The Boy From The Basement
Continuing with the book by Susan Shaw was a very good idea. The abuse, horrors and new adventures of Charlie's life kept me reading. Charlie had escaped from the basement one night by accident from sneaking outside and getting locked out after a risky decision from leaving the basement to go urinate outside. He ends up on the street and passes out, where he is found and finally wakes up in a hospital bed. His parents didn't come looking for him and eventually is sent to a foster care home after many weeks in the hospital to gain his strength again from being malnourished and dehydrated. He is sent to a new family which he meets his new 7 year old brother and Mrs. H a widowed foster mother. He spends his days learning new things such as holidays and new foods and learning how to adjust to this whole new lifestyle which is completely different from his basement filled horrors. He is well traumatized. He experiences hallucinations of spiders and buzzing noises that fill his head. Charlie even is afraid to go outside due to his father telling him "Only bad kids go outside." (46) He is visited by teachers, therapists and new family members and is welcomed to a whole new world. One day he is visited by his dad who had been waiting for the right moment for Mrs. H to leave. His father tries to persuade him to tell lies in court and tries to get him back to his original house, when he denies, his father grabs him by the neck lifts and chokes him leaving a horrid scene that Mrs. H comes back to and saves his life once more. "The Boy From the Basement" is an excellent read with vivid imagery and constant events that leave the reader anxious. Give it a read see if it is one you are willing to take.
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