The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer is one of my favorite books of all time. It was incredibly well written and really draws you in so you can never stop reading. I finished this book and 5 days and would have finished it in one if I had more time. It was heart wrenching, sad, and very intense. I felt so bad for Dave. One of my favorite parts of the book was when David was at the doctor and the doctor was talking about his appearance and all of his injuries caused by his mother. It really made me feel for Dave. I wanted to be there helping him along the way. Dave is one of the strongest people I have ever seen. How he was able to endure that physical pain and emotional torture is absolutely amazing. I would constantly feel bad for him because every time he went to a new foster home and started to really connect with someone he was yanked away to live somewhere else with completely different people and to a new school. I got upset at my dad when he almost made me leave Roslyn once and he moved many times.

            Another memory he included that stuck out in my mind was when he was a good enough person to go into the school and put out the fire. When he was framed for something he was trying to stop I felt enraged for him. If I was him I would be completely mad. Then when no one believed him I felt terrible for him. The feelings of having someone not believe you when you’re telling the truth are some of the worst feelings in the world. If I ever met Dave Pelzer the first thing I would say would be “how did you do it?” because I could never imagine going through that. This book really taught me some valuable lessons. One of them is that if you face a tough situation you need to do your best to keep you’re cool and not lose control because it will only make things worse. The second and most important lesson I learned is that no matter what happens in life you always want to have someone there who loves you to help you get through it because everything seems so much worse when you are alone with no one to get you through the day. My favorite part of the book is at the end when he is sitting with his son and you realize that he is finally happy.