Positively

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Synopsis
"When my mother died, I imagined God was thinking, 'One down, and one to go.'"

Emerson Price cannot remember a time when life was ordinary.

She was four years old when she and her mom were diagnosed as HIV-positive -- infected with the virus that causes AIDS -- and eight when her parents divorced. Now she is thirteen and her mother is dead.

Emmy moves in with her father and stepmother, but she feels completely alone. Even though everyone has always accepted her, no one -- not her father, or stepmother, or even her best friend -- understands what it's like to have to take medicine every single day and to be so afraid of getting sick.

Now Emmy misses her mom more than she ever thought she would.

When Emmy's dad and stepmother send her to Camp Positive, a camp for HIV-positive girls, Emmy is certain she is going to hate it.

But soon she realizes that she is not so alone after all -- and that sometimes letting other people in can make all the difference in the world.

Author Courtney Sheinmel has written an unforgettable novel about strength and hope in the face of tragedy.

Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781416996774
Related ISBNs:
9781442406223
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Courtney Sheinmel
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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