home in fifth grade when he was twelve years old.
The atmosphere this story portrays is quite terrible. This story conveys pain and suffering. In A Child Called 'It', Dave is abused by his mother, Catherine Roerva. First, the punishments began with her just making him stand in the corner, which wasn't too bad, but he had to be punished even when he didn't do anything wrong. A good analogy to the "corner treatment" is a time-out. Later on, he graduated to the "mirror treatment." In this punishment, his mother smashed his face against the window and made him say, "I'm a bad boy." He had to repeat the sentence several times and stand with his face pressed against the mirror until one of his brothers would ask their mother if he could go out and play with them. This was his main punishment for a long time.
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While the "corner treatment" and the "mirror treatment" were bad, they were only the beginning of Dave's story of child abuse. One day, when his mother got drunk, she started beating him and ripped his arm out of its socket. The dislocated shoulder was bad enough that his mother had to take him to the hospital, where his mother just claimed that he fell out of the top bunk of his bunk bed. After that event was over, she stopped him from going to Cub Scouts. When he stayed home one day, Catherine dragged him over to the stove, turned it on, and held his arm over the burning fire. In the process of trying to get him to lie down on it, she beat him many times. He claimed that he won, though, because he wasn't forced onto the fire. He got lucky, however; his brother returning from Cub Scouts made his mother stop. When they went on vacation a while later, she took one of his baby brother's diapers and shoved it in his face while his father and brothers went swimming. To say her comments were not kind is an understatement. She smeared the diaper and defecation all over his face and then told him to eat it. When he refused, she got a new, stinkier, and somehow even more disgusting diaper and told him to eat it. She grabbed his head and shoved his face into the diaper, breaking his nose in the process. She beat him repeatedly until the rest of their family got back from the lake, and then told him to clean himself up and left him alone, even thought blood was running down his face from a broken nose. After that, his mother started starving him. Naturally, he started to steal food. At first it was just from other student's lunches, but then he got in trouble for that. He left school to steal food from the store, but eventually he was caught. After he was transferred to a new school, he tried to steal the frozen lunches the school was given. He managed to eat them, but when he got home, his mother made him regurgitate the half-digested hot dogs and then made him eat the vomit in front of his father. His mother then fed him bleach and other cleaning supplies. She also sent him to the bathroom to clean the floor while mixing two of the materials in a bucket. When mixed, the materials produced a gas, and Dave had to struggle to stay alive. Shortly after that, the floor under the table became his bed; old newspapers were blankets. Eventually, he was moved to an old army cot in the basement. When he would eat, his mother only gave him a short amount of time. Once, while drunk, she threatened him with a knife. It was just an accident, but she toppled over and stabbed him. He survived that, but only just. This horror show continued for many years. Eventually, his nurse rescued him. He was taken away from his home when he was twelve years old and in fifth grade and was finally taken to child protection services. This was one of few happy moments in the story, but it wasn't for several years after the beginning of the abuse. The atmosphere of this story obviously wasn't pleasant until the end.
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A Child Called 'It' arouses many moods, but the one that I felt most was horror. I can't imagine how anybody could hurt a child. To think that it was his own mother that was torturing him just makes the entire ordeal worse for me personally. I am absolutely horrified and disgusted on how his mother treated him. She as good as forced him to drink poison. She beat him repeatedly, and she didn't even feel sorry about it. The entire ordeal is absolutely awful. I also feel grateful for my family. While I do fight with my family a lot, the worst thing that ever happens to me is getting sent to my room! I can't even imagine all of the terrible things that Dave had to deal with happening to me. The closest thing to child abuse that happened in my family was when my mother spanked me four times with a paddle for refusing to eat a sandwich I asked for. That punishment was actually deserved, though. None of Dave's terrible "crimes" were real. His mother just punished him for existing. This entire story was entirely horrific.
A Child Called 'It' impressed me greatly. While the story conveys several horrific events that happened to a young Dave Pelzer, it was excellently written. That is not the only reason for my liking it, though. I liked A Child Called 'It' for more than just the actual writing. The story itself was amazing. I absolutely loved how clearly it showed his tale. His early life was clearly portrayed in this short story. I was horrified by how nobody saved him until fifth grade, but I was happy because he was saved. A Child Called 'It' impressed me greatly, and I plan on reading it again in my life.
The Interesting Story "A Child Called It"
By: Michael Nuzum II
In the book "A Child Called It", there are many interesting characters. The main character for this exceptional book is David. David gets ferociously abused by his mother, Catherine. For example, he is beaten severely, she hits him in the face, and she rarely feeds him. When she does feed him, he gets his little brother's breakfast leftovers. David has to stand in the basement or sit on the steps when he gets home from school. He is not allowed to be anywhere else in the house unless he is told otherwise. Catherine makes David wear the same exact clothes every day of the week. For example, he said his shirt has more holes in it than Swiss cheese does. David's mother is two-faced. For example, she is abusive to Dave but when his dad gets home from work, she is nice and sweet.
In this mind-churning book, there are many conflicts. Catherine, Dave's mother, lies about everything. For example, she was abusing Dave and dislocated his arm. She told him to sleep on the top bunk so it looked like an accident. The next day she took him to the hospital and told the nurse that he fell off of the top bunk. The dad doesn't do anything to help David. He is scared of Catherine. I would be too though. She is very strict and doesn't let David do anything. When she abuses David, his little brothers just sit there and watch him get abused. It's very cruel and disgusting. The stuff she does to him is just unreal.
This book makes me feel very sad because this is a non-fiction story. That means that this story is real and all of the events occurring actually happened. This story is very sad. It is so cruel too because she does very harsh things to David. One time, she made him strip down into his underwear and she burned his arm. When the school advisors found out that David's mother was abusing him, they called her. When David got home, he got the beating of his life. This book makes me feel supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I would hate to be in David's shoes because he goes through so much pain. Life is hard for David. This book is horrifying. The sad thing is that David's mother didn't even go to jail for any of this.
In conclusion, this book is perplexing. It is miserable. I'm very grateful that my mother and father don't abuse me. This book is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to me. This book is just unexplainable. As you can see, Dave gets brutally abused by his mother Catherine. She is very cruel and I think she wants to kill him. This non-fictional book is just down right horrifying and sad. It's really sad because this is actually a true story. I feel really bad for Dave. Now, both of his parents are deceased but he is still very much alive. This book is quite interesting though. It gets you excited to keep reading.
Michael Nuzum
4th/5th
A Biography that Impressed Me Greatly is "A Child Called "It" "
The story that most impressed me greatly is called "A Child Called "It" " It really inspired me because hearing how this boy was treated had me thinking how bad his life was , and I always thought that I had mean parents but after reading this I don't think I do at all ! The main characters of this story were Mom, Dad, Dave (main character) , The brothers, and the school nurse. The mom was the abuser she was the only parent that would abuse her kids, other ways to describe is evil and heartless and many more things. The dad is the next character i'm going to tell you about. The father is a fire fighter and works half of the time of his life and never is home when all of this madness is happening. Once the father had found out what the mother was doing he didnt say anything but ignore the child and act like e wasnt there , I think of the father to as heartless and careless and also a little bit afraid. The brothers are the next they act like nothings happening to their brother and completly ignore him and their selffish and they tease him and snitch on him. The school nurse is the one that checks Dave everyday to see all of his bruises and cuts. The nurse is the one that gets dave to freedom and away from all the madness. Finally the last character is Dave. Dave is the main character and also the author, his mother is the only one that gets abused out of four kids. For right now that is all I can say about the characters you will find more out about them.
Ashley Bright 7/8th
At first the mother was extremly nice to Dave and would't hurt a fly. But for the most part the mother started having alcohol addictions and every single day she would start drinking at three o'clock and it never had been stopped. The first sign of abuse to Dave was called "the mirror treatment" the mirror treatment was Dave had to sit infront of the bathroom mirror and his mom would smash his face against the mirror and after she was done with that she usually made him stand there and say over and over again "im a bad boy". The next abuse was the "stove treatment" The mother made Dave take off all of his cloths and held his arm down and burned him on the gas stove and wouldnt stop. When she finally did it was just to tell him to lay ontop of the hot stove. Dave would look at the clock and wait for his brother or someone to get home so he wouldnt have to lay ontop of the burning substance. The next treatment was when the whole family went on vaction and the boys were going to a park to play the mother told Dave he wasnt aloud to go and that he would have to stay here with her all alone. The mom took an old solid diaper and smushed everything up all over the little boy's face and then told him to eat it ! The boy refused but mother stuffed it inside of his mouth. Later on mother made up some new treatments called the "gas chamber" the Bathtub treatment" and getting stabbed. The gas chamber was the worst he said the mother would put amenia and chrolox and mix it in a bucket and leave the boy in the bathtub with the door shut and make him sit in there until the bathroom was clean. He gagged and gagged and didnt like that feeling, he thought that he was going to die. Next the mother was really drunk and told the boy he had thirty minutes to do the dishes or she would kill him! On accident the mother was dizzy and the knife slipped out of her hands and hit the boy right in the stomache, the mother was still aggrivating and didnt care and told him to keep doing the dishes.
In this book nobody apperciated there family and that is upsetting. Child abuse is such a horrible thing and I would never see anyone in this world doing this to there child it is cruel! People in this world need to start apperciating what they have. But if they ont they will soon relize it once there gone.
In conclusion what I had learned from this book his that never take your parents for granted and think that they are mean. You never know how bad you have it until things like this actually happen to you! So apperciate what you have and never get to gready. This book has made me upset disgusting, just think what has this world came to ? I feel terrible for this boy and wish him the best in his future life.
Ashley Bright 7/8th
A short story that has impressed me is “A Child Called “IT””.
In the beginning of this book the main character and narrator of the story named David. The story starts out when he is being abused while he is in the fifth grade then the flashback takes us to his very early childhood back when everything was “perfect” for an example he wasn’t abused by his mother and he had a “normal” child’s life. The mothers named Catherine abused David and treated the other children better even those who weren’t hers. The oldest brother of David is Ron he is the oldest of them. Then there is David he was held back and is referred to by the mother as “The Boy”. Then there is Stan who is the youngest to begin in the book, but he is a grade older since David was held back. Later on there is a fourth boy named Russell. He’s mother’s boy and is Catherine’s little lookout also he is another excuse for the mother to get away with the abuse on David. The youngest boy who is abused after David is taken away is Kevin. He is the youngest and is abused after David is taken away from the mother. Another important character is Stephen Joseph, the father. He is referred to by David has his protector, because of the mother he works extra hours to stay away from her. He also sneaks food to David while his starving periods. For example David's mother gave him many punishments mostly take away food and when she did Stephen would help David.
In this short story there were many conflicts between Catherine and David mostly, sometimes Stephen and Catherine would have a conflict over David. One conflict was that the mother was intoxicated and threatened David, but after a few minutes of threatening she stabbed him in the chest. Another is when Stephen decides that the starving was wrong and Catherine didn’t agree. Every time he lost, for an example they fought for hours, but Stephen wasn’t as willing as Catherine, therefore leading to a loss. After the father had lost it only worsened the mother’s mood therefore beating David even more.
This story aroused a mood of sorrow and of thankfulness. Sorrow because of how David is treated and abused. For an example not even noticed or is beaten if is noticed. All of the ways that she abuses him brings sorrow to me and it makes me think that she needs to be executed. The Thankfulness was from the way my family treats me, and that I'm not like David. Therefore this book has affected me very much and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
In conclusion this short story is a very good one and is well thought out as well. My life will be changed as of the day I started reading this.
Peyton Ozie 7/8th period.
To begin my short story I that impressed me greatly would be this crazy book called "A Child Called It". To summarize this story or contrast this book into a whole it would go a little like this. Once a humble young child named Dave was just like any other 7 year old boy, loved, cherished by his two parents and three other brothers had a home and clothing on his back. But one horrifying evening coming back from one of there yearly family vacation as usually they would come home then watch a movie. Instead his mother starts to attach him calling him a "bad boy" thrashing at him like a wolf! Not anyone could figure out the reason for this mindless behavior. For example She would beat him, burse him, torture him until the boy became purple from head to toe! He would work around his mothers actions of hurting him otherwise, there would be nothing left of Dave. Soon, he would break out into tears of blood and cry until his face was num. She wouldn’t even care what she would act like to him in other words; She was an total awful living being.
