num_pages: 75
description: Calling him "it" instead of using his name, the author's unstable, alcoholic mother drove him to the brink of death before authorities finally stepped in. This title is the first part of a trilogy that tells the complete story of Dave's victory over violence.
language: English
title: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
titlecomplete: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
genres: Biography, Abuse, True Story, Psychology, Adult, Autobiography, Nonfiction, True Crime, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 424754
series: Dave Pelzer
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Soaring Eagle Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Recorded Books