"The Lost Boy" is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to "A Child Called 'It'." "The Lost Boy" is Pelzer's story -- a moving sequel and inspirational read for all.
The story opens in Daly City, California in 1973, when David's teachers call the police to report their suspicions of child abuse.
· David moves in with Aunt Mary, a transitional foster parent. He's given a social worker, Ms. Gold, who argues in court for David to be permanently removed from his mother's care. She succeeds, and David becomes a ward of the state of California.
· David is then placed with his first foster parents, Lillian and Rudy Catanze. Lilian and Rudy are loving foster parents, but they have strict rules when it comes to lying. When David is falsely accused of starting a fire at his school, Rudy is forced to take David to Hillcrest, a juvenile detention center.
· David is sentenced to one hundred days in Hillcrest. Following this brush with the law, he spends several years bouncing around from foster home to foster home, struggling to find his place in the world. He develops a strong work ethic and eventually joins the United States Air Force. In the epilogue, he writes of finally finding a home with his wife and son.
