My teenage daughter asked me to read this book. She had read it at school and it had touched her heart. The episodes of abuse, neglect, and violence were almost too much for me to stomach, but it gave me a better insight into the challenges that children who have been in this situation have faced.

Imagine a young boy who has never had a home. His only possessions are the old torn clothes he carries in a papper bag. His only world is isolation and fear. Although this young boy has been rescued from his alcoholic mother, the real hurt is just beginning-he has no place to call home. Exceptional book. Well worth reading.

Excellent book about a child bounced around in foster care... it is truly inspiring how forgiving one child can be... I'm definitely hooked on this trilogy... can't wait to read part 3.

I have read both A Child Called It and The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family. The second book is alot more graphic as far as being told what his... I don't even know what to call her... his birther? Anyways what she did to him, what he went through,You can't help but want to take this small boy into your arms and want to hide him from all the dangers and all the ugly people of the world! It is amazing that he is was and is not bitter towards her. The boys has grown in to a beautiful man whith a family of his own. He has truely overcome the ugliness that was dealt to him as a boy and triumphanted! (sp?) Alot of children, men and women could not survive such terrors. A bittersweet book, to say the least.

This is the second book in the trilogy. I couldnt put it down. I read this one in record time too. I got it at lunch time and finished by dinner. I loved it although I thought he could have kept a more obvious timeline. It was a little hard to figure out at what age he was throughout this one.

A really touching book by Dave Pelzer. Number two in his series of stories about his life, this one touches on his adolescence and his feelings about living in foster homes. Sad and heartwarming at the same time. A very good read.

Tear - jerker - makes you truly grateful for all that you have. Worth every minute of reading.

This is the second book in a series of three. This book follows the book called "A Child Called It" by the same author. This book tells of David's existence between the ages of 12 and 18. I loved this book. I felt a sense of closure to the first book and you get a clearer picture of what happens to foster children.

Imagine a young boy who has never had a home. His only possessions are the old torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. His only world is isolation and fear. Although this young boy has been rescued from his alcholic mother, the real hurt is just beginning - he has no place to call home.
This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It." Answers will be exposed and new adventures revealed in this compelling story of his life as an adolescent. Now considered an F-child - a foster child - young David experiences the instability of moving in and out of five different homes. Those who feel that all foster kids are trouble - and unworthy of being loved just because they are not part of a real family - resent his presence and force him to suffer shame. Tears and laughter, devastation and hope: all create the journey of this little boy who desperately searches for the love of a family.
Though many in society ridicule the foster-care system and social-service fields, Dave Pelzer is a living testament to the necessity of their existence. Whether you are a fan of the author or picking up his work for the first time, The Lost Boy is a sequel that will move you and stand alone as a shining inspiration to all.

The second installment in David Pelzer's recounting of his traumatic childhood and adolescence will leave you feeling a tremendous sadness for the plight of the foster child. The book is no great literary work, but a window into the deep scars child abuse leaves behind and the great strength of will that it takes a child to survive these overwhelming odds.

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Another really good book, continues the story and shows how you can overcome any odds and have a full life if you want it badly enough. Very sad, very moving and quite inspirational.

it was a fast read and very good, but sad

This is truly a heart wrenching story of a boy who was abused by his mother and rescued from her and put into foster care.Yet he doesn't feel like he belongs in foster care and hes not sure where he belongs.A very good read.

This is the second part to the book "A Child Called It", and it is just as good a read as the first one. I would recommend it to people of any age.

This is a continued story of "A Child Called It". The story was better, not as predictable. The author must get better with each book. I hope the final book is even better. The author does make you want to see what happens to him as an adult.

Good book.Very well written.

Read all the books that go along with this one. This is a good quick read. Book is about a true account about what this man went through as a child.

Dave touches your heart deeply. It helps us to get inside the children in foster care and do what we can to help.

This is a great read (sad though). It is such an inspiring story of the life of an abused child. I even got my husband to read this and A Child Called It. He doesn't even read books and he made it through both of these books. Easy to read but hard on the emotions! I recommend this book to all!

A sequel to "A Child Called It". Again, I was in tears. It's such a heart breaking story and yet it shows what people can over come. I would definitely read it again.

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