The Lost Boy (memoir)

For other books, see Lost Boys (disambiguation) § Literature.
The Lost Boy
AuthorDavid Pelzer
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHealth Communications, Inc.
Publication date
1997
Publication placeUnited States
Preceded byA Child Called "It" 
Followed byA Man Named Dave 

The Lost Boy (1997) is the second installment of a trilogy of books about the life of David Pelzer, who as a young boy was physically, emotionally, mentally, and psychologically abused by his mother and alcoholic father.[1] A sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-nominated A Child Called It, in 2002 The New York Times Magazine reported that The Lost Boy had spent 160 weeks on its bestseller list for non-fiction paperbacks.[2]

The book discusses Pelzer's defiant, rebellious behavior as he struggles to adapt to foster care, living in five different foster homes and in juvenile detention.[1] 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.

The Lost Boy is included as the second book in Dave Pelzer's compilation My Story.[3]

  1. ^ a b Beck, Linda; Hoffert, Barbara (1997). "Book Reviews: Social Sciences". Library Journal. Vol. 122, no. 16. pp. 104–105. Retrieved August 18, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. ^ Jordan, Pat (July 28, 2002). "Dysfunction for Dollars". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Sanderson, Mark (April 5, 2012). "Another childhood betrayal". Evening Standard. Retrieved August 18, 2024.