The Lost Boy

            In the book The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer, David is older and out of his mothers' care and is put into foster care. David, moves from foster care to foster care, finding love and trouble throughout many homes. Throughout this book David searches for the meaning of love, and whether his mother ever did. 

            In the beginning of this book David feels like he is letting his mom down because David turned his mother in. But then his first foster family tells him something that he can't seem to forget. They tell him that his mother is sick, and that she never loved him. This broke Davids' heart. After that, he went around trying to get people to tell him, or show him that they love him.
            After being told all of this, David really tries to get people to like him, because he doesn't want a repeat of what happened with his mom. David tries not to talk unless he has to, and tries to please everyone. But of course he ends up failing everyone he loves, and getting in a lot of trouble.