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TITLE The title was significant to what the little boy David. The title was related to the book because the main character of the boy is a reflection of the title .

Author The author of the book “A Child Called It” is David Pelzer. David Pelzer also wrote the lost boy, The privilege of youth and a man named Dave. All of these books are about his childhood he is the main character in all of these books. The books he writes are about child abuse

author He was born in California December 29 1960 His father was not around a lot in his life so it was just his mother and his brothers all the time His mother abused him to such a degree that his case became the worst case of child abuse in the history of California. Despite attending public schools, his teachers never contacted the police regarding possible abuse until he was 12 years old.

Setting March 5, 1973 Daly City , California

Theme The theme of this book is that child abuse is a problem . Child abuse is very serious it also shows that real people are abused as children and they Remember it for the rest of there life.

Characterization David (IT)- He was a young child, he was 3or4 feet tall . He was the little boy being abused in the story. He wore a Swiss cheese like t-shirt and raggedy pants and shoes. His personalities were Brave, Bold , Strong, Timed , All Around Nice Boy

Characterization David’s Mother –She was about 5’6 feet tall She was about 35-40 years of age She had blond hair, always wore makeup Her personalities were cold hearted, disrespectful , and lazy

Characterization David’s brothers Kevin- was about 4 feet tall had blue eyes dark hair Ron- About 4 feet tall had dark hair and brown eyes Stan- was about 5 feet tall light brown hair and green eyes Richard-they didn’t talk about him.

Characterization David's Father He was tall about 6 foot tall built looked in between late 20s early 30s His personalities were funny, strong, bight, loving father.

Conflict The conflict that happened in this book was that a little boy was abused by his mother.

PLOT Setting- Daly City California

Plot Rising Action – the nurse at school notices burses on David The school principle calls David's mother for questioning David tries to stop them from calling his mom The school knows that he is being abused

Plot Climax-David decides to tell his mom that he does not care anymore Falling Action- David still gets beat by his mother She treats him the same as she did before (nothing has changed) David just deals with the pain and lets his mother abuse him

Plot Resolution- David just doesn’t care any more There not really a ending to all his pain

plot Protagonist- child being abused (Man vs man) Antagonist David's mother

Mood The feeling that I had when I read this book was very sad and some times even irate Just all around I felt sorrow and upset

Tone The Attitude of the author towards the readers is he is very serious He tells the readers that this is not just a joke about child abuse this really happed to him and to prove it he is what the book is about

Fiction This story is realistic fiction because this is about the authors child hood and this was really his life story as a child

Personal response My personal response to this book is that I enjoyed the book I could not put it down. I would recommend it if your are looking for a good book but it goes to show that child abuse is not a game it’s a very serious matter. the characters actions bothered me a little bit because if I had a child I would not be able to do what this mother did to her son.

Assessment What is the little boys name who is being abused? How many brothers did David have? Who was the boy being abused by? How old was David? Where did the setting take place? What was this book about? Was David's mother good to him? Did David's father take better care for him? Did David have a normal childhood? What is your reaction to child Abuse?

Answers David 4 David's mother A young child Daly City California The Author as a child being abused by his mother NO ! He was never around NO PERSONAL OPPIONON