My Story is a collection of the 3 books that make up the true story of Dave Pelzer's struggle to free himself from his abusive mother. At a young age Dave was told he was a bad boy, and was isolated from his family, given the name "it" and often subjected to horrendous acts of abuse by his mother. As he grows up he starts to realise that life shouldn't be the way it is, and saviour comes in the form of teachers at his school. Who start to document the bruises and scars on his body, finally getting the police involved resulting in david being fostered. Life is still hard but he manages to survive the abuse and ridicule, and having a family himself. A family that love him.

When i first read this book, i remember crying often. To read about such levels of abuse that a family member can bestow on a child was heartbreaking. But as the book went on i started to realise that he was going to survive this nightmare, and that maybe things would be how they were sposed to be. Someone would love this child and life would get better. To read this book and now that children are going through similiar things is hard, and i think reading this book makes you promise yourself that you will never allow anything so brutal to happen to someone you know. A heartbreaking story by a child who had the will to survive and live.