This is the BEST BOOK I have ever read. It made me think about how thankful I should be with my mother which I think is the best I know some times I forget about that and talk back to her. I am thankful that she never hits us she usually just grounds us or tells us something. I can't believe Dave had the courage to do what he did. He finally got away from his mother who was treating bad like if she didn't have a heart. Your book made me think a lot in every way it was such a good book that I couldn't leave the book for any moment. It was so good that I had to read "The Lost Boy" and after that I read "A Man Named Dave" I wanted to know more about him after that I read, well I don't remember what the book was called, but it was about his brother. But I really admire him 4 his great courage.