To start with the review, let me first tell you what the book is about. This amazing book is about a child named David, who is not an ordinary child but according to his drunken mother who is not in the right state of her mind, an "IT". This book is about a child around the age of 7-9, who grows up with being the oldest and always pushed around. He gets a "time limit" to do chores in order to eat. She forces him to eat his own vomit, swallow soap, ammonia, and Clorox. If he gets caught doing anything that makes his mom angry, like eating out of the trash bin, then he gets beaten. He has 2 younger brothers and then his mom has another child. His father does everything he can but he is even afraid of doing anything. She forces him to sleep in the basement and will not even allow him to use the bathroom. He has no clue at all why his mother is doing this to him and wishes that he was dead. He wonders why his brothers never get treated this way. According to the mother, "David's a bad boy thats why he gets punished" and I'm like what, how can you do this to your own child, he's a part of you and you treat garbage better than you treat him. I had to read this book for a English course I'm taking: Modern Novel. I'm the only sophomore in that class but anyway I'm really glad I read it because it is an amazing book that has taught me to be greatful for the things I have, such as wonderful friends and a fantastic family who loves me.