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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A Child Called "It" is the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother. He survived the abuse, and through his story, helps other people who have had abusive childhoods.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In 1969 Alabama, eleven-year-old Dixie Dupree learns that the family she once believed was happy has deep fractures and records everything in her diary in this coming-of-age story about mothers and daughters, the guilt and pain that pass between generations, and the truths that are impossible to hide, especially from ourselves"--