For this too happen too a person with a sick and twisted and she would have him find this stuff somewhere thus, she would not be like this. For example, when he was young and healthy she would starve this child until all that was skin and bones latterly! Generally a mother would help there son, motivates him! But no she would put this boy other the stove and burn him, burn him until his flesh was falling off of his arms and landing onto the floor. For the most part Dave was his mother's child slave! She would make him cook her breakfast lunch and dinner and he wouldn't even get a speck of food in essence, he would be forced to do all for his chores and his brothers every morning and night in twenty minutes or he would get beaten even more than he already does every day. The question here is what were the teachers and school staff thinking in there heads when they saw Dave walking into the school dressed, smelled, and look like a total wreck? He would have a timed schedule of the day, eight o'clock wake up time then immediately cook breakfast for his mom, dad, run and Steve his brothers and he would not get fed any of it. Next, it would be time to leave the house and try to run to school for Dave. His mother would drive his brothers to school and kiss them good by every morning, David, got not one hug from either one of his parents séance the first grade. For illustration, Steve, Ron, and his dad would sit in front of the television and play board games as the warm toasty fire comforted the surroundings then you see poor defenseless Dave mopping and scrubbing the floors as his mother beats him senseless. For example, on a good day Dave would get four to five beatings and two to three threats about how she would eventfully kill him. On the bad days she would make him drink Clorox and urine
To start out how this mood was to appear in this jail of a house would become the unthinkable. The brothers of Dave would just sit there giggling and smirking at him wile that women that they call mother For example, cut him all over his legs, arms, and feet, until he bled till the point he would pass out, then he only had so much time till he had to get up and continue the choirs his farther has assigned of him to accomplish. As a rule, his mother would make him sleep on the cold concrete floor. During the chilly winter days
To come to conclusion this book is very heart lifting because, there would be nothing to do to help this child from being killed he would think of ways to steal food from kids because his mother refused to feed him! How discussing is that? I no for a fact that I wouldn’t even think twice about not doing that would put that lazy terrible lady and throw her into jail that is crazy but yet it interested me greatly. But for some odd reason, I wouldn’t read this book. Would you?
BIOGRAPHY
First of all, a short story that impressed me greatly is "A Child Called "It". " The setting of this story is in San Francisco which is a very big city in California in the 1970's. The setting also takes place at an elementary school and in a young boys house. This young boy's name is David but some people call him just Dave. David has two brothers and his mother only abuses him. He is only in first grade and his mom abuses him. She rarely feeds him and she doesn't give him any food unless he completes his chores. When he does complete his chores he only gets left over’s from his brothers cereal bowls.
Next, David has to steal food from his class mates without them finding out. He eventually gets caught and his classmates hide their lunch in the teachers closet. David then starts stealing food from other first grade class rooms. After he gets caught stealing from that class he is reported to the principle and he then cot called to the office for a meeting. Eventually, the school nurse told him that she wants him to come there everyday so she can inspect his body for any bruises. For example, just think how you would feel if this stuff happened to you. You wouldn't like it at all because you wouldn't get fed and you would have do everything she said or you would get beat.
Then, all of the characters i am going to describe are David, Mother, Father, and his brothers. I am going to start off describing David. David is a young first grader who gets abused by his mother. She makes him wear the same clothes for two years in a row and he said they looked like swiss cheese with all of the holes. He also said that his pants weren't any better. Now, I am going to describe his mother. His mother is nothing but a careless, inconsiderate, drunk. She doesn't care about her child David. She treats David the worst of all her kids. I am going to list some of her punishments. To start with, she made him drink ammonia, put his face in poop, made him eat poop, made him lay in freezing cold water and made him hold his head under it, she stabbed him, and locked him in the bathroom with a mix of Clorox and Ammonia.
Now, I am going to describe his brothers. His brothers get food and they get to play and they also don't get beat. One time when David was in the bathtub, his brothers brought their friends in and told them to look at their naked brother. Their friends knew that he was abused by their mother but they didn't tell their parents to try and help him out a little bit. His brothers got treated good and got to sleep in beds unlike David. David has to sleep in the garage on an old wooden army cot beside the hot water tank with no blankets. Finally, I am going to describe his father. His father was a nice man in the beginning of the book and tried to help David eat. He constantly tries to get David any food he can. Toward the middle of the book, his father doesn't even look at him.
Finally, this book is really really sad. I would not have wanted to be in his situation. I would do anything I could to get her arrested and finally just have a really good life. When his mother gets pregnant with Kevin, David’s father gives him all kinds of food and lets him play and have fun for once in his life. One time for Christmas, his mother bought him roller skates and made him skate in the winter with no jacket on to keep him warm. I figured that when the neighbors saw that they would realize that he is being abused because nobody would want to roller skate in the middle of winter with no jacket on to keep them warm. His mother made him mow grass and give her all of the money he made.
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To conclude, this is a very sad but true book. I can't even imagine what it must have been like for poor David all of those years. It must have been awful. I know he was saying that he wanted to die and be done with what was going on in his miserable life. He was in terrible pain and just wanted to be over with all of her games. I know that David is scared for life because of what happened to him. The theme of this story is saying to never judge someone if your not sure what’s going on in their life. It is also to understand how bad child abuse is and that you NEED to know what the signs of child abuse are.
In this story there is a young boy named David who gets abused by his mother. David is in the first grade when he starts to get abused by his mother all the time. David has 2 brothers in the beginning of the story and 4 brothers at the end of this book. 2 of his brother’s names are Ronald and Stan. They get treated very well by their mother. She feeds them breakfast and if his mother is in a good mood she will let David eat their leftover cereal about 5 hours later. You are probably wondering what David’s dad does while his mother abuses him. David’s dad is a firefighter which means he is not home sometimes. When David’s father is not home his mother takes advantage of that and abuses him every chance she has to do so. David’s 2 little brothers names are Russell and Kevin Russell is 5 years old at the end of the book. Kevin is 3 months old at the end of the book.
David is getting abused in many various ways. First his mother makes him strip down naked. Then, she turns on all 4 burners on the stove and she tried forcing him to lie on top of the stove so he could burn himself. Mothers plan did not work for long. David figured out how to resist burning himself by shaking her back and forth. For 6 years old David was very smart. His teachers say that David is the smartest kid in the class. First, He always listened to what the teacher was saying. Then, he would always turn his work in. His mother abused him in many other ways. His mother sometimes gave him the “Gas Chamber” treatment. The gas chamber treatment is when she mixes ammonia and Clorox together so when David smells it he will pass out. David also had to lie in the bathtub filled with ice cold water for around 7 hours. Once his mother stabbed him! She was drunk in a rocking chair swinging a knife back and forth and she accidentally let go and it flew and hit him directly in the stomach. She would not take him to the hospital because she wanted no one to know she stabbed her son.
In this book the author wants to tell everyone reading the short story that they should take advantage of their family because some people don’t even have a family or they just get abused by their family. The story is a non-fiction story, which means the author’s mother used to abuse him. At school when David was asked “what happened?” he would reply “Oh, it was just an accident.” If David told anyone his mother beat him and his mother found out about it, she would abuse him even more. Once when they were on vacation his mother made him eat poop out of his brother’s diaper. That night David coughed up blood for the whole night and then puked up blood. None of his family members even cared to check on him.
“A Child Called “it” ”
A biography that impressed me greatly is "A Child Called "It" " It is based on a true story told by the person himself. That is what impressed me the most. I've only been reading this for about a week or so, and I’m in love with it! It is a great movie I would recommend it to anyone. It gives a lot of outlooks on life and how the people act. It makes me want to appreciate life much more! It took place in California, in the 1970's!
The atmosphere conveyed by the story is very upsetting. This little boy is getting abused on a daily bases! Just imagine if that was you, living your life like that! His mom didn't love him, at all! She treated him very badly. Showed no type of respect for him tortured him for any apparent reason! She treated his brother Ron and Stan amazingly. They never went through anything that Dave did. It is the saddest book I have ever read. At one point in time the mother was a fantastic mom, then all of the sudden she is a terrible mom. Ever known someone whose mom just didn’t care about anything? She seemed like that with her other kids, but if Dave messed up one thing then everything is a nightmare from there! The atmosphere there had to be very awkward and fear. However it was just for David. If he had to do something he had to do it, right then and there! Otherwise he would get beaten! Consequently he didn't get to eat. He also didn’t get to play with his brother. He had nobody. When his dad was home was his only faith. His mother, Catherine never beat him while his father was home. Never the less did it end though! It seemed as if it would never end.
The story aroused a sad, depressing mood. Nothing in this book could possibly make you smile. If so then you have no heart. This is a very good detailed book. His mother never got in trouble or nothing! I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have to live with her. She mad him do this thing called the gas chamber, she would mix ammonia and Clorox, and then she would shut the door and make him clean the bathroom. It can really kill someone. She has stabbed David before in the chest. She once made him take her clothes off and lay completely down in freezing cold water! If he tried to get up she would push him down. Generally if you’re in a cold place for a long period of time, then your going to get hypothermia. You can simply loose the parts of the body that was exposed to the cold temperature. Whenever he would get out, Catherine wouldn't let him use a towel. David had to put back on his clothes and sit outside. Instead of him sitting in the warm sun, she made him sit in the shade. Whenever the boy went to school the nurse would record all the marks he has. One day the cops came and he finally got taken out of custody. The cop took him out of town and promised he'd be safe. He said he wasn't really sure what was going to happen next, such as if she will take it out on his brother or just give up! David was in fifth grade and under when all this was happening. He knew the games she played and played them back. He was a very intelligent kid. A food heart and head on his shoulder. However, his mom made him seem worthless, no good, and a bad kid. When in reality she made him like that! He would steal people’s food from school due to the fact that his mother wouldn't feed him at home! For example, we eat whenever, our parents cook for us and all that, his mother doesn't! Whenever she does let him eat its scraps from his brother’s plates
In conclusion, the mother was a very abusive woman. David had to have lived a hard life. Nothing he did was ever good enough. He felt very hopeless, but he still remained to have faith in life. Now day’s people would probably do some crazy stuff, no he dealt with it! I couldn't go through anything that he has. David is still leaving and has other books out. He is an amazing author. In other words his words and story are well described. The fact that this is true, breaks my heart. His brother also has a book out. I looks forward to reading it also
A biography that impressed me greatly was "A Child Called 'It'". To start with, the main character in this story is Dave Pelzer. He is also the author. He wrote the book about his terribly abusive childhood. The abusive one was the mom, Catherine. She used to be a loving and caring mother who loved her life and family. Then she started drinking more and more as time went on and after the corner treatment, she got carried away. Her tortures just kept getting worse and worse. Although, the only one of her sons that she treated badly was Dave. The father tried to help him but Catherine controlled everything and everyone in the house. Russel was a toddler during most of the beating and yet he was his mom's little helper. Not in the beating, of course, but he would watch him to make sure he did what he was told. Poor Russel never had the chance to get to know his brother. Dave was only known anymore as the "bad boy" in the house. The nurse, on the other hand, knew better than to believe the lame excuses that his mom brainwashed into him. So every morning she would have him strip down into his underwear and she would keep a record of all the marks and phony excuses that Dave had. She helped David a lot.
Nevertheless, David had many conflicts as a child, for all he really knew was fear. His mom used to make him lay in a bathtub filled with ice cold water for hours at a time and then she made him go outside in the shade while the sun was going down. Before hand, she made him get naked and held his arm over the burning stove. She then tried to force him to lay on it but he bought time until his brother got home. Catherine stopped so David grabbed his clothes and made a run for it. Another torture he had to go through was when his mom poured ammonia and Clorox into a bucket in the bathroom, and then made him clean the bathroom. He then scooted the bucket to the door and put a damp cloth over his nose and mouth. He did the bathroom but afterwards, he went back downstairs to his garage bedroom and vomited blood for about an hour. Yet that wasn't even the worst part. For example, one day when they were home alone, his mom shoved one of the baby's dirty diapers into his face. Afterwards, she tried to make him eat what was in the diaper. When he refused, she took his head ad slammed his face into it, rubbing from side to side. In other words, Dave had a horrible childhood because of his abusive mom and non-supportive family.
To end with, there are many different themes to this story. One of the themes is to love your family because of what Dave went through with his mom, brothers, and father. Another theme is to aware us of the horrors of child abuse. We may not think so but there are many people out there who do terrible, mind blowing things to their children. Courage is also one. For example, no matter how hard his mom pushed, beat, and tortured him, he would always have the courage to survive. I think that is amazing since David was only in grade school when this was all happening and he was smart enough to survive all that time.
In conclusion, Dave Pelzer is a great writer and he was very brave to write a story about his childhood. It was a heart breaking tale but it all ended up ok. An officer came and took him to foster care when he was in the fifth grade. That's wonderful that he had that much courage. I cannot wait to read the other books he has written. Therefore, Dave Pelzer is cool.
Jordyn Weaver
7th and 8th period
"The Child "It." "
To begin with I’m going to be writing about a story that I read in my reading class, it’s about boy little boy named David who is repeatly getting abused bad his mom because hence he was begin a "bad boy!" This story for the most part based on a truth story , and since it is as I go on through out the story telling you the heart breaking parts and good parts but not so good you might just have to stop reading this and legit cry! David's dad's name was Stephen Joseph he is the mom's ex husband and he's a firefighter. In brief he knew what mother was doing to David and he just wouldn't do not one thing about it at lot nevertheless while the mom was abusing David as a result all he did was sat there and let her beat him half to death. On balance the Nurse at David’s school would always take him into her office and undress Dave from head to toe and write a brief summary about all of the wounds like for example there was a wound on him from were his mom stabbed.
Mean while there are a couple of things that were good and bad, sometimes I would have to stop and let someone else read because it was so sad. Like wise there was a part in the story that really caught my eye was when he was in the Cub Scouts his mom offered to help out on the scouts, so after that they let her join and as a member while this was happening the mom was begin nice to all the other kids those kids would always tell David that they wanted a mom just like his in David’s mind he was thinking no you don't! Have you ever had a mom that would treat you like that? On the on the other hand there were also good parts in the story like one illusion his mother would always have Christmas parties for him.
