SSR Zach Smith - English Ms. Buys 10/9

I'm reading the book called "A Child Called It" by Dave Pelzer. I've been reading this book and I'm finding it so sad and hard to read. I do not understand how anyone could call their child "the boy" as David is often referred to in this book. David's mother abused him in many different ways. She withheld food from him, she burned him, she also stabbed him. In the later chapters I've read that she tried to drown him. It seems you would hate someone for treating you like this. One day after years of abuse. David's mother was being very nice to him. She talked sweet and told him she loved him. David fell for that trap. A social services lady came to the house and talked to both David and his mother. David seemed to think that his mom had changed. When the worker asked him about the abuse. He denied it. He seemed to think his mom loved him again. He was wrong. That was a very sad part of the book to read.