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A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer, is an autobiography about a young boy who encounters horrifying abuse from his alcoholic mother. In the story she starves him, poisons him, torments him, and beats him to near death. He explains the terrors of being shut out from the rest of the world and obeying every brutal command or else Mother would deal with him. No one knew about his troubles at home and his family seemed to by pass it. But through it all Dave stayed strong and promised himself to somehow stay alive.
Dave came across the most terrifying conflict at age ten, when his mother stabs him in the chest. He was able to save himself with his courageous spirit and quick thinking. The conflict started when his mother warned him to finish cleaning the dishes in twenty minutes or she would kill him with the knife she had in her hand. Before long she stabbed him in the chest and Dave passed out, but didn't die. He learned to overcome the physical and emotional abuse created by his......

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