In case you didn't know there were several ways his mom abused him was she put him into the bathroom of his house and put bucket of absolutely nothing but Clorox and a lot of different cleaning things. On day David went to school and there was a opened window in the back of the class room, hence the teacher made him sit in the back beside the open window because she said he stunk really. Generally His shirt he would wear to school every single day of school and it had tons of wholes in it from his mom beating him so badly so therefore all of the students in his class called him Swiss cheese didn't you wish you could just call the police or something and handle it on your own? He couldn't he was only in the 1st and didn't know what to do it wasn't his problem I had felt is bad fir him.
To rap this story all up , as you can see this story is manning boy who is getting beat by his for no reason what so ever. One time his mom gave him a mirror treatment like for example she smashed David’s head into the mirror the bathroom I've never felt so bad in my life before! So to warn you in my opinion dare you to read and read this story its very heart breaking!
This story is about a little boy named David who was abused by his mother day after, day. His parents were alcoholics that drank everyday from happy hour which is 3:00 p.m. until they would go to sleep which was about 12:00 p.m.. He was only 7 years old when, his mother started to abuse him. David had 3 other sibling sand his mother never abused any of them. David's father was a full time fire fighter and his mother and him would always get in arguments about abusing David. His father did not want him to be abused but, his mother begged to differ. As a result, he was still abused by his mother. David had no friends at school because he stunk, he smelled bad because, his mother made him wear the same clothes everyday for two years. His shirt started to get so many holes that he said it looked like Swiss cheese.
David' s mother made him sleep in the garage on a cot. It was very cold down there, he would try to keep himself warm by curling up beside the furnace. But, that only made it a little less cold. His mother told him that he was not a part of the family anymore as a result, she made him sleep in a different place than the family. His mother's name was Catherine, she is a strange women. One day she painted the steps red and she spilled the paint all over her clothes and then, she went and lied down on the couch. All His mother does is drink alcohol, lie on the couch, and watch television. She is over weight and about 5'3.
One day David's mother was beating him and she pulled his and they both heard a loud pop and his shoulder was broke. His mother made him lay on the top bunk in his old room to make it look like he fell off of it while he was sleeping and broke his arm. Most of the time his mother was drunk while she abused him. One night she was really drunk and she awoke David from his sleep and made him drink Ammonia which is in Windex, and Windex is a glass cleaner. When, he drank the ammonia he couldn't breathe. It bubbled up and caused the air passage in his lungs to clog up.
The story made a lot of people very sad about his situation and what he went through and a child. David was a brave person and he was also strong for fighting trough it. The nurse, principle, and one of his teachers tried to help him get out of the situation. His mother was disgusted by him so much that she started calling him the boy, later on, in the story his mother started to call him it. Not long after David was taken away from did his mother start to abuse his younger brother.
Finally David was taken away from home by a cop that picked him up from school. The principle was repeatedly seeing marks on him so he started to wander why. Then, he called his mother and asked about the marks. That made his beating worse. Then, he came back to school the next day and the nurse started to write down his bruises down in a notebook. She kept record long enough to call the police and have enough evidence for them to just take him away from home. As David drove away from the school the cop told him he would never be abused again and he smiled on the inside and out. Then a tear rolled down his face. That moment he knew he wouldn't have to go through anymore restless nights worrying about his mother abusing him.
"The Child "It." "
To begin with I’m going to be writing about a story that I read in my reading class, it’s about boy little boy named David who is repeatly getting abused bad his mom because hence he was begin a "bad boy!" This story for the most part based on a truth story , and since it is as I go on through out the story telling you the heart breaking parts and good parts but not so good you might just have to stop reading this and legit cry! David's dad's name was Stephen Joseph he is the mom's ex husband and he's a firefighter. In brief he knew what mother was doing to David and he just wouldn't do not one thing about it at lot nevertheless while the mom was abusing David as a result all he did was sat there and let her beat him half to death. On balance the Nurse at David’s school would always take him into her office and undress Dave from head to toe and write a brief summary about all of the wounds like for example there was a wound on him from were his mom stabbed.
Mean while there are a couple of things that were good and bad, sometimes I would have to stop and let someone else read because it was so sad. Like wise there was a part in the story that really caught my eye was when he was in the Cub Scouts his mom offered to help out on the scouts, so after that they let her join and as a member while this was happening the mom was begin nice to all the other kids those kids would always tell David that they wanted a mom just like his in David’s mind he was thinking no you don't! Have you ever had a mom that would treat you like that? On the on the other hand there were also good parts in the story like one illusion his mother would always have Christmas parties for him.
In case you didn't know there were several ways his mom abused him was she put him into the bathroom of his house and put bucket of absolutely nothing but Clorox and a lot of different cleaning things. On day David went to school and there was a opened window in the back of the class room, hence the teacher made him sit in the back beside the open window because she said he stunk really. Generally His shirt he would wear to school every single day of school and it had tons of wholes in it from his mom beating him so badly so therefore all of the students in his class called him Swiss cheese didn't you wish you could just call the police or something and handle it on your own? He couldn't he was only in the 1st and didn't know what to do it wasn't his problem I had felt is bad fir him.
To rap this story all up , as you can see this story is manning boy who is getting beat by his for no reason what so ever. One time his mom gave him a mirror treatment like for example she smashed David’s head into the mirror the bathroom I've never felt so bad in my life before! So to warn you in my opinion dare you to read and read this story its very heart breaking!
To begin with the story "A Child Called It" is a very interesting story with a lot of information that can inform you on very many bad things that could possibly happen to you sometime in your life. For the most part, this story is telling you how Dave Pelzer's life was set up he had a good life with his mom at the beginning of the story but then as the story went on his mother began beating him after his mom and father had split up. As a result, this story is not a fiction story it is based on a true thing showing how there are some parents out there in the world that are very mean, and cruel and do such harmful things to little children. Accordingly, the setting of this story is how a young boy in Dave Pelzer was such a strong hold from when his mother would beat him and never feed him so you can see that this story is very scary sounding in many ways. But, for the most part, this story took play in San Francisco, California in the 1970's.
However, the most scary thing of the story is the atmosphere because his mother made him do a different amount of horrible things. One of the horrible things that his mother had him do was sleep in his basement/garage on a jacket with no pillow or warm covers. By the way, she also never fed him she only gave him a great big meal when ever she felt but she usually, fed him left over’s from his brother's left over dinner from the other night. Therefore, she also hit him and would beat the living stuff out of him until he would have bruises all over his body looking like someone had beaten him all over his body with an overly large stick. For the most part, she would have Dave going to school looking like a bum with the same cloths on every day smelling like old spoiled eggs and his mom would make up lies about how he would lie about what his mother made him do in front of his principals and teachers at his school.
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Accordingly, the mood around the story is rude, cruel, and mean because of all the things that Dave Pelzer’s mom did to him as a child these three words describe the things that his mother did to him as a child in the first, second, and third grade. For the most part, the most rude, cruel, and mean person through the whole entire book was Dave's mother because she was a really moody person and also a cruel person because of what she did to a young boy named Dave her son in only the first grade saying this was the first time that he started getting beat only as a little elementary scholar in the first grade. So as you can see, Dave Pelzer's mother was a very cruel person. Meanwhile, the abusing started on Dave when ever his father and mother had got a divorce so im thinking that the reason his mother would beat him is because Dave may remind his mother of her ex-husband and this may just make her really angry at Dave and then she really just wants to strike back. So as you can see Dave's mom seemed like a mom that you would see on a tv show but this is real reality. There are times in this book that you feel bad for this little boy but you thank god that you'll never have a mother like that through your whole entire life because I know for sure that I'm thankful for the wonderful mother that I have got right now.
In summary, this story is a very good one because it is one of the most interesting books that I have ever picked up and read. This story is a very informing story showing you how to be aware of what can happen to the greatest people that haven't ever done a bad thing in their life and they may not deserve it but things may happen just to happen. In the final analysis, you can tell that Dave's mother is a very cruel person and didn't care about a thing including her youngest son Dave who was only in the first grade being abused by his mother a grown woman, who also only cared about her self and not anything else around her that was existing except for his baby brother and two older brothers they were the only three people that Dave's mother cared about. In conclusion, you can see that Dave Pelzer had a rough life and made up his own way know of being a good husband and father and knows now how not to do cruel things to his kids that his mother had did to him.
Biography
The setting of my story takes place in a small town outside of San-Francisco. Dave (the main character) lives with his mom, dad and his four siblings. They live in this small house and Dave lives in the basement / garage because his mom beats him. Ever since his mom started really drinking she became a whole new person. She didn’t do her face or clean her self she doesn’t even get out of her bath robe. The Mother is a drunk whore that doesn’t know what she’s doing to this little boy. She chokes him hits him and that’s not even the worst part. Also hey is only ten years old. He does everything for her, he cleans, finds stuff for her and she beats him any way. His father is a immigrant that married her so he could stay in America and work. He is a quiet man that gets what needs to be done, well done. The only thing he can't stop is the beatings. The brothers are nice boys that are told to ignore Dave because he is basically their slave. But not all of the boys are nice because Richard the second youngest is nicknamed " Mommy’s little Nazi" because he does what ever she commands and is told to tell on Dave if he does anything wrong. His whole family is like a work camp and the mother is like the Emperor of all of them. It's like living in the slave days and your the slave. Secondly, the main atmosphere is really bad because of how his mom treats him. I mean when she’s not doing anything to him he sent down to the basement to stand for hours at a time for punishment. And also she reads stuff in the news paper about other people doing stuff to their children and tries it on him. Like "The Gas Chamber" where she took bleach and ammoniac and mixed in a bucket and stuck it into a un ventilated bathroom and locked him in it to clean it. And he calls that the worst one. Then again he said it burned so bad he could feel it burning through layers of skin in his lungs. But one time he had to eat throw up that he had to dig out of a toilet that he threw up earlier that day. Then the mood that surrounded that house was pure evil. On Christmas day he got a pair of roller skates so his mom could touchier him even more. He would be sent outside to go skating with no jacket on. Oh and by the way its snowing outside. And don't even get me started on how she treats him when he's done with his chores. In the morning he gets what ever is left in his brothers bowls. And at night he gets scraps if anything at all. Over all though Dave’s family is a bunch of overly prosonophied jerks.
A story that impressed me
First, the setting took place in Sanfrisico California. The main character was Dave, Dave was an abused child around this time he was about 7 or 8 years old. In the beginning of this story Dave was loved very dearly by his father and his mother. Dave's mother was the one who brutally abused him, she played disgraceful games with him, and also in the beginning of this story his mother treated him and his brothers equally. The dad was also an important character in the story, he was a confused in this story also was his son. The father was non-abusive to his abused child David. Most of the setting took place in school or at their house, which means most of the beatings. Overall, you will find out more about the abuse later on in the story.
Second, the atmosphere in this story is mainly hot and always stirring. Moving on, let's talk about the mom's behavior; first the mom was nice and loving to her boys. Then she turned into the mean mother that beats Dave. One way she beats Dave is she would put Dave in the bathroom and put a bucket with ammonia and Clorox which is very toxic ,and would shut the door behind her and he was not allowed to come out. While he was in there a gas formed in there because of the toxic fumes. But Dave was smart he smelled the hot air from the vents from the furnace and breathed through that, and his mother took him out because he survived. This was one of her games that she played with him she also did these game several more times. After while, that game was getting old so she started another one was he had to be burned, for example: she made him put his arm over the fire and hold it there? She also “accidentally '' stabbed him with a knife right above his stomach. Meanwhile while they were on vacation the little boy wasn't allowed to go to the water park, so when the father left to the water park, the mom took a poopy diaper and made him eat it.
The mood when the story aroused was when the mother started beating him and playing foreign games with him.
In conclusion, as you can see this is a very depressing story. Also this is a very good story for abusive mothers or fathers to read.
dejanae edwards 7/8th
A short story that impressed me greatly is “A Child Called "It" "The setting of the story takes place in daly city. It also takes place a Dave Pelzer’s house for example of another place the setting is at school where Dave is checked out by the nurse for all of his new bruises and cuts are recorded by the nurse of the school. The mother that beats Dave does not even work but the dad works at a fire department for San Francisco fire department he gets up early and stay for days at a time. Dave has two brothers that are menchend in the book are Ron and Stan.
In the first chapter Dave’s mother was like super mom they went on vacations together and had laughs together especially when the family went to the Russian River. All of the kids had a pet like a cat, turtle, and fish that the mom bought them When Dave actually felt like part of a family. After that it went down hill for Dave the little helpless fourth grader When the beatings came they never stopped only got worse like being burnt also having your head smash into a dirty diaper also teeth getting knocked out. For example of the worst thing was when his mother was drunk with a knife in her hand rocking the babe and throw the knife and it stuck in Dave upper stomach and lower chest.
The main character in the story is Dave he is the little boy who always get abused surverly at home but at school when Dave is out side for recess his mother was out in the car setting there watching Dave at school and held him back in 1st grade. The next main character in the story is Dave’s mother who is the abuser in this story the evil things she does to Dave for example are made him eat vomit and poop, also mixes ammonia with bleech so it would suffocate him with the door shut in the bathroom, another thing put Dave in the freezing cold water with his head blow the water for several hours After the freezing cold bath he sat outside in the shade and was cold. She made him live in the garage on a army cot with no food for long period of times. The last character is Stephon Dave's father his father would stand up for him at the beging of the book when the beatings started. Stephon also would slip him a piece of food once in awhile.
