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Dave Pelzer

A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

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  • Published in 1997, this is the second of Pelzer’s memoirs.
  • relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family

A Man Named Dave

  • Published in 2000, this is the third of Pelzer’s memoirs.
  • relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family

The Glass Castle

  • Jeannette Walls’s 2006 memoir of her challenging and dysfunctional childhood
  • relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family

Other Student Resources

Interview with Dave Pelzer on Child Abuse

  • an HLN news interview with author Dave Pelzer discussing another prominent child abuse case
  • relates to themes of Control and The Ideal Family

“The Glass Castle” Movie Trailer

  • the 2017 movie based on Jeannette Walls’s 2006 memoir about her challenging and dysfunctional childhood
  • relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family

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