01722cam a2200301 4500 286805294 TxAuBib 20170306120000.0 950601s1995||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 95020792 9781558743663 1558743669 TxAuBib Pelzer, David J. A Child Called "It" : An Abused Child's Journey from Victim to Victor / Dave Pelzer. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, 1995. xi, 184 p. ; 19 cm. Originally published: Omaha Neb. : Omaha Press Pub. Co., 1993. The rescue -- Good times -- Bad boy -- The fight for food -- The accident -- While father is away -- The Lord's Prayer -- Epilogue -- Perpsectives on child abuse. [This book] is [an] account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it." -Back cover. 20170306. Pelzer, David J. Abused children California Daly City Biography. Children of alcoholics California Daly City Biography. Abusive mothers Family relationships California Daly City. Family violence California Daly City. Foster home care California.