The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

Imagine a young boy who has never had a home...whose only possessions are ragged clothes carried in a paper bag...whose world is filled with only isolation and fear. Now, although he bas been rescued from his abusive mother, Dave Pelzer's real hurt is only beginning as he enters a life of foster care. Besides the terrible instability of moving in and out of five different homes, those who feel that foster children are nothing but trouble and not part of a real family resent Dave's presence and attempt to shame him. Following his life through tears, laugher, devastation, and hope, The Lost Boy chronicles Dave's desperate search for the love of a family and an answer to the question of why his own mother could not find enough love in her heart for him.