chapter 1

•1. I think that this book is about the abuse of a young child, and how he is going to escape his situation.
•2. The setting of this story is in a “good” neighborhood in San Francisco.
•3. David is 9 years old.
•4. David’s daily routine is waking up in the morning to possibly receive some scraps from the night before, then he goes to school where he eats, and when he gets home he is forced to throw up and then he is beaten and treated horribly the rest of the day.
•5. When he gets home from school he is forced to throw up because his mom forbids him from eating and wants him to vomit any food he may have stolen at school.
•6. David sleeps in an army cot in the garage.
•7. Weekends are worst because he doesn’t go to school and is starved all day. School is the only time he gets any peace.
•8. His parents always argue about him and weather or not they are treating him bad. His mom believes he is treated fine but his dad thinks otherwise.
•9. The father is a fireman. With that type of job you should expect him to know the difference between right and wrong.
•10. David said that he feels like an insect that is about to be squashed.
•11. David describes his mom eyes as being ice cold and full of pure hatred.
•12. David leaves his house because his mom tells him to leave. He tries to find the Russian River, but he end up at a pizza shop and is then picked up by the police. If I were David I would have went straight to the police and would have told them every detail of my abuse.
•13. David feels safe at the pizza shop away from his mom.
•14. While he is walking away he feels happy and warm. He says to himself that he will never go back to his moms house. He has great ambitions when leaving his house.
•15. The police officer takes him to the police station where they wait for his dad to show up.
•16. Mark is a man who works at the pizza shop David goes to. He gives David a free pizza before he goes with the police officer. I think that Mark was a good guy and only wanted to help David.
•17. David’s father picks him up from the police station. He tells the officer that David left because he was mad that his mother didn’t let him ride his bike. David doesn’t even have a bike!