A Chilled Called "It" by Dave Pelzer

A Child Called "It"

      I recently started reading the book A Chilled Called "It". Let me tell you, this book did not take very long to fall in love with. It was for sure a harder topic to grasp but it was very interesting to me to read about something you very rarely hear about, an abusive home life. So far this book is about a little boy who is treated VERY poorly. His mom abuses him and he has no opinion on anything and no control over his life. In class recently we have been talking about elements of a column. My group had to study engaging beginnings which went hand in hand with me starting a new book. The author started off the book with a short little story. Rather than describing what was going to happen in the book. You know what cathces my interest, personal expieriences. Knowing this story was true made me look at this book in a whole new way.  Personal examples are always a good way to begin a book. Hearing about this littles boys home life instantaneously gave me a huge respect for mine. It opened to my eyes to things I dont hear about oftenly but are for sure definite problems. Within the first paragraph the other uses good diction, syntax, and many different types of figurative language to real you in and engage you in his book.

        The second paragraph says "SMACK! mother hits me in the face and I topple to the floor."

        I loved how the author puts smack in all caps really showing the affect this word has on this story. SHowing the abuse the innocent little boy recieves. He uses words like topple verses fall which is much more interesting to your reader. Seeing the word topple verses fall and little things like that add strength to his writing. It did not take long for me to realize that this book was a good choice and was going to be hard to put down. The beginnings of a book is what determines wether you will continue reading or abandon the book. In my case the beginning of this book did nothing more than make me want to continue reading it. Give this book a try and open your eyes up to things you may not see or hear about everyday.