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Read It: Fiction

Davis, Deborah. My Brother has AIDS 1994
When her brother Jack, who is suffering from AIDS, comes home to die, Lacy finds that her own life is irrevocably transformed as she struggles with prejudice, grief and alienation.
Fox, Paula. The Eagle Kite 1995
His mother's news that his father is seriously ill from a blood transfusion causes Liam to recall seeing his father embrace another man on the beach three years earlier and to find a way to come to terms with shock and sorrow.
Huser, Glen. Touch of the Clown 1999
Thirteen-year old Barbara lives an isolated and joyless existence after her mother dies, responsible for the household of her alcoholic father and grandmother. Cosmo is the charming instructor of a clown workshop for teens; he is also dying of AIDS. His friendship brings many changes to Barbara's life.
Nelson, Theresa. Earthshine 1994
Slim searches for a miracle to keep her perfect father from dying from AIDS.
Sparks, Beatrice. It Happened to Nancy 1994
Diary entries of an anonymous 14-year-old girl who was date raped, became infected with the HIV virus and subsequently died. Includes a question and answer section about rape and AIDS.

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Read It: Non-Fiction

Bartlett, John G. The Guide to Living with HIV Infection 2001
This guide explains how HIV is transmitted, evaluates available treatment and prevention, provides counsel on coping with the emotional effects of the infection, and addresses financial and legal concerns. 428p.
Broadbent, Pat. You Get Past the Tears 2002
A moving, inspirational portrait of a family lviing with AIDS describes how the Broadbents adopted a baby girl, only to discover that she had been infected with HIV. 218p.
Null, Gary. AIDS : A Second Opinion 2002
 
Thomas, Patricia. Big Shot : Passion, Politics, and the Struggle for an AIDS Vaccine 2001
Recounts how the search for an AIDS vaccine has taken a back seat to the search by major pharmaceutical companies for expensive drugs to kill the virus. 515p.
Whelan, Jo. