The second part of the book

The second part of A Child Called "It" dug deep into the abusive childhood of David Pelzer. He goes on to explain how his mother went crazy and abused him. After a while it got so bad that he was called "The Boy" and wasn't even part of the family anymore. David was even sent to the basement to sleep on a cot with no blanket. The only time he felt safer is when his dad or other people were around. David's mother even burned his arm on a stove and was going to make him stick his whole body on there, but he outmaneuvered her and bought himself enough time for his siblings to get home. His mother would do very cruel things to him, but not his other brothers. One example of this is David couldn't eat breakfast unless he finished his chores his mother would make up for him to do with an impossible time limit, he had the same crappy lunch every day, and no dinner. He though was forced to clean up after their dinner, but her mom would do things like poison the leftover so he couldn't eat it. She would always beat him, but his will to live and not back down to his mom is what kept him alive. She once even "accidentally" stabbed David in the stomach. Another point in the story she even went as far as to not buy him new clothes so he always wore the same clothes, he couldn't shower, and he couldn't look at his family members without his mother's permission. So far the book is a heart wrenching real life story.