For my October SSR book, I read a child called it. This was one of the most intriguing, yet saddest books I have ever read. It's about a little boy named David, who once was loved but after his mothers alcohol addiction, he no longer had a life. He mother would beat him and treat him like the family slave. He was not aloud to eat, play with his brothers, or even just rest. He was always forced to be doing chores. David was forced to eat food out of the garbage, or to steal food from other kids at school. As a punishment, he was checked to see if he was somehow getting food by being forced to throw up. This book is a memoir written by David Pelzer himself.
I wasn't very impressed with the ending of the story because it didn't conclude what finally happened to David. There is a book called "The Lost Boy" which I am reading now for my December book. It does explain what finally happened to David and how he got out of his "home".
