The Lost Boy: The remarkable sequel to million-copy bestseller 'A Child Called It'

Having just read The Child Called It, which was a great book, I wanted to find out what happened next, after realising that the world was darker then than even I knew. This man has had the worst possible mother and father; and also brothers who joined in with his abuse. However this book shows he has ridden above all of them to become a great man, who thinks of others. Shade to the brothers who have tried to belittle and make less of his experience, they did not walk in his shoes. I'm glad we live in times where this sort of thing is brought into the open more and made easier for a child to get help. Having been the victim of a different type of childhood abuse, I can testify that it's not easy to turn out good like Dave. I wish him all the best in whatever he does with the rest of his life.

To say I enjoyed this book would be wrong , it is a true story of one boys life struggling to be loved by his peers . It reveals life as a foster child which at times was very hard and difficult for Dave and his many foster parents . Once again I have read the book in three days , now I want to get to know Dave as an adult .

In this book, you see Dave grow up and then into a wonderful young man. He had a terrible childhood with his vicious mother. Thank goodness for his roster parents. They were all amazing

The second book in the trilogy book , A child called ' It '. Wow I couldn't put all these books down what amazing story of a young boy fighting to survive after his rescue from abusive alcholic mother who emotionally and physically starved him and her ' Games ' she played that left one of her sons nearly dead. She no longer considered david as her son but her slave , now in foster care david's new fight to survive as he is placed in and out of five different foster homes he feels ' unworthy of love ' and ' his shameful past ' yet not giving up on finding a 'real family ' to love and be loved. David is a brave young boy who I just wanted to hold tight and tell him that he's safe now and everything will be okay.

This book continues where "A Child Called It" left off and we enter a new stage of Dave Pelzer's life. I was continuously surprised by the attitudes and lack of support for a boy with a history such as Dave's. It does seem that children who are put in care get a label that is impossible to shed, no matter how little they are to blame for their circumstances. I admire Dave Pelzer for telling this story as he comes off much less as a victim in this book than in the first one, but it's nevertheless an important story to tell. And I applaud him for the fact that he does not cast any blame on society. He humbly accepts his destiny.

Inspirational. This book was a replacement for the one I had lent out years ago.

I have to keep buying the next book after the next as you connect with him from the first page and you are drawn into his life as you are watching it happen before your eyes. To achieve what he has achieved with the help from totally amazing people along the way astounds me. Congratulations for what you have achieved.

Already had one of the books decided to order the next one. Very touching lost a few tears reading it.