Reading Response- May 27, 2008

In the book A Child Called "It" David is trying to survive playing his mothers "games". He gets hit a lot and isn't doing anything wrong. He barely gets anything to eat and as to steal from people at school. He has scares and bruises everywhere on his body. He also wants no one to do with his mom. When the school found out he was very scared not knowing they weren't going to tell his mom. David has two brothers and his dad doesn't live with them because he is divorced.
Before David's mom started hurting him he used to have a very fun and happy life. He would go on many trips and spend a lot of time with his family.
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Dear David P.,
How did you learn these "games" that your mom played? Did you just watch her and see how she hurt you and you learned how to play along and not get hurt? How come your mom started to change? You seemed to have a very good happy life before she went all crazy and started treating you very poorly. Are there any moments in your life that you wish you could go back to those happy moments?
I know how you don;t want anybody to know about your mom hurtung you but why is that? I would think that if you were getting extremley hurt and getting scares that you would tell someone so that they could get it to stop. If she ever found out would she get even more furious and beat you even more?

-Bailey