Dave Pelzer wrote about his childhood in these 2 books, "The child called It" and the second book "The lost boy". He survived the third worse case of child abuse in Carlifornia state history. Join and discuss the book, we want YOUR comment. This book is 1 of the most captivating book ive ever read, u who havent read it yet, do it, its one of the best book ever. And in his third book, "A man named Dave" he writes about his way to sucess with a good life, and find the answers.