Dave Pelzer
a biography by: Reagan Dillion
Basic Information
birthday: december 29, 1960
when did he die?: he is not dead he is still alive
when did child abuse start?: 1965
when did child abuse end?: may 5th ( cinco de mayo!!!!) 1973
who was his social worker?: Ms Pam Gold
Early Childhood, Impact on Society, events that shaped his life
- beat with a broom , dog chain , her fists , ect.
- he only wore one worn out shoes , shirt , and pants every one to two years for school
- when he did the dishes he had to wash them with scalding hot water
- she burned him on top of gas stove
- stabbed him in the chest with a knife because he didn't do the dishes on time
- made him sit on his hands in a POW position in the freezing cold or extremely hot garage
- made him sleep in the garage only rarely did he get to sleep on a army cot mat with no blanket or pillow
- smashed his face into a mirror and made him say " I'm a bad boy!'
- made him eat dog poop
- smashed his face into a soiled diaper
- made him run to school everyday
- threw him in the bathroom with a gas mixture of ammonia and clorox bleach and after that was done he threw up blood
- starved him so much he had to eat out of the trash can where she put spoiled meat scraps on purpose to teach him a lesson
there are many more that his terrible mother has done to him
Impact on Society
Dave pelzers impact on society was that he survived child abuse
Events that shaped his life
the events that shaped his life is the horrible things his mother did to him that made him write a book
dave pelzer adult
dave pelzer adult
A child called it book cover
Carreer, overcoming obstacles
Dave pelzers career is being an author
Overcoming obstacles
being a teenager/adult with a horrible past to live with