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Author Pelzer, David J., author.

Title The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family / Dave Pelzer.

Publication Info. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, [1997]
©1997

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  362.76 PELZER c.2  Check Shelf
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  362.76 PELZER c.3  Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.76 PELZER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.76 PELZER c.2  Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. PELZER, D. c.3  DUE 04-24-14 Assumed Lost
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA362.76 P369LB c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Overflow Collection  362.76 P369 LB c.4  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  362.76 P369 LB c.5  Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B PELZER    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Teen  YB PELZER    Check Shelf

Description xi, 340 pages ; 19 cm
Note Sequel to A Child Called It.
Contents The runaway -- An angel named Ms. Gold -- The trial -- New beginnings -- Adrift -- The defiant one -- Mother's love -- Estranged -- Coming around -- Break away -- Epilogue -- Perspectives on foster care -- Keynotes, workshops, and school assemblies.
Summary This volume is the second installment of a trilogy of books which depict the life of the author, who as a young boy was physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused by his obsessive mother. The book discusses Pelzer's struggling with his ability to fit in and adapt to the new environment around him as he is put into foster care. It also talks about the kindness of his foster parents and other people around him as well as his inability to brush his mother aside.
Audience Young Adult.
Performer Read by Brian Keeler.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 9.0 48148.
Reading Counts RC High School 5.2 15 Quiz: 25295 Guided reading level: NR.
Subject Pelzer, David J.
Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography.
Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography.
Abusive mothers -- Family relationships -- California -- Daly City.
Family violence -- California -- Daly City.
Foster home care -- California -- Case studies.
Alcoholism. (DNLM)D000437
Foster home care -- California -- Case studies.
Family violence -- California -- Daly City.
Child Abuse. (DNLM)D002649
Child of Impaired Parents. (DNLM)D016241
Domestic Violence. (DNLM)D017579
Foster Home Care. (DNLM)D005581
Pelzer, David J. (OCoLC)fst00344317
Abused children. (OCoLC)fst00794809
Abusive mothers -- Family relationships. (OCoLC)fst00794913
Children of alcoholics. (OCoLC)fst00855292
Family violence. (OCoLC)fst00920540
Foster home care. (OCoLC)fst00933198
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
California -- Daly City. (OCoLC)fst01234629
Genre/Form Young adult literature.
Personal Narrative. (DNLM)D062210
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Pelzer, David J. Lost boy. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, ©1997 058510493X (OCoLC)42922716
ISBN 1558745157 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781558745155 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0613173538 (libr. binding)
9780613173537 (libr. binding)
9781435260429 (Follettbound)
1435260422 (Follettbound)
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