The Lost Boy | Objects, Setting & Important Places

The Lost Boy Objects/Places

The Houseappears in non-fiction

David's childhood home. David is tormented in that house as a child. The House became a prison to David. Once he has the opportunity to run away and does so. He is quickly returned and his life of torture is continued.

Daly City, Californiaappears in non-fiction

Where David lives with his family as a child.

Thomas Edison Elementary Schoolappears in non-fiction

The school David was attending when he was taken from his mother's custody.

The Hillappears in non-fiction

The nickname for Hillcrest, the San Mateo County Juvenile Hall. David is taken to the Hill after he is in trouble for being part of a plan to burn down a school. When David learns that his mother is working to have him committed to a mental hospital, he becomes a model student at the Hill. Though he's released after 100 days, he says that he is almost reluctant to leave. He knows what's expected of him and how to survive, but worries that he'll...
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