The Resource The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family, Dave Pelzer
The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family, Dave Pelzer
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The item The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family, Dave Pelzer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sara Hightower Regional Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 340 pages
- Note
- Sequel to A Child Called It
- Contents
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- The runaway
- An angel named Ms. Gold
- The trial
- New beginnings
- Adrift
- The defiant one
- Mother's love
- Estranged
- Coming around
- Break away
- Epilogue
- Perspectives on foster care
- Keynotes, workshops, and school assemblies
- Isbn
- 9781435260429
- Label
- The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family
- Title
- The lost boy
- 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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- trueChild abuse victims -- Daly City, California -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Abuse survivors
- trueTrue Crime -- Domestic Crime
- Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Abuse
- truePelzer, David J
- Family violence -- California -- Daly City
- trueChildren of alcoholics -- Daly City, California -- Biography
- Child of Impaired Parents -- Personal Narratives
- Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Pelzer, David J
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueFamily violence -- Daly City, California
- Foster Home Care -- Personal Narratives
- trueCalifornia
- Domestic Violence -- Personal Narratives
- Children of alcoholics -- California | Daly City -- Biography
- Abused children -- California | Daly City -- Biography
- Family violence -- California | Daly City
- trueViolence in women
- trueDaly City, California
- Abusive mothers -- California -- Daly City | Family relationships
- Child Abuse -- Personal Narratives
- Abusive mothers -- California | Daly City -- Family relationships
- trueFoster home care -- California -- Case studies
- Alcoholism -- Personal Narratives
- Nonfiction
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- 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
- Summary
- The author continues the story of his own child abuse, and his experiences being a foster child moving in and out of five different foster home
- Award
- Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2002.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 196189
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
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- 362.7/6/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV881
- LC item number
- .P45 1997
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 720
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- David Pelzer trilogy
- Series volume
- 0002
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a foster child's search for the love of a family
- Label
- The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family, Dave Pelzer
- Link
- Note
- Sequel to A Child Called It
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The runaway -- An angel named Ms. Gold -- The trial -- New beginnings -- Adrift -- The defiant one -- Mother's love -- Estranged -- Coming around -- Break away -- Epilogue -- Perspectives on foster care -- Keynotes, workshops, and school assemblies
- Control code
- 177284
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781435260429
- Isbn Type
- (PawPrnts)
- Lccn
- 97017614
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm36977169
- (OCoLC)36977169
- Label
- The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family, Dave Pelzer
- Link
- Note
- Sequel to A Child Called It
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The runaway -- An angel named Ms. Gold -- The trial -- New beginnings -- Adrift -- The defiant one -- Mother's love -- Estranged -- Coming around -- Break away -- Epilogue -- Perspectives on foster care -- Keynotes, workshops, and school assemblies
- Control code
- 177284
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 340 pages
- Isbn
- 9781435260429
- Isbn Type
- (PawPrnts)
- Lccn
- 97017614
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm36977169
- (OCoLC)36977169
Subject
- Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Abused children -- California | Daly City -- Biography
- Abusive mothers -- California -- Daly City | Family relationships
- Abusive mothers -- California | Daly City -- Family relationships
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Alcoholism -- Personal Narratives
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueCalifornia
- Child Abuse -- Personal Narratives
- trueChild abuse victims -- Daly City, California -- Biography
- Child of Impaired Parents -- Personal Narratives
- Children of alcoholics -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
- Children of alcoholics -- California | Daly City -- Biography
- trueChildren of alcoholics -- Daly City, California -- Biography
- trueDaly City, California
- Domestic Violence -- Personal Narratives
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Abuse
- Family violence -- California -- Daly City
- Family violence -- California | Daly City
- trueFamily violence -- Daly City, California
- Foster Home Care -- Personal Narratives
- trueFoster home care -- California -- Case studies
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Abuse survivors
- Nonfiction
- Pelzer, David J
- truePelzer, David J
- trueTrue Crime -- Domestic Crime
- trueViolence in women
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueCase studies
- trueFamily and Relationships
- trueLife stories
- Nonfiction
- truePersonal Narratives
- trueTrue Crime
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