The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager's Story by Dave Pelzer Paperback Book

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Author: Dave Pelzer

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin USA

Published: Dec 2004

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 230

Synopsis

The best-selling author of A Child Called 'It' continues the inspirational story of his life as he reveals the story of his struggle through the challenges of adolescence, detailing the taunting he endured from bullies, the joys of making his first real friends, and his desperate quest to escape his difficult home life. Reprint.

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