The lost boy: a foster child's search for the love of a family

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Health Communications
Pub. Date:
[1997]
Language:
English
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This volume is the second installment of a trilogy of books which depict the life of the author, who as a young boy 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.
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9780613173537
9780329174705
9781435260429
9780585104935
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Level 5.1, 9 Points
Lexile measure:
720L
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Abused children -- California -- Daly City -- Biography
Abusive mothers -- Family relationships
Abusive mothers -- Family relationships -- California -- Daly City
Alcoholism
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Biographies
California
California -- Daly City
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Foster home care
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The lost boy : a foster child's search for the love of a family
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a foster child's search for the love of a family
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Abusive mothers
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Child Abuse
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