In conclusion David got taken away by the police and put in a foster home far away from his mother that remind you was a really bad alcoholic an so was the father. After Dave was taken away from the women who burns and stabs him he finally had a better life
RYAN VALENTINE 7thand8th period
There are many novels that have impressed me greatly, but none of them could ever compare to the book called A Child Called It because of its horrifying atmosphere, setting, and sickening mood. It is the most memorable piece of literature I have ever read. The setting takes place in San Francisco, California inside a normal house. It also takes place inside a small school.
At first, the atmosphere was very pleasant. It started simple and sweet. The mother and father were loving and sweet, thus making the children happy, so it was a perfect time for them. I never knew that it was going to change so drastically. Through the middle chapters, it became so excruciatingly painful to read, I had to clutch my side to keep from screaming. The mother had tried to kill her youngest son, David, countless times. His mother was an alcoholic and constantly beat him and his brothers while she was drunk. Near the end, the atmosphere hade a hopeful feeling in it because of how he handled situations. He would win every challenge his mother threw at him and he would survive the long periods without food and water. Times were hard but he carried on with his prayers and dreams.
The mood of the story is very disconcerting. In comparison to other stories I have read, this has to be the most gloomy and depressing. It was sickening and I would probably never read that book again. It's mood also shifted at different times. It went from happy to upsetting often and felt awkward at certain points. Namely, David’s mother made the mood even more horrible by the way she acted to everyone in her family. She would punch the children, scream at her husband, and drove every other relative away with her manners. As a result, the children started acting like daemons and hurt other people as well. The mood at the end was nothing like the rest of the book, rather it was very hopeful and comforting because David still held on to his prayers and hoped something would save him.
In conclusion, the novel A Child Called It was very upsetting and it hurt me so much to read. It was generally a very sick novel. The atmosphere and the mood mostly changed throughout the story, but the main purpose was still known. The mother was the reason the story was so saddening and why everyone was hurt. David, the main character, was the opposite of his mother yet also changed the mood. Nevertheless, it was a very sick book.
If I was To explain a story that impressed me, it would be A Child called it. I chose this story because it's about a child that gets abused by his own mom. For example, she locks David in the basement and mixes ammonia and Clorox together to create a gas chamber and puts it in a bucket and leaves it down in the basement while David is in there. David is only eight years. The whole story takes place in the early 1970s. The mom only abuses David. The characters in this story are mother, father, David, Ron, Kevin, Nurse, and substitute. Mom is the abuser, Dad is the on that it kind to David. Instead, of being mean to him. Ron is one of the brother. Kevin is the other brother. Nurse inspects David. Substitute is the one the suspects that something is wrong with David.
The mom starts abusing David when he was in the first grade. She would do all of these horrible things to David. But, before all of this happened his mom would take them to Chinatown, California and she would tell them about the Chinese culture. Then, she would to take them to the Russian River. It was David's favorite place to visit. It was his favorite place to visit because he felt loved there by his mom. As a result, they went there everyday. Every Christmas the brothers would take turns putting the angel on the tree. Their father would lift them up and they would put it on the tree. Their father is a firemen at the heart of San Francisco. He would always spend time with his family. The kids would play together outside and inside. There for, they played a lot together. The parents would dance together. The parents would drink from three until the kids went to bed.
Then later on in life, the mother started to abuse David. She would starve David for numerous days. If David didn’t reach is time limit on the chores he couldn't eat. He had a thing called ten rounder which is, When David's mom would punch David ten times in the face everyday. One time she filled the bath tub with ice cold water and she old him to take off all of clothes and she shoved his face and wouldn't take it out for a while. Then she told him to stay in the water. His brothers wouldn't do anything to help David. They more than likely didn't know if the mom would start to abuse them as well. So they didn't do anything and one time she had a knife and stabbed David in the stomach. She gave him a rag to hold on his stomach until The wound stopped bleeding. Then, she left and told him to do the dishes. For example she stabbed him like it was nothing or like nothing happened. There for, he didn't know what to do. David was in so much pain that every time he moved he would be in pain. First, he tried to scrub the dishes. Couldn’t because of the pain so his dad helped him with the dishes.
In conclusion the mother is a sick, cruel, and nasty person. She knew what she was doing to David when they interviewed her. She never cared about David. She said he was the reason why she was the way she is. The mother extremely disliked David. When David left the mother started to abuse Richard.
Biography
A short story that impresses me is "A Child Called It." It takes place in California in the early 1970's, the characters are David is a poor beaten five years boy, his mom is a drunken person that beats David and treats him like he is a it, the dad tried to help him out but the mom doesn't let him because she think he is nothing, the brothers let their friends cover over and look at him like his nothing, school nurse finally look at the burses and stap wound his mom gave him but she didn't mean to. He liked it when she usually gave him a huge hug when he went to her, when he went home he didn't want to go home because his mom would usually would beat him but he had to go home and take it he would say "he wouldn't like the bitch get the best of him." For most part his brothers wouldn't have to do any thing because his mom loved them more and let them get away with any thing. His dad would tell his mom to stop but he was an immigrant and his mom could turn him in.
The conflict was is mom would put him in the bath room and out a mixture of cleanners and put in in there to and make him stay in there, she also usally not let him eat any thing but when see let him eat it usally was the let over food form his brothers. He would have to clean after them and he had so long to do it but he usally didn't get it done but very seldom he would get it done. He got a pair of roller skates and had to go up and down the street in the freezing weather and his mom would laugh at him. she would make him sit on him hands and not let him get up but only when he had to clean after them.
The theme was to be nice to the other around you maybe they would like you if they get to know you, not to give up when you fail and try to do better, love your famliy and for the most part don't question some one who is being beaten by some one in the family . have you ever been beaten by some one? I hope I never get beaten like him inthe story! If I was in the story I would go to some one about this and I hope some one would go to cps and have some one get him a way for that mad house. Yet no one would get untill he was in the fith grade.
GAGEPAYTON 2nd-3rd
A Child Called It
The short story that impressed me greatly was "A Child Called "It" ". I've heard of this book before, but I just never had the time to read it. My mom talked about it multiple times. So I knew about for awhile. We are reading it at school. The setting takes place in California in the 1970's I believe. Even though the book was written not to long ago. David Pelzer wrote this book as biography explaining his life when he was abused when he was a kid. He started getting abused when he was 5 years old. He was abused by his mom. But she did the most asinine things in the world. Some of the stuff was something that you couldn't imagine. She's like Casey Anthony, but she didn't kill David. But she was close to though. David's mother is one of those people who shouldn't be on this planet.
David's mom started to abuse him when he was in 1st grade. And got him held back because he was a "bad boy." She would starve him for long periods of time. She would beat him and make him do chores everyday. He lived a sad life. His father, Stephen, didn't stop her from abusing him. And his brothers didn't do anything to help him. So he was alone by himself with no self confidence. But she didn't break him. So he had confidence to live. If she broke him, he would be dead. She would put him in the bathroom and mix ammonia and Clorox in a bucket and make him sit in the bathroom with the door closed. David called it the "gas chamber". She would make him lay in the bathtub with freezing cold water and then make him get dressed and sit outside in the cold while dripping wet. Surprised he didn't die of hyperthermia. He would go to school smelling terribly with ragged clothes on. And nobody liked him. And he would steal food from the other students lunchboxes. Some really disgusting things in this book. For example, she shove a diaper with defecation on it and rubbed it in his face. And the principle would call David's mom and she would beat David even more. Later on, she stabbed David and he lost a lot of blood and she didn't regret doing it. She just patched him up and told him to do the dishes. David had the worst life. That's a life nobody wants to live.
The atmosphere was sadning. Nobody should have to live through this pain. And nobody should live to see those days. Especially when you're that young. Nobody should do this to their kids. And no child should go through that pain. Parents that abuse their children like that should not even exist on this planet. But this story is just heart-breaking and sad, to read about a childs survival for life is just touching. And inspiration to all abused children on the planet.
In conclusion, " A Chiled Called "It" " is an amazing story. I would recommend it to my friends and family. Alot of vulgar words and disgusting actions but he is brave enough to write this book.
DONNIE FREEMAN 2nd/3rd Period
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A child called it
California in early 1970's in a suburban town
the emotion that is created sadness and sorrow because of what the mother did to him. Most of the things she did to him were so unbearable that don’t even want to think about them. she would even think up ways to is break his spirit like banish him from all attention and makes him wear the same clothes he has been for a long time so he stinks and everybody at school stays away from him. His mother tortures him with old POW punishments like Chinese water torture and chlorine gas chambers. She also would push it to far and make him drink ammonia that would burn him and almost kill him sometimes he was lucky to be alive after that! There were also some horrible things she did to him regularly like 10 rounding him all the time and kicking him.
and this concludes the horrific child abuse story.
An Interesting Story About a kid and a Demon Mother
The setting was a city in California. At the house of Dave. Who mother is bi polar and crazy and hates her son for no reason. There are three other children and the dad who didn’t help him. The police didn't really know anything cause the time in 70s. The home looks good from the outside. But it was a living hell inside. The mother was a big female dog. If the rest of the family would have did any thing the mom would might of stop. About 5 years after being tortured by his mother Dave was finally taking away.
The atmosphere of the story was very sad, twisted, total horror. The amotsphere was very about of the mother beating her defenseless child. Meanwhile, the boy had no boy had no one? The story was angering you couldn't do anything about it. The mother was a twisted and abused Dave for no reason. She even made him shallow almona. The part would have made anyone sick. The mother was like the devil and the meanest person ever. The atmosphere is indefinable by words.
The plot of the story was in the mood. Dave was in a happy family. His mother was nice. After the years the mother started abusing Dave. She was beat for the dumbest thing. She needs to be killed for what she did! The story mood was angering. The mom torture was unneeded and just her being a big female dog. Dave life was an unbelievable life. His life was filled with violates. However the rest of the family didn't care about him. The mother did whatever she wanted. She didn’t deserve to have children or anything. She dissevered to be torn apart limb by limb like the warriors from china. But, instead of getting punished for doing the abuse nothing happened to her.
A Young Boy's Will to Survive
To begin, I once read an interesting biography. Namely, the story was A Child Called It. Every word of the story was heart-wrenching and gut churning. There are many fascinating facets to the book, including the characters, the conflicts, and the themes. This story exposes the horrors of child abuse to the world of children carefully sheltered from it. More over, there are multiple forms of child abuse. Accordingly, they are sexual, mental, and physical. The boy in this book suffered from the latter two.
Firstly, there are a multitude of characters throughout the book. They include Dave, Mother, Stephen, Russell, and Officer John. Dave is the main character in the book. Hence, it is written from his point of view, in the first person. He is a diminutive boy that is abused and neglected, longing for the good days to come around again. Mother is the maternal figure of Dave. She is also his abuser, and formerly an outstanding mom. Stephen is Dave's father. Stephen doesn't have much determination or morale. Why would he just stand by and watch as his son becomes mutilated beyond recognition? Next in the lineup of characters is Russell. Russell is raised with the mentality of a monster, identical to his mother in his ways. Finally, there is Officer John, who rescues David from the living hell that he has been forced to endure.
Secondly, there are an excess amount of conflicts in the book. Dave is on the receiving end of pretty much all of them. He conflicts with Mother constantly, always fighting for his life. Mother attempts to force him into unspeakable situations. For example, she tries to lay him on a burning stove, digest defecation, and gorge on his own bile. Also, she physically abuses him by slapping, punching, gouging, tearing, and stabbing at him. There is mental abuse, because she is always force feeding him the idea that he is a bad boy that doesn't deserve to walk the earth. She holds him back in the first grade, just to lower his self image and self esteem.
Thirdly, there are many themes in the book. One of them is to always believe in yourself, no matter how tough things get in your life. Dave had an agonizing home life and a horrific school reputation. Even with these factors working against him, he never lost his will to live. Another theme is never turn to alcohol to solve your problems. Mother and father had issues in their relationship and they turned to drinking in an attempt to solve their problems. All it did was break down their minds and morals and ruin their judgment.
In conclusion, there are many factors that create the biography A Child Called It. They include the character, the conflicts, and the themes. Reading a book like this makes me appreciate the amazing family that I have even more. I feel blessed to so many caring, loving people surrounding me. Dave's life would have been so different if just one good person had stepped up and stopped the abuse sooner. Consequently, he would have been happy and loved, instead of neglected and malnourished.
Thinking about a short story that impressed me greatly is " The Child Called It ". The story is about a kid that is about five years old and gets abused by his mom. This story takes place in California. One of the elements that captured my interest was the characters. One of the characters is the mom of Dave Peltzer. She is a mean and cull person and she also abused her son Dave. Some examples of things she did to abuses him was her and Dave were home alone and she called him into the kitchen and made him take off his close and then she trend on the stove and took his arm and held it over the blue and orange flames. When she was done burning his arm and tired to get him to lay on the stove and while she was try to make him get on the stove some one come home. The reason she stopped is because she any abuses him when there is no one else around to see or help him. Another thing she did was made him eat his little brothers pop dipper. The mom toke the dipper and shove it in Daves face. One other character that stood out to me was Dave the little boy who was abused. He stands out to me because he but up a fight to live and let him mom kill him. Dave was only five years old. There is no one who can save dive but himself.
