The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family
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The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family
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- Label
- The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family
- Title remainder
- a foster child's search for the love of a family
- Statement of responsibility
- Dave Pelzer
- Title variation
- lost boy
- Title variation remainder
- a foster childs search for the love of a family
- Subject
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- Pelzer, David J
- Personal narratives
- trueViolence in women
- Personal narratives
- Abused children
- Abused children -- California | Daly City -- Biography
- Abusive mothers -- Family relationships
- Abusive mothers -- Family relationships -- California | Daly City
- Biography
- trueCalifornia
- California
- California -- Daly City
- Case studies
- trueChild abuse victims -- Daly City, California -- Biography
- Children of alcoholics
- Children of alcoholics -- California | Daly City -- Biography
- trueChildren of alcoholics -- Daly City, California -- Biography
- trueDaly City, California
- Family violence
- Family violence -- California | Daly City
- trueFamily violence -- Daly City, California
- Foster home care
- trueFoster home care -- California -- Case studies
- Pelzer, David J
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This volume is the second installment of a trilogy of books which depict the life of the author, who as a young boy who 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
- Award
- Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2002.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 362.7/6/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- Young Adult
- 720L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- LC call number
- HV881
- LC item number
- .P45 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- PerformerNote
- Read by Brian Keeler
- Reading level
- 5.1
- Series statement
- David Pelzer trilogy
- Series volume
- 0002
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
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