TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pelzer,David J
TI  - A child called "it": an abused child's journey from victim to victor 
SN  - 9780613171373
AV  - HV883.P393.C455 1995 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Deerfield Beach, Florida
PB  - Health Communications
KW  - Pelzer, David J.
KW  - Abused children
KW  - California
KW  - Daly City
KW  - Biography
KW  - Children of alcoholics
KW  - Abusive mothers
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Family violence
KW  - Foster home care
N1  - Originally published: Omaha Nebraska : Omaha Press Pub. Company, 1993; The rescue --; Good times --; Bad boy --; The fight for food --; The accident --; While father is away --; The Lord's Prayer --; Epilogue --; Perspectives on child abuse; 2
N2  - [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
ER  -