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Positive : surviving my bullies, finding hope, and living to change the world : a memoir  Cover Image Book Book

Positive : surviving my bullies, finding hope, and living to change the world : a memoir

Rawl, Paige (author.). Benjamin, Ali. (Added Author). Asher, Jay, (forward.).

Summary: "A teenager's memoir of the experinces of bullying, being HIV positive and surviving the experiences to become a force for positive change in this world"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062342515
  • ISBN: 0062342517
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 272 pages : photographs ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c[2014]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Beginning: What was ; Mom ; Clarkstown: “Ready” ; The short-as-possible explanation of HIV (and why my mom is smarter than an evil genius) ; Clarkstown: “Come as you are, leave different” ; The brochure ; Clarkstown: Yasmine ; Dad ; Clarkstown: Laughter ; First pageant: “Be yourself” ; Clarkstown: XLI ; Understanding ; Lock-in ; Deny it: Grade six - Stumbling: A new year: Grade seven ; Don't let them get to you ; Just go ; Ugly ; First seizure ; Not tell them ; Red ; Withdrawal ; I just want to do something - Falling: Community ; Herron High ; Escape ; Stress center ; Lila - Becoming: Kindle ; Moving on ; Miss teen essence ; “You decide to live a good life” (It's all you have to do).
Target Audience Note:
HL730 Lexile.
HL730L Lexile
Awards Note:
Eliot Rosewater nominee, 2016-2017
Subject: Rawl, Paige Health
HIV-positive children Biography
AIDS (Disease) in adolescence Patients Biography
AIDS (Disease) in adolescence Social aspects
Bullying Psychological aspects
Authors Indiana
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Bullying
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries

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