58 pages • 1 hour read
Dave PelzerA Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics.
Paired Texts & Other Resources
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Recommended Texts for Pairing
- Published in 1997, this is the second of Pelzer’s memoirs.
- relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family
- Published in 2000, this is the third of Pelzer’s memoirs.
- relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family
- Jeannette Walls’s 2006 memoir of her challenging and dysfunctional childhood
- relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family
Other Student Resources
Interview with Dave Pelzer on Child Abuse
- an HLN news interview with author Dave Pelzer discussing another prominent child abuse case
- relates to themes of Control and The Ideal Family
“The Glass Castle” Movie Trailer
- the 2017 movie based on Jeannette Walls’s 2006 memoir about her challenging and dysfunctional childhood
- relates to the same themes of Imagination, Control, and The Ideal Family
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