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The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer [Pelzer, Dave] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family about?

"The Lost Boy" is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to "A Child Called "It". The Lost Boy" is Pelzer's story--a moving sequel and inspirational read for all. From Library JournalFollowing A Child Called It (Health Communications, 1995), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and appears frequently on high school reading lists, this is the second in a planned trilogy from motivational author and speaker Pelzer. Here he tells his story from the time he left his abusive mother and alcoholic father, through his experiences in five foster homes and juvenile detention, and how he eventually made it into the Air Force. He was a defiant, rebellious boy who, despite his background and personality, managed to endear himself to many guardians, social workers, and teachers. Pelzer writes in an honest, sometimes rambling, style; he is never bitter, and his story will find many sympathetic readers. However, he leaves many questions unanswered (which may appear in the third book), dealing with his adult-life relationships, his son, the mother of that child,

Who reads The Lost Boy : A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family?

Author

Dave Pelzer [Pelzer, Dave]

Publisher

Health Communications Inc EB

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780757396069

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Self Help, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.08 / 5 (47,407 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14