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Dave Pelzer, the author of “A Child Called It”, “The Lost Boy”, and “A Man Named Dave” writes his story about how he was abused as a boy by his sick mother, and everyone across the nation are agreeing that this is one of the worst cases of child abuse in Californian history. His books tell of how he was forced to endure sick “games” thought up by his mother, and how he did all he could to survive. He kept telling himself that as long as he was alive, he could beat his mother, and that he would do whatever it takes to survive. He was faced with the drunken rage of his mother, where she would beat or hurt him to the point where his life was in serious danger. He was stabbed in the stomach with a butcher knife, had his right are held over the stove and burned, drank ammonia, fed scraps, and lived in the garage on a cot without a blanket. His mother outcaste him from the rest of the family, and was treated lower than a dog. However, as horrible as his abuse was, he still managed to live through it. Child services took him from the house, away from his monster of a mother, and he began to live for the first time like a normal boy. He grew up to raise a family of his own, with a wife and son, and tells his son every day that he is special and that he loves him. Dave was faced with a huge obstacle, yet he lived through it, never once giving up hope that one day he would be saved from the abuse he was faced with.