"The Lost Boy," sequel to "A Child Called It," is a story about a boy, Dave Pelzer, who is now in foster care after being rescued from his abusive, alcoholic mother. The story takes place in Daly City California and fallows his search for the love of a family from ages twelve to eighteen. In this story Dave experiences the instability of moving in and out of multiple foster homes, as well as bringing us …showed first 75 words of 867 total…

…showed last 75 words of 867 total…different foster homes, for assorted reasons he only stayed a short while at each, then finally settled at the turnboughs home. The Turnboughs home had became Daves final foster home until he turned eighteen. By the time Dave turned eighteen he had already decided he wanted to join the Air Force, after obtaining his high school GED and completing a series of tests and background checks, he had enlisted into the United States Air Force.