 | My Story: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer
Buy new: £10.39 / Used from: £0.13 Dave Pelzer's complete story of his agonising childhood.
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 | A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse by Richard B. Pelzer
Buy used from: £0.01 If you thought Dave Pelzer was the only one to suffer at his mother's hands, give his brother's book a look.
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 | The Little Prisoner: How a Childhood Was Stolen and a Trust Betrayed by Jane Elliott
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 A female tortured by her evil stepfather
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 | Behind Closed Doors: A True Story of Abuse, Neglect and Survival Against the Odds by Jenny Tomlin
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Martine McCutcheon's mother's story. Touching.
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 | Don't Ever Tell: Kathy's Story: A True Tale of a Childhood Destroyed by Neglect and Fear by Kathy O'Beirne
Buy new: £4.54 / Used from: £0.01 Currently reading this one. Recommend the film The Magdalene Sisters for quick background info
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 | Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 Living with a mother with Munchausens by proxy, Julie was subjected to much unnecessary medical intervention. An interesting story, but not great writing...
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 | One Child by Torey L. Hayden
Buy new: £5.58 / Used from: £0.01 Beautifully written and gripping, as with all Torey Hayden's books, Sheila is an intruiging subject and one you'll crave more info on.
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 | The Tiger's Child: The Story of a Gifted, Troubled Child and the Teacher Who Refused to Give Up on Her by Torey L. Hayden
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Sheila's story continues. Again beautifully written.
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 | Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Desperate Peril - And a Teacher Who Saved Her by Torey L. Hayden
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Torey encounters Jadey, a child who appears to have been subjected to ritualistic abuse.
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 | Twilight Children: The True Story of Three Voices No One Heard - Until Someone Listened by Torey L. Hayden
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £0.01 Focus is on elective mutism - Torey's area of specialism.
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 | Just Another Kid: Each Was a Child No One Could Reach! Until One Amazing Teacher Embraced Them All by Torey L. Hayden
Buy new: £5.58 / Used from: £0.01 Sometimes adults need just as much help as the kids...
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 | The Kid: A True Story by Kevin Lewis
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 Very similar in content to A Child Called It
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 | The Kid Moves On by Kevin Lewis
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.01 I have this book published under "Moving on". The sequel to "The Kid".
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 | Just a Boy: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood by Richard McCann
Buy used from: £0.01 The child of one of the Yorkshire Ripper's many victims.
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 | The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Buy used from: £0.01 Not a tale of abuse, but rather a boy who set himself alight... strangely touching...
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 | Wasted by Marya Hornbacher
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £2.29 A vivid account of anorexia.
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 | Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived by Maria Housden
Buy used from: £3.65 The story of a two year old with cancer. I cried my eyes out at something her older brother said to her. Beautiful book. Beautiful.
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 | George and Sam by Charlotte Moore
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £9.55 A mother's very interesting account of her two very different autistic sons.
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 | Ugly: The true story of a loveless childhood by Constance Briscoe
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01 I just finished reading this. Utterly readable and well-written. I'm looking out for "Beyond Ugly" now.
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