Another element that captured my interest in this story is the theme. Some themes in the booked are never to judge people for what they look like because you don’t know what could be going on at there homes. This is a good theme because you never know what is going on in people life and u can say someone that could make a person fell bad about them self. Another really good theme in the story is to respect and be thankful for what you have. This is my favor theme because Some kid don’t have any thing and u should be grateful because there are some kids with nothing.
In other words another element that stood out to me was conflicts. Some conflicts in the story is when Davis mom stabs him and instead of taking him to the hospital she takes care of the wond her sled. When she she is done she lets him go out side witch she never lets him, and lets his play with his brothers. The next morning she is makes him do chores and is just as mean. Another conflict is be for she turns mean the family gores on a faction and she is loving to Dave. One day after that action the mom be come mean and abusing Dave. Also she starves him and she only that’s him get discussing thing like his own throw up or sop but sometimes she lets him eat his brothers left over’s for brockets.
In conclusion I have seen a young boy has been abused by his mom but yet she find a will to service. I have learned how life can change at any moment and we should be grateful for what we have. This story has had a big influents on my and how i look at people. What is a book that has insider you?
Meghan Muller 4/5th
"A Child Called It" is a short story that impressed me greatly. I found it thrilling, scary, interesting, and even sickening at different times as the book progressed. This story takes place in San Francisco, California. It portrays the abusive childhood that a small boy named, David had to go through. His mother took abuse to a level that most people don't know goes on in households. Throughout the novel, you're left wondering what jaw dropping thing Dave's mother will do next as you see characters, conflicts, and themes come alive.
Characters major influenced the plot of the book. First, David, nicknamed Dave, was the main character. You read this story through his point of view and all the hardships he had to face. He took care of himself, pretty much ran a household, and put up with his mother's abuse all at the age of eight. He had to survive and fend for himself, even though he was very young. Second, Rosera, also the mother of three boys, Dave, Ron, and Stan was a very unique character. She used to be a loving, gentle, and compassionate mother, but turned into an abusive, crazy, psychopathic one after consuming way to much alcohol. She changed so much that it didn't even seem like she was the same person. She constantly pin pointed Dave, her oldest son as her victim, abusing him brutally, all the time, everyday. Third, Stephan, husband of Rosera, and father of three boys, was an extremely confusing character. At one point, he argued with his wife, claiming she was too rough on Dave and then he agreed with the punishments given to him. Personally, I feel he was afraid of his wife. It was hard to tell Stephan's thoughts on the whole ordeal, but the fact that he just stood by and watched Dave suffer made him as bad as Rosera.
Another key element pulled away from the novel is conflict. It seems as if there's just one problem after another in this book, but they aren’t small. Each one is massive and will probably make you sick to your stomach. Every "game" she plays with him is horrendous and painfully disturbing. For example, she wouldn't feed him unless he accomplished his chores on time. If he did he was lucky to get half a bowl of eaten cereal from his brother. Dave then had to resort to stealing food, which he got from the grocery store, the school cafeteria, and convincing neighbors that he lost his lunchbox. Once his mother found out, she literally made him vomit up the already digested food, and then eat it again. Another example from the book is when mother made Dave swallow ammonia and he was on the floor gasping for air. After she felt he'd been in enough pain, she slapped him on the back and let him breath again. The worst scenario had to be when she stabbed him. She picked up a knife and threatened to kill him if he didn't finish the dishes on time. Then, she started rocking back and fourth from being so drunk, the knife flew out of her hand, and then jabbed Dave in the stomach. Even though it was an accident, it never would have happened if she hadn’t been so cruel in the first place. Briefly, mother was somewhat kind after she stabbed Dave. She actually fed him and helped nurture his wound. As fast as it ended, it started again and life went back to Dave being the "slave child" while mother went back to being the bitter drunk.
A biography such as a nonfiction read of "A Child Called It" is very fascinating and mostly brutally diminishing. This book captures emotions like, interest, drama, thrill, exposure, and heart break. This novel captured my attention and is immensely difficult to pull away from. The setting is held in San Francisco, written in first person. As Dave describes his family he simply states that for a few words he would use were, "The Brady Bunch", because of how close they were. The book soon and drastically evolves into rearranging the actions of the characters. To truly explain this book, I shall give examples of conflicts, themes, and all of the characters. Reading this made me open my eyes to current problems in this world and what children's lives are like. It is truly heartbreaking with slight humor from the narrator.
In the beginning, the author is using the literature form, "foreshadow" as what happens later on in the story. He soon starts to tell the readers of how his family used to display. The family containing of five people included David, Ron, Stan, Stephan, and Roesera. David was very happy with his life. They would go on fun and adventurous trips for vacation. Roesera was a fonamonal mother and wife in her role. Stephan portrayed himself as a caring, heartfelt, and hard working person. Later on I grew to dislike him because of his further actions throughout the book. Ron and Stan were David's other brothers. They would play, and have a lot of great times being as they are so close. David was a healthy, loved, and cared for child. Later in the novel he becomes a filthy, poorly dressed, odored, and unhappy child. It wasn't his fault though. It was because of his family's actions, therefore caused him to be like that.
Later on in the story it starts to talk more about the mother's relationship with David. It is awful and cruel. His father leaves more often for work now. Roesera changed dramatically and is now very crude to him. Some examples of her behaviors are when she abuses David and not her other children. She tells him that he is a bad child and is a mistake for this world. Roesera says that so much she starts believing it herself. She practically disowned Dave as her own son. Dave has tried to think positive throughout the torture because he is his only hope for survival. Even when things get worse, he is trying to forgive them as it was supposed to be an accident or something. He is well aware of his mother's actions from the beatings and downsized pride. That just shows that he is a very good person even though at times he is told otherwise. He does have a little help from his father, Stephan. He tries to stay level headed and change her mind about the way she thinks of David.
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There are many conflicts taken place in and out of that house. All of them involve David's mother. Like I said she did have a good side to her before she became an alcoholic. They would have big holiday celebrations together. Filled completely with warmth, love, care, happiness, and laughter. Soon enough there
was a bar set up every day in the kitchen being called "Happy Hour." In my opinion that is what caused most of the wrong actions. Liquor can change anyone if voluntarily consumed enough. Then you would catch her doing things like making her child throw up anything he did eat if he ever ate. Another incident would be her braking David’s arm, making him eat ammonia, starving him to death, and even stabbing him. To me the worst torture she has ever put him through was the burning treatment. It was her way of punishing him for nothing. She had read an article and it explained this exact thing. Apparently she thought it was a good idea. Roesera demanded David to strip down to bare skin. They both stood in the kitchen facing hips toward the stove. David didn't know what was going on but was ashamed. She protested that he shall get on the gas ignited stove while burning. He refused so she took a hold of his arm and held it over the blue flame to give him an idea of what it was to feel like. I sure thought she would follow through and believe me, she wanted to. He was stalling her until her brother was home from scouts. He knew she wouldn't act like that around them so he knew if his brother would arrive he was safe. Soon, he did and David darted with his clothes to the garage. He knew he had beaten his mother at her own game.
There are two themes that are lingering through my head. One includes "Children do not deserve abusive punishment." That clearly wraps up the story I have been describing. In my opinion no child should be physically or even mentally abused. What I mean by mental abuse is that a child can be put through so much horrid treatment that they can start believing that they are doing wrong. A major moral to this novel is that to not Judge someone because of their appearance. You never know what they may be going through in their home life. If you would see someone rugged and may have an intolerable odor doesn’t mean it is just their fault. The cause could be from their home.
In conclusion, this novel is very packed with multiple emotions. I personally loved this book. It made me realize how much I am blessed to have such a perfect life.
Sami Stevenski- 4th & 5th period
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Two big themes stuck out to me in this novel. The first theme taught was, Don't judge someone who appears different to you, because you never know what they may be going through. Many people judged David at his school, because he smelled bad and wore the same clothes everyday. They had no idea what kind of struggles he faced at home. The second theme taught was, Be thankful for what you have in life, because it could be a lot worse. This was a lesson to me, because I never even realized the extent of some abuse. It definitely made me more thankful for the amazing life I've been blessed with!
So as you can see, "A Child Called It" was a very entertaining short story to read. It was both interesting and fearful at the same time. I learned about the challenges, and hardships faced by abused children. This story opened my eyes to the extent of these beatings. People should help raise awareness about this issue and enforce laws about it more strictly. What short story have you read that interests you?
Sarah Summers :)
4th/5th Period :)<3
"A Child Called It"
In the biography "A Child Called It" there were several and plenteous occasions where the character Dave had been abused and mistreated. The scoundrel that performed these acts of abuse was his own mother she was very evil and a sick minded person. There were also a bountiful amount of characters involved in this mistreatment including his father, brothers, friends, and finally his own family. As a result of this there were many counts of conflicts to conclude in this story and most of the time they were brutal and disgusting. In any case there is a theme and the theme the other was portraying is that child abuse is very wrong and it should not happen to anyone.
Consequently Dave did not have a warm and safe atmosphere or environment at home it was scary and tough to live in. In this place he called home there were a numerous amounts of conflicts. Dave’s mom had made him consume his brother’s defecation and after that made him drink his own pee as a thirst-quencher, and that was just a portion of his of his problems. Thus Dave's life did not get any better after all for the most part it was very inconsiderate for him. Dave's mother had physically, mentally, and psychologically abused him and forced him to drink highly toxic chemicals that made him pass out and nearly came to killing him. Dave's mother had also threatened him with food she would let him starve if he didn’t get his chores done before breakfast otherwise he would be hungry and thereupon the other kids with an empty stomach. I do not know how he lived in an atmosphere so vulgar and terrible he had real perseverance and I have respect for him because of that. Yet his mom still beat him everyday despite of the other cruel things she did to him, she felt as if it was her assignment to be mean and hurt her son, and that is very wrong in all ways. Even though his mom wanted to kill him Dave still loved his mom just not as much as he did before the abuse happened, but he still did. As a result of this Dave had made many mistakes and had many chances to get free, but however he stayed with his mom and took the torture and stuck with her. Dave felt like saying supercalifragilisticexpialidocious because he did not know what to say and wanted to quit.
The theme or mood of this story that the author is trying to show to us is not to abuse anyone because that is wrong, and actually it is very erroneous. The author does not want that to occur to anyone else ever because he knows how it feels and he hated it, but something in him called will and when there is will there is a way. That is what he told himself he said he was going to win and not let his mother get under his skin and he did, Dave was a fighter and fought with everything he had to stay alive because his mom was going to kill him eventually and he knew that. So that’s why he knew he had to convey her sometimes, and be tricky. In some occasions Dave wanted to give up and lose all hope in life, so that would mean he just wanted to die, but he didn’t and now he wrote this book and is loving his life.
A Child Called "it"
One short story that has impressed me is "A Child Called "it." It's an emotional drama about a real boy’s abuse he got at home. The things that boy went through is enough to make you feel sick. During the book it was hard not to cry while it was being read. But soon after the sentences were over i would feel sick and scared. The book has made me emotionally infested. No matter how much want to put it down, I just can't. The worst thing to think of about this book is how it's a true story and some little boy actually went through that.
There are many characters in this book; however there are two main ones. Dave and "mother", Catharine, are the ones that really stand out. Dave is the one telling the story and the one who went through this horrible abuse in real life, not just in the book. "Mother" or Catharine is the one who is doing the abuse. She is sick and comes up with the most horrible things to do to poor, little David! I can't stand her, she makes me feel sick over all. Dave is such a strong little boy, he somehow never backs down from his mothers sick games. She would starve him he stole food from the lunch truck and ate it later his mother made him through up and she saw the stuff in the puke. Then she made him eat his own puke, I almost lost much lunch at that one. These things are terrible and to think they not only happened then but could be happening to someone right now, sitting right next to me and I would never know it.
There were many conflicts in this story. There were fights between the parents sometimes witch is just like abuse to a child’s mind. No one ever wants to hear their parents fighting! Other then the fighting there was constant beating from the mother to David. She would slug him horribly then make him lie to his teachers about what was happening! As time went on things got much worse for poor David. Her next big moves were "Stove Treatment." She made him take off all of his clothes and stand in the kitchen as she turned on the gas stove she tried to make him lay on it until he burned to death. But David was able to stall her until his father got home. Next she made him stick his face in his little brothers diaper as she rubbed it in, she tried to make him eat it but didn't have the time because before it was over the father and the other boys came home. One of the worst to me was when he was doing the dishes and she threatened to kill him. The lady was drunk, she was holding a knife in her had threatening David with it witch is never a good idea. She was so drunk that she fell over and actually stabbed him.
In the story I could think about many life lessons and themes. First don't abuse your child because it's just really discussing. If you do, to me you are nothing but scum. Through this story people begin to realize what the mother is doing to the child and begin to see through her discus. Also children can totally be ruined through abuse, I know it's like a no brainier but still you would be surprised by how many people don't understand how much it can. Honestly if I went through that I could not have been as strong. I would have given up or ran away. Also that abuse is a horrible thing. It truly makes me feel sick to my stomach I just would love to go up to that women and scream at her. I even know exactly what I would say, "I know what you did and it makes me feel sick."
In total conclusion, this novel is an amazing read. It takes you through an emotional, sickening journey. I couldn't even think about what he must have felt like. I would think it would be something like sick, hungry, thirsty, scared, in pain, strong. Like I have said before abuse is just a horrible thing to think about. It takes a very sick mind to put a helpless, little child through something like that. Over all "A Child Called "it" is a great book and has really impressed me!
Kathryn Scarbro (:
Period 4th-5th <3
The short story that made my hart race.
I’m going to tell you a story. Before I get into all of that i'm going to tell you little bit about the people in the story. So that you can get a better idea of the people and how they really are. First there is David he is the main chariot of this he is the middle child of five. He is just a little boy with big dreams when all of a sudden his world came tumbling down but he tried to keep his head up and not think of all the bad things that were going on his life. Next there’s his mother she was a nice bountiful woman in the beginning.
Then she became bitter, cruel, mean hateful and unfettering woman. Later in the story I will tell you how she became to be evil hatful woman she is now. Then there is his two brothers they brothers they are pretty nice till there mom went all evil .then they were little mean to him .but overall they were good kids.
Well sometimes he did but that was only because he and to because if he dint he would stave to death meanwhile is mother was making it seem like he wasn’t a human. She treated him like dirt like he dint mean any thing to the world that he just taking up space. I felt so bad for him an even sated to cry a little
I’m going to tell you a story this is how it al started. In the beginning everything was all fine and dandy and every one was all watts smiling and is happy. Till on day davits mom went on a rampage .and started wailing on David. Oh man when I say she was beating him. She got him till blood drew. She beat him like he stole something.
There were many conflicts in this story. There were fights between the parents sometimes witch is just like abuse to a child’s mind. No one ever wants to hear their parents fighting! Other then the fighting there was constant beating from the mother to David. She would slug him horribly then make him lie to his teachers about what was happening! As time went on things got much worse for poor David. Her next big moves were "Stove Treatment." She made him take off all of his clothes and stand in the kitchen as she turned on the gas stove she tried to make him lay on it until he burned to death. But David was able to stall her until his father got home. Next she made him stick his face in his little brothers diaper as she rubbed it in, she tried to make him eat it but didn't have the time because before it was over the father and the other boys came home. One of the worst to me was when he was doing the dishes and she threatened to kill him. The lady was drunk, she was holding a knife in her had threatening David with it witch is never a good idea. She was so drunk that she fell over and actually stabbed him.
In the story I could think about many life lessons and themes. First don't abuse your child because it's just really discussing. If you do, to me you are nothing but scum. Through this story people begin to realize what the mother is doing to the child and begin to see through her discus. Also children can totally be ruined through abuse, I know it's like a no brainier but still you would be surprised by how many people don't understand how much it can. Honestly if I went through that I could not have been as strong. I would have given up or ran away. Also that abuse is a horrible thing. It truly makes me feel sick to my stomach I just would love to go up to that women and scream at her. I even know exactly what I would say, "I know what you did and it makes me feel sick."
khadija lam 7/8
I am going to tell you about a story called A Child Called It. This story is about a child and how his mother abused. She stared out verey nice and then she went down hill his mother became a alcohalic and that is were the abuse came to start. I do not mean like hit the kid she did things that you would not be abel to believe I did not blive it at first nether did I but gust lisen to some of this stuf. She made him drink bleach, did not feed him for ten days strate made him clean in till his hands would blead, and he is the only in second grade no more then eight years old. So to summarize this kid was living in you know were gust can't say it on there. Gust try to imagen being eight years old and go through that insanety it makes a shive go up my spine. Usually your mother is the one takeing care of you right. For example like a cool winter breve hiting you in the back and you are not wereing no close.
I am going to talk a littel about the characters. the mane character is dave the one being abused. He is a really nice boy but he stills a lot of so he can survie because his mother nevers feeds him. Catherie/mom is the abuser she was a littel mest up but when she became a alcohalic she went boncers. She is a mother of five children and she only abuses Dave.
Daves father is his savior he trys to sneak him food but he is as gilty as his mother because he reported nothing. But he is sill Daves saivor for example think of a super hero when you were a littel kid that you fantasized about that. Finally lets talk about his brothers snobes that turned there noises on him that is about it. Lets talke about some other houres he had to go through.
The atmosphere was full of fear. His mother ruled the house and every one feared her it was like walking on eggs with spiked shoes. One fales steep crake and thes eggs blow up therefore you go boom to. Lets talke about some of the conflicts that happened thorough the story. The first one the oven.She wanted him to strip and lay on it while she turned it on for example how many fire proof pepole you know. However he stalled gust long for his brother to get home. She never dose a lot of life thretening stuffe while his father or brothers are there stills beat him intill he bleds.Still remember he is only in second grad.Yet he still did not run away.Usually when you are abused you would try to run away but he did the opposite he staded there. Still that is not the wores to come.Here is a nother life or death one the gas chamber.That is when his mother mixed clorox and some thing that dose not let you breth that I can not remeber the name so lets call it poisin.She would make him drink it and let him slowley die and befor he dose she hits him in the back and it comes out and what ever the poisin is it also eats up your skin. Then she moved on to the gas chamber thing. She would put him in the bathroom with a bucket of that stuf and the poisn would fill the room up and would not alow him to breath and still now only in third grad he was smat engh to live. What he did was take a rage put in some sorse of warter and put it to his motha and nose and go lie by the air vent in the bathroom smart kid. Rather then a normal kid god blest him with smarts.The tub treat mint. She would fill it up with frezeing for instance frome the poler caps and make him lie in it with his head face down in it not even alowed to take a breath. For example going to antartica and gust jump in the water naked. What do you get if you lay in frezing water Hipothermeya. In conclusion she was killing him verey slowly by the way after that she made him go out side and sit in the cold aafter that with out drieing of. So there is more but I do not have time to talk I hafe to finsh verey fast. To the next thing.
Bryce Bittinger
7th and 8th
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I am going to talk about the them It is talkeing about the things you should be grate full for our family the tings you have and the food you get to put in your stomic. These kid did not have that he had noyhing and he was torchered and these happens to kids all over you probeley think it dosent but everey day ther is over a three millon children no more than ten bing abused so gust think
This is a verey heart touching book you must read it it gives life a hole new veiw of life. Have you told your parents you loved them.
Bryce Bittinger
7and8
A biography that impressed me greatly was The Child Called "It". This child, Dave, impressed me with his will to survive. He almost died but he made sure not to give up and not let his mother win. He fought back, resisted, cried, and pleaded just to get her to stop. He found ways to save himself and these things are what impressed me the most. However, it also gave me chills and made me think of how cruel someone would have to be to do the things that happen in this story, to a child. It's just disgusting to think about what was going through his mother's mind.
In the story, there are many different characters. First, you have Dave the main character. He is the victim of this whole ordeal. Second, you have his family members. His mom, dad, and 2 brothers. And third, you have the school faculty. In this situation, Dave is the victim of a brutal child abuse case. His mother is the one beating him. She used to be the best mom Dave could ever ask for when he was younger. She would make delicious meals, take them places and tell them history, and take great care of them. But now, she is a monster. His dad used to be his hero. He could always count on his dad to save him from his mother's irrational actions. He would sneak him food, when his mother starved him, or would make his mother stop. But his dad is just as afraid of his mother as he is. His dad lets this happen, and Dave has lost all respect for his father. His brothers aren't even family anymore. They have been brain-washed my their mother. They are not allowed to look, speak, or even talk about David. If they do they get in trouble, but not nearly as much trouble David would be in. His mom has another son later on in the story and he is worse then his other brothers. He purposely gets Dave in trouble just so he can see him get beat, hit, or anything else their mother can think of.
In the meantime, the only people who truly care about David, are the school faculty. They used to just think he was a bad kid, but they have started to see the truth. The nurse, teachers, and principal all try to help Dave. They give him food, care for him, and try to get him to a safe place. At one point in the story, the principal calls Dave and the rest of the faculty into an office. They all sat down and made David tell them the truth. He was crying and pleading for them not to call his mom because he knew if they did, he would receive a terrible punishment when he arrived home. They dismissed David and stayed in the room to talk. Finally, they called him back in to tell them that he would be free from his mother's abuse forever.
No doubt, this story makes me feel very lucky. I'm very lucky to have a family like mine. We may fight sometimes, but it's nothing compared to the abuse that David endured. While my parents get me everything I want, spend time with me, let me do things with friends, and make sure we always have food, Dave's life is the complete opposite. David was deprived of everything. He had no friends, received nothing, and was abused. His mother would starve him from days on end. He became so hungry, that he resorted to extreme measures to obtain food. He was stealing food from local businesses, and from school. His mother was expecting this, and she had a plan. When he came home, she made him regurgitate into the toilet, then scoop up the food that was floating in the bowl. He later was forced to sit down at the dinner table, and eat his own vomit.
While I sleep in my own comfy bed, David get the floor underneath the kitchen table. He used to have a bunk bed that he slept in. Eventually his mother moved him down into their basement, and he was forced to sleep on an army cot. Once his mother saw that this punishment wasn’t effective, she moved him to upstairs to sleep on the floor where his only way to stay warm is to improvise and use newspaper as a blanket. But one of the cruelest things his mother did was take his baby brother's diaper, and run it all over his face. She then tried to make him eat his little brother's defecation. That was just the most appualing thing I've ever heard.
To summarize, this book consisted of the most revolting and sickening information I've ever read. Besides the cruel things he had to endure, the worst part of this story is that his mother never received any punishment for her actions. When David was free from his mother, she had two more children. She never received any punishment for abusing David, so she started abusing her new son. In addition, she never was punished for her actions. This book has made me so grateful to have a family like mine. I definitely am grateful and have much respect for my parents.
ciara hornberger
4&5th period
bWhile I sleep in my own comfy bed, David get the floor underneath the kitchen table. He used to have a bunk bed that he slept in. Eventually his mother moved him down into their basement, and he was forced to sleep on an army cot. Once his mother saw that this punishment wasn’t effective, she moved him to upstairs to sleep on the floor where his only way to stay warm is to improvise and use newspaper as a blanket. But one of the cruelest things his mother did was take his baby brother's diaper, and run it all over his face. She then tried to make him eat his little brother's defecation. That was just the most appualing thing I've ever heard.
To summarize, this book consisted of the most revolting and sickening information I've ever read. Besides the cruel things he had to endure, the worst part of this story is that his mother never received any punishment for her actions. When David was free from his mother, she had two more children. She never received any punishment for abusing David, so she started abusing her new son. In addition, she never was punished for her actions. This book has made me so grateful to have a family like mine. I definitely am grateful and have much respect for my parents.
ciara hornberger
4&5th period
This story about a book that has a kid in it named David he is abused hen he was little and he decide to write a book about his life story.
The story is about a kid named David that is a abused till 5th grade, the story takes place in California in 1970.the kid abused very much but the kids dad was the only one who could protect him from is crazy mom. But after his dad would leave for work she would be him in till his brother came home or the dad did. She did many painful touches like the one David called the gas chamber it was when the mom would put him in the bath room and make him sit and smell a bucket full of fumes, there was many of them but the one I think hurt the most waste stove she took his arm and torched it. She also abused him mentally trying to break his soul she called him many names like the boy, bad boy, and cursed at him a lot to. sadly it was a daily thing but one day she sent him to his dads room to talk to him. Then she said that it was over he believed her and the next day the child protective services came to the house and was asking David if his mom abused him at all then he new why she as being nice but he wanted love so much that he lied to the cps and she left and the mom called him a cuss word and stated beating him. For example he would always keep his head up high. And wouldn’t let his mom when the battle.
The atmosphere of the story is his mom abuses him when he’s about six till he is eleven years old. His dad is the only one that can protect him from her. The reason she abuses him is that she was abused when she was little and she had this sickness where she was straight up nuts she done so much stuff to him she did the gas chamber, the tube,satanding in a p.o.w stance for hours, starving him, and stabbed him. He had it very hard he was the 3rd child out of five. He was eventually taken away by a cop to a foster home so the mom started to abuse the next child. He was soon taken away to with all the other children. The mom then killed herself and left a note saying ''one day i will get all you twerps'' and 2 out of the 5 kids have died from unexplained deaths. In the story he says that he wont let her get her thrill of abusing him so he would act like it didn’t bother him once he put his head down when she had beaten him then when she left he started laughing because he had tricked her.
The mood of this story is very depressing but author wise its one big mad house that was what him and his dad called it before he got up and left forever. The dad died argued 5 years after the mom did. He killed him self because he said that he heard voices saying in his head in going to get them repetavilley. Before he left he said to David and David only '' a good boy I will be back later to get to me and you so we can leave this hell hole''.
In conclusion they all where happy because the mom and the three brothers where happy by themselves and the dad and David where excited to be by themselves if they would ever leaf.
By:Daniel Yost
A Child called “it”
A short story that has impressed me is "A Child called It”, by Dave Peltzer. The story takes place in David "Dave" Peltzer’s childhood home in the late 1960's. During his childhood Dave was abused by his mother constantly. He was always brutally beaten, and never allowed the pleasure of food. He slept on an army cot in the basement, and was made his mother's slave. The worst of it all was the sick, torturous games his mother would play with him. His mother no longer considered him a boy, but an it. The story is about one boy's will to survive in a world were he was constantly beaten, starved, and unloved by many. This story has truly amazed me at how little Dave could keep his hopes up in harsh times, and it also showed me how people are not always as they seem.
The atmosphere in this story was not a happy one; it was a dark and harsh atmosphere. The events that took place in this story were disturbing, and awful. The story had a chilling feeling that would make you shudder at the though of something like that. His mother would do awful things like make him drink ammonia, bleach, and dish soap. She would also make him regurgitate any food he had eaten, if he had eaten any at all, and then made him eat it again after it had been in the toilet. Then there was a time where she took a soiled diaper and shoved defecation in his face, and tried to make him eat it. She had also held his arm on a gas stove, and tried to make him lay down on it for no reason at all. This story was truly disgusting and upsetting, but the fact that the little things in life gave Dave the will to live made it a lot happier knowing he had a chance of living if he kept thinking that way.
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The moods that were aroused within me while reading this story were very extreme. I felt possibly every mood that I could feel. I felt sadness, anger, happiness, hatred, sorrow, and disgust. This story was very emotional for me, and the fact that it was a true story made the emotions even stronger. This story made me feel sad because those awful things were happening to Dave, and it made me angry that his own mother was treating him like he was nothing. It also made me happy that Dave ended up having a happy ending after all, and it made me feel sorry that Dave had nobody to be there for him. The story also made me have feelings of disgust because of the things his mother would do to him, and it also made me feel hatred towards his mother for ruining an innocent child’s life. This story was very emotional, and made me feel very strong feelings because it was a true story, and made me realize a lot about people in the world.
So as you can see the story "A Child called It" made a very big impression on me. It had a sad atmosphere, and made you feel many different emotions. As a result that is why I chose it to write about. The fact that is was true made it even more emotional, therefore there were many emotions that were aroused from within me when reading it. I think that "A Child called It" was a very inspirational story, and caused a big impact on my way of thinking. The story was a very sad tale, but ended up having a very happy ending. So in conclusion this
A Poor Little Boy
A story that greatly affected me was the book ,A Child Called "IT". We read it in class and it was really eye opening and made you think about the pain you never feel. It was a true story about a little boy who was ferociously abused by his mother while his cowardly father just kept out of her way. It took place in the mid 1900s in a big city. The child who was always being tormented by his crazy drunken mother was David Pelzer the author. The other characters were has brothers, father, and the school staff.
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David was the most unfortunate little boy I have ever heard of, however it made him a very strong person and I greatly admire him for that. In the beginning of the story their family was seemingly perfect. They constantly took trips and adventure days out to the park and had wonderful homemade dinners with laughter and fun. The kids got whatever they wanted and never had trouble. Unfortunately the good times ended when their mother snapped. She went crazy blaming David for ruining her life and hurt him in any way she could dream up. Eventually she decided David no longer deserved food so she starved him. He had to steal his own food and then get punished after. The summer was the worst when he had to take continues torture for months. He became the family slave known only as an it.
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The mood conveyed by this story is pain, suffering, and hope. There was nothing David could do to escape his misery and no one else tried hard enough to help him. His teachers believed his mothers lies, and they just punished him thinking he was a trouble child. His teachers labeled him as a nuisance, until a substitute realized he was abused and brought it into light. She was probably the light in the darkness that saved his life.
Out of all of the abuse this poor boy went through and all the pain he had to take the worst was most likely when his father left the family. Though he never had the courage to stand up to his wife and truly rescue the kid from the start, he was still David’s protector. As long as he was there the abuse was only half as bad and he was never afraid when his father was home. As long as he was there his mother couldn't touch him. Although all good things must come to an end it seems because that horrible man left because he felt he simply couldn't take it anymore.
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David prayed to the lord above for his life. His prayer was answered and he was rescued. The police finally had enough evidence to take him away. At the moment he didn't care that his mother would get of Scot free or what would happen to his brothers because he was finally free.
The Downward Spiral
A biography that has greatly impressed me and influenced my life is "A Child Called It." My classmates and I read this book in our literature class this school year. The elements that have imprinted themselves in my life are the characters of this biography because this is indeed a nonfiction biography. The things that go on in this book to these characters that have touched my heart send chills down every inch of my spine. In explanation, "A Child Called It" is non-other than a story of cold hearted abuse conveyed on a young boy by his mother. In the beginning, The young boy, David, and his family were living the perfect life until things took a turn for the worse!
As I have said, the characters actions and emotions have had to choice but to be brought to my attention. First, I would like to talk about David, the main character. He is the middle aged child out of three boys. He lives with both of his parents and his siblings. Towards the start of the story, He is love unconditionally by all of his family members that is until mother becomes abusive. This story is a downward spiral with the condition of the beating, but towards the end takes a surprising leap for the best. David is severally beaten, deprived of food, and used as his mother's slave, and the worst part is, he is incredibly young when he begins taking these beatings. He is merely a weak and immature first grader when the spiraling only begins.
Mother, Catherine, is in my personal opinion, A frigid hearted person who deserves to be locked up in the brink for the end of eternity. She picks and chooses favorites between her children and forces the others to come to the conclusion that she wishes they were deceased. This book has disturbed and uncountable numerical amount of my classmates. Some of the dreadful things that take place in this story aimed only at David include deprivation of food, rest, and cleanliness, being forced to continuously wear filthy clothing, Cleaning everything in the entire land mass of their home, and much more. At one point, Catherine took the soiled diaper of her newborn, Rustle, and forced it into the face of eight year old David and ordered him to consume the contents. He reluctantly would not do so. In return for not answering his mother's commands he was slapped repeatedly while the diaper was still oozing into the cavities upon his face.
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If David received any food at all it consisted of the leftover cereal fragments from his brother’s breakfast that morning. As a result, David resorted to stealing food from his classmates and other members of the same grade. Eventually he was caught the principal called his mother and he received dreadful whippings and treatments at every point when he was caught in the action. At one point in the story David stole frozen products from the school's cafeteria, but when he returned to the dreadful place he was forced to call home, his mother was prepared for his scandals. She pushed him into the restroom and forced his body to rid itself of the frozen contents within his body. Not surprised, Catherine commanded David to scoop the contents of his stomach out of the toilet and into a large boil and he knew he was in for the worse punishment of his life. When David's father returned home Catherine had told him what David had done and told him that she was prepared to force him to eat his thrown up food again. In addition the harsh punishments only continued to worsen. As a result of once again stealing food, David's mother leaped to a new extreme and forced a spoon of ammonia down his thought for multiple nights in a row and later on Clorox was forced down his blistered, raw, and dissolving thought.
In conclusion, David's life was a living hell, that is until he received the opportunity to be transferred from his "home" to an alternate family under the power to the government. This was done to protect the well being of David's life. He is now being loved by a family that deserves the kind hearted boy that is David Pelzer. The only disappointing circumstance of this situation involves the fact that David's siblings were not also removed from the care of Catherine. She was also never appended by the state for he crimes against her children.
A Child Called “It” is the autobiography of David Pelzer. It is an inspirational story of a child’s will to live. The story takes place in California, Daly City to be exact. It is just outside of San Francisco. The book is about an abusive mother, Roerva, and the ways she tortured the poor kid. How he survived no one knows. I guess he relied on hope, his soul, and god. Would you have been able to survive?
Roerva in the beginning was not an abusive mother. She loved each of her children equally, until she started drinking. This is when the abuse began. David lived through many tortures such as gas chambers, getting stabbed, starved, beaten, physically and emotionally drained, and, to me this is the worst, getting called an “It”. His mother always found ways to not find out what she did. Whenever a non-family member was around she would turn on a fake smile and treat him as if he did something bad, but it wasn’t that big of a deal. Then she would send him to sit in the corner. Then when the non-family member left it was as if World War 3 had begun. She would blow up and go off on David. The only savior David had was his father, and sometimes father wouldn’t do anything at all. He was only his savior for a little while. His dad was there until he got a divorce.
This book was a great book. I loved it. It was very heart warming. How he managed to keep his heart in it is what I liked the most. The suspense and description are phenomenal. I have never read a book with so much description. I could picture him sitting in the P.O.W position. I loved this book.
All in all, the book was terrific. It is an inspiration to me, and I will make sure I pass it on. Why she tormented this child, we don’t know, but he didn’t deserve to be treated like that. The sad thing is she didn’t even go to jail for anything. Yet this book was pretty great1
I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone. I don’t think children should read it though. To me it is a five star story. Thank you David Pelzer.
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A Child Called It Was written by David Peltzer. This is an autobiography about his terrible childhood. Peltzer was beaten and mentally abused for over 5 years.
The main point in this book is to warn people that child abuse is wrong and it should never be done to a child. It shows how lucky we are to be with a family that cares about you and loves you. David had a good relationship with his father until he didn’t really come around and spend anytime with him anymore then they hardly saw eachother anymore. One type of abuse and probably the worst was when davis mother locked him in a bathroom with a bucket and insie that bucket their was amonia and clorox she made little David put his face down in their and breathe imagine how he felt after he was done gasping for air. Another form of abuse was when davids mother again trid to make him lay on a stove and burn to death right in front of her eyes.
I really recommend reading this book its full of suspense it keeps you reading. Theirs no boring part in this book its straight forward. Me personally I thought it was an outstanding book one of the best ive ever read !
David was a little 1st grader when he started to get abused by his drunken mother. His mother and father were both really big drunks they really didn’t care about anything. But if David ever did something wrong He would get the crap beat out of him when he was a 1st grader. He didn’t know what was wrong and what was good he just got out of kindergarden. His mother made him starve for a minimum of 10 days before he had left over scraps of food even the dog wouldn’t eat.
I give this book 5 stars its well detailed and has a good plot and a great story about his childhood. Even this book was very sad and depressing it was still an outstanding book. Everything about the book was perfect especially how the story moves along during each year. I give this book 5 stars and 2 thumbs up ! Cant wait to read more books by David peltzer im sure all his books are great and full of excitement! Theirs a lot of great books outheir but this on blows the other ones away that’s how good this book was!
The book is called “A Child Called “It.” The book is an autobiography of a young child’s life. It was written by, Dave Pelzer. The story is about a kid who is six or seven years of age, and is abused by his mother. It takes place in dally city California. One day his mother was nice to him, and loved him very much then she turned and hated him and started to punch him and all kinds of other things that she could do.
The kid’s name is David; he was severely abused by his mom. One day David was sent to his room which is in the garage and his mom put a bucket of bleach mixed with other things and left it down with him in his room he tried to get something to cover his mouth but it didn’t work for long. After a couple of minutes he started to cough up blood and he was really sick. The most important day for David was when he got taken away by a police officer and he told David that he was now free.
I think in my opinion that this is an excellent book because of all the details and things that happened in the book. When I read the book I wanted to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next, and know if David would survive the abuse from his mom I would recommend this book for seventh grade and up because some part in it are disturbing.
In summary, this is a good ,and extremely detailed book. David is only six years old when he is abused by his mother.. she would burn him on the stove and punch him. He would not be allowed to wear nic clothes he would wear “swiss cheese” clothes.
For my final review I give this story five out of five stars. When you are reading it you feel like your are right there because it is so extremely detailed. Also, when im reeading I can not believe that this is a true story.
Heusta O'Dell 1-2
In this engrossing book, A Child Called It, the author, David Peltzer, talks about his extremely inhuman childhood. Peltzer shares one of the most gruesome child abuse cases in history in the consuming autobiography. He transforms wherever you are to Daly City, California where he was neglected as a young child for 5 years until one remarkable day when he finally gets rescued from the grips of his merciless family.
Within this story you will find that his family drastically changes from the time the abuse starts to when David gets rescued. When he was young he would do something slightly less than perfect and get punished, but was still taken care of. That din’t last for long. She eventually did horrendous things to him for no reason at all. For instance she tried to make him eat poop out of his baby brother’s dirty diaper. She also would put him in situation’s that he would have died from if he wasn’t so intelligent. His father, who was an immigrant, was not very much help at all. He started out trying to assist him, but after failing so many times at last he gave into her. The mother has so much power over David that she told him to eat his own vomit and he did. As good as this book is you can’t help thinking what she did was repulsive.
I would give this book 4.37 stars, but let me warn you now. It is not for those who have a deliberated stomach. It is about a child who overcomes all odds to survive and you’re crazy if you don’t admire him for that. I think people who have young children should read this book. It shows them what goes on inside of a child’s head when things they can’t control happen to them.
As you can see, he tells his tales very well. I personally find this book a littlt hard to swallow. However it is an fantastic book that people need to read. It also shows you signs a child might exhibit if there is abuse happening to him. Abuse is a serious problem in this country that happens to way to many people. Unfortunately it is kept a secret more often than not. I believe it is good to tell people and let it all out such as Peltzer did.
I would recommend this book for anyone. It is excellently written and is so vivid it feels like you are in the room watching. However if you do read this I hope you have some time on your hands because you will be thinking about this book ceaselessly.
The Child Called It is a book that is very tragic. It is about a little boy that starts out at the age of six when he is beginning to get beaten by his mother. By the way, they live in Daly City, California. This book is a TRUE story about the author Dave Pelzer and his crazy family.However, it took place is 1971. So Therefore, Dave has to be an old man by now.
Dave went through a horrible childhood. At first, he was a blessed, and happy child. But, as time went by his mother started having drinking problems. Things escalated to a whole other level. For example, his mother drinks a little too much, and the next thing you know David is getting beaten for make the wrong amount of noise. It became so bad that his own mother tried to put him on the stove to “watch hm burn slowly.” Afterward, a while later after that big problem his mother starts to not feed him, play these hrrible games with him, and torcher him as he cries out for help. At the same time, his fater who is the closest person to him just stands there as these horrible things are constantly happening to his poor son.
If I were to give an evaluation on this book I would give it five out of five. Ususally, I read good books, and I love this book simply because it tell the reader how hard life is for some people.
In summary, Dave had a lot to worry about, and a lot to deal with even though he was just a litle boy. He was not to be treated so horrible and cruel. For the most part, his mother should get a taste of she own medicine, and have someone rough her up jast as moch as she did to David. It was most certainly unnessesary for his life to he like that especially at such a young age.
After all, I think that this book should be for teenagers and simply because it is so distubing on some levels. But, It is a great book, and I learned a lot from it.
In the book A Child Called “It” many viotle things happen to a little boy. This book, which is written by David Pelzer, happens to be an autobiography. The events in the book take place in a quaint town outside of San Francisco, called Daly City. In the year of 1971 is when David Pelzer got beaten to the worse extents imaginable.
The main points in this novel feature David being really close to his dad but his father won’t cross the mom to help. Catherine Roerva plays as David’s mother. She beats him so harshly and does things that are so horrific not even I could imagine his pain. The gruesome thing is, David was only in the first grade when these “games” began. In my opinion, such child should never be handled the way David was. Another main point would be is that nobody made the effort to help him. He went on for almost five years until someone finally saved him. Teachers, neighbors, and other adults saw him, but blew it off by thinking he was poor and troubled. That has to be the worst part of all.
This book was incredible! To think that this little boy went through so much and still came out to be a great adult. If you want to read a heart touching book, this is the one. David Pelzer is a vivid and super graphic author, who puts a lot of detail into his stories. This child was beaten around, unloved, and despised by his own family but he still overcame everything. I highly recommend this book. However, if you have a weak stomach or might be too young it might be a little much.
In summary, this is a very inspirational book. I would recommend it for anyone over the age of 13 and it will make you a little teary eyed. To read about Dave Pelzer’s life and about how he was treated breaks my heart. But now he is an inspiring author and a great guy, despite his childhood problems. I think that a life lesson could be learned also. Never take anything for granite because you never know who might have it worse than you.
This book deserves five stars and some kind of award. A Child Called “It” has to be one of the best novels I’ve read yet! I hope to read the other two books because I’m sure they would be just as good. I would recommend this book to anyone.
The book we recently read in class was “A Child Called it” by David Pelzer. The book was an autobiography about David Pelzer’s horrible childhood. The story took place in Daly City, California, where David and his family lived. In the book David talked about all of the horrible things his mother did to him as a young boy. It is amazing how he survived and was able to share his story with us.
In the book “A Child Called it” David suffers abuse and isolation from his family. Some of the main points include, in the beginning his family and him had a loving relationship and did all kinds of fun stuff with each other. David was also doing great in school, one of the best in his class, but his mother held him back because he was a “bad boy”. Soon after that she refused to stop treating David like a family member. She would beat him, not feed him, and make him wear the same clothes every day. As a result of this he always smelled and his clothes had holes and rips in them. Other things to add in are that David, at one point, wasn’t fed for ten days and that she locked him in the bathroom with a bucket mixed with ammonia and bleach. She also tried to lay him on a stove that sums up the main points of the book.
To evaluate the book I would say it was good and bad. The book was good because it was a great story about how a kid survived such bad abuse and just kept thinking positive. It was also a bad book because of how awful the beating were and how descriptive David was of them. To conclude I would recommend the book eventhough it is very descriptive about his abuse.
To summarize “A Child Called it” is an autobiography about the abuse and isolation David Pelzer faced as a child. David was bate, didn’t get fed, and the family didn’t even give him enough respect to call him by his name. The family just refered to him as “it” hence the name of the book. David Pelzer lived a rough child hood but always stayed positive. He wanted to quit so many times but didn’t, that is how he stayed alive.
The book “A Child Called it” by David Pelzer was a great book although it was very descriptive. I would recommend this book, it was great. David always found a way to beat his mother at her own game and that’s how he stayed alive.
Tanner Amos 1-2
In the suspenseful book, The Child Called I, by Dave Pelzer, David is beaten by his mother. It is an autobiography about Dave Pelzer and his life as a child. The story takes place in Daly City, California. David was beaten by his mother for, so called, being a bad boy. How would you like to have his life? Nevertheless he always had a positive mind and attitude. He never got down on himself and always thought he could beat mother.
The story begins with his mother being a good person. She loved him like all of his other brothers. His mother starts drinking and she beats him for taking his dads side. Every day he comes home to a mother who beats her own child. She made him feel like no one cared or loved him and that he didn’t even like him. Also, he had a close relationship with his dad who helped him get around some of moms punishments until mother started to control him and then he left the house. He rarely came to visit. In the end he is taken to a safe place and is set free from the beatings and his mother.
I would recommend this book to people who like reading books with suspense. It is life changing because it makes you think how lucky you are to have a life like you do. I like the book and enjoyed reading it. Most people can read this book, but I hope no one ever does what his mother did to anyone. I would like to read the rest of the books in the series to see what happens to David. I give the book four and a half stars for the way it is written and how it makes you realize how lucky you are.
In conclusion, the autobiography is a great book. There is a good theme to the book. Always keep a positive mind no matter what you come upon. I think there is a good lesson in this book to. It is a book the whole family can read and talk about. Also, be thankful for what life you live and don’t ever wish to live a life like David.
I would recommend this book. It is a good and inspiring read. Anyone can read the book however it may get emotional. The way Dave writes you can actually feel what it was like by how descriptive he is. This book is great!
Zach Phillips 1st and 2nd
The Child Called It By Dave Peltzer is a good book it takes place in his house down in calafornia. He spent most of his time in his house because he was rarely aloud outside. This is an autobiography about Dave Peltzer life and how hard it is for him to survive. He was a fighter and is very lucky to be here on this earth right now! However he is also very smart and saved himself from a lot of terrible beatings and even death!
All through the story David suffers for example he has to sit in a tub full of cold water, be burnt by the oven, and even be traped in his mothers own little gas chamber she had made. He also has to try to beat her at here own games by stalling so time would run out and a family member would get home in time and she would stop. The over all main point of the story is when the police took him away so he could be safe and no longer suffer anymore of his mothers punishments. He was taken to the juvinial center so he wouldn’t be punished!
The Child Called It is a very good book in my opinion . It is a very descriptive book. It tell and describes how brutal and scary his punishments are and how they happen. I do recommend getting and reading the book it has tons of life lessons that it can be tought to you. It thought me to never judge anyone until I get to know them. Another lesson it tought me was to be happy with what I have because there are kids out there that are starved and beatin and don’t have safe homes like. I do recommend this book again for mature people only.
In summary the book is a very good book! It has tought me somethings I really have never thought about befor. The book is sad in my opinion because a poor inacent little boy get punished by his drunken mother. The boy has to look and fin different ways to get food because his mother have gone crazy and starves him.
I highly recomen this book it is a hard book to read but however it’s a great book to read to. If I had to rate this book I would give it a five out of five stars. I read this and in my opinion it is a very depressing book and some find it very challenging to read.
Hello, I’m a young student that is reviewing a book called A Child Called It. The book’s author’s name is Dave Peltzer also the main protagonist in story. The genre of this book is AutoBiography. And finally, this story takes place in California 1971. Now please don’t get offended by my opinion of this story. But be warned, while you are reading this book, all of the horrible stuff that happens, you will be able to picture it all in your head.
The stories main protagonist is David Peltzer as kid a who is constantly abused by his mother Catherine. In the beginning of the story after David does his moring chores and his daily abuse, his mother takes him to school. After a while he is called to the princibles office during lunch. They give him some food knowing that he is barley fed at home. After a few minutes, a police officer comes in and takes David to the police station. When David finds out that the officer is calling his mom he freaks out thinking that he is going to get beaten when he gets home. The officer tells Catherine that David is being sent to some Juvenile Department and then hangs up. It later turns out that David is really being sent to child services, then the officer tells David he is free which ends chapter 1.
I really didn’t like this. What I didn’t like about it was the abuse. David tells the readers every crueling and disgusting detail of how he was abused. Half the stuff in that book could make anybody cry. Throught the coarse of the story, David’s mother always tortures him the same intill she discovers something new. What sickens me the most is that his brothers and father didn’t report this to the police. They just go along with like it’s nothing. The dad always promised that he and and David would someday leave the mad house. Well later on in the story, David’s parents finally separate, and guess what? HE DOSEN’T TAKE DAVID WITH HIM!!!! FATHER OF THE YEAR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!! Like seriously, what was he thinking?! Leaving your son with a abusive mother and horrible brothers.
Anyway, I give this book two stars, do not read this book.
A true story, A Child Called “It,” was the first few books written about child abuse by Dave Pelzer. The child abuse happened in Daly City, California in 1971. Because of this book, we understand how bad child abuse can be. Many laws were enforced after knowing about this book. We now know to never make a mistake like this one.
David Pelzer was abused since he was in first grade. He began with minor punishments from his mother, but the punishments later became more and more severe. His mother used him as a slave completing all her wishes and commands. When David came home from school one day, his mother demanded him to take off his clothes, and lay on the burning and hot gas stove. David refused but was forced on the stove and was burnt badly. As his mother became more and more attached to alcohol, his mothers forbid him to have any food at home. His mother starved him to death for three days and once ten days. Whenever he came home, his mother checked if he ate any food. She did that by making him vomit and making him eat it afterwards. If he ever had something to eat, it was either scraps of food someone didn’t eat, or some scraps of food he found in the garbage can. During one summer, David was abused harsher than he ever was. His mother stabbed him in the chest and which David believed it was an accident. As though it wasn’t on purpose, she helped him treat it, but later didn’t care. With the wound not fully treated it became infected, David began losing more and more blood. Because his mother didn’t care about him, David turned to his father. His father gave no concern about him, and David began losing faith in his father. Several months after the knife accident, his father began to have less and less visits at home. On a day when his father wasn’t home, David’s mother told David to clean the bathroom. Soon, his mother came in with a bucket filled with ammonia and Clorox. Minutes later, the bathroom was filled with a grey fume. David felt as if his throat was on fire and he collapsed. Later, his mother came up with a new punishment. She filled the bathtub with cold water and shoved his head in the cold water. Then, one day, mother told David that she loved him again and she wanted him to forget everything that has happened. Yet, David found out that she only loved him because a social worker was visiting and wanted David to tell her he lived a great life. As years went by, David’s teachers began to worry about him. But, they soon found out he was getting beaten by the scars on his body. They later called an officer, and he later drove David to freedom.
This book was really depressing, but the same time very well written. I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone because the actions done in this book was just terrible. This book taught me what child abuse can do to someone and it can nearly kill a child. I realized punishments may sometimes be required, but not the ones done in this book.
A Child Called “It” was written by Dave Pelzer and one of the saddest stories ever written. David nearly died from starvation and was beaten to death while his father did nothing. David lost hope and faith and believed himself to be worthless. Reading this book made me realized child abuse isn’t something we should do and some are imaginable. David had to live through all of it, and I could never imagine what David had to go through,
I would rate A Child Called “It” five out of ten stars.
A book that I have read in the past is, “A Child Called “It”. It is a terribly sad story that takes place in Daly City, California in 1973. I have read many other sad stories, but this one is worst by far. By the way, it is an autobiography; therefore, it is a true story written by who it is about. The author of the story is Dave Pelzer, and I can’t believe the things he has gone through.
In this story, Dave is constantly abused by his mother, Catherine. It wasn’t always like that though. For example, when Dave and his brothers were still young, Catherine used to make plans for the day all the time. The whole family used to go on vacations together even. The abuse all started when Catherine and Stephen, Dave’s father, began to fight and drink all the time. Dave was always clingy with his father; thereupon, Catherine through her anger out on Dave since he acted and looked just like him. The first punishment he ever had was when Dave had to sit in the corner and he never came out until it was time for bed. In time, the punishments became worse and worse. Two that stand out to me are the gas chamber and the mirror treatment. The gas chamber involved bucket of Clorox and ammonia. Dave was then shoved in the bathroom with the door closed. The mirror treatment involved Catherine forcing Dave to look at himself in the mirror and call himself a “bad boy”. Soon Dave went weeks without food. Catherine would make him puke after he got home from school, just to see if he ate there or not. As a result of Catherine’s craziness, Stephen started to not come home. Dave’s trust in his father also began to slip. His brothers even began to ignore him and act as if he were nothing. Soon, Dave had no one he could believe. David had been abused from the first grade until fifth grade. One day, when Dave got to school, he was sent to the nurse and was checked over and asked questions. After the nurse told the principle all the details of Dave, a police officer came to get Dave. Catherine was informed Dave was not coming home, so Dave was then officially “free”.
Generally, when someone reads a sad book, they tell people not to read it, since it is so sad. However, this particular book, “A Child Called “It”, I would recommend a person to read. It has things in it that I can’t wrap my head around. For example, I can’t understand why Catherine would do this to her own child. It is still sad though; thus, it is not my favorite book in the world.
In conclusion, “A Child Called “It” is an autobiography written by Dave Pelzer. It is a terribly sad book about the struggle; a little boy has to face, against his own family. He goes through good and bad times, but it all ends when he is soon taken to safer place to live. Also, I would recommend this book, just be ready to cry.
I give the book, “A Child Called “It”, five stars.
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