Book Report - "The Lost Boy" by: Dave Peltzer
             Dave Peltzer the author of "The Lost Boy" tells his story from the time he left his
             abusive mother and alcoholic father, through his experiences in five foster homes and
             juvenile detention, and how he eventually made it into the Air Force. He was a defiant,
             rebellious boy who, despite his background and personality, managed to endear himself
             to many guardians, social workers, and teachers. Pelzer writes in an honest, sometimes
             rambling, style; he is never bitter, and his story will find many sympathetic readers. The
             main purpose for Dave to write this book is to show at what lengths children and
             adolescents have gone to over come the unmentionable hardships of and abusive family.
             The three most valuable things I have learned from this book are very hard to
             choose. The book was full of many things to help me in my everyday life. Ranging from
             how to deal with kids who have be through abusive situations to how kids of abuse act in
             general. The first one has to be, Dave was very tactful in how he handled his thoughts and
             feelings. Many children his age are running around chasing girls and hanging with the
             guys. Not him he was studying hard and trying to be better than his parents were. He
             would always squander away what he had, so no one could take what was rightfully his
             and that includes his life. The second thing that was useful was how Dave was never
             angry with his situation he would just look at it as another challenge. Many times through
             out the book Dave would have to change foster homes after being fairly settled in the
             way of living there. Most teens his age can't handle a great deal of change but Dave
             would just go with the flow and never bat an eye lash. The third most valuable thing has
             to be his willingness to help. I would think that since no one would help him he would
             not help anyone else. On the contr...