A Child Called It is the account of terrible abuse experienced by the author Dave Pelzer when he was a child Pelzer begins his story detailing the physical hits he is taking from his mother while doing dishes and contemplating on where he can acquire some food After finishing the dishes he is rewarded with the leftovers from one of his brothers cereal bowls When he arrives at school he finds social workers there who have to interview him and he is removed from his home He has been rescued David