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The abuse gradually began when he was 5. By the time he was 9, he was variously starved, fed soap, forced to eat feces, burned over an open flame, and was invariably referred to as "an It" rather than by name. When he was 10 he was also stabbed. He was ultimately saved from his family situation when several schoolteachers called law enforcement. Child services then removed David and put him in foster care. A 1997 sequel, ''The Lost Boy'', details Pelzer's experience in the Foster Care system. The paperback book's ISBN 1558743669. Criticisms or questions about Pelzer's works have been raised in articles in the Mail On Sunday ("Is He Making 'It' All Up?"), the New York Times Magazine ("Dysfunction for Dollars"), and the online magazine Slate (" Dave Pelzer - The Child Abuse Entrepreneur "). [http://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm?page=author&authorID=145&view=Interview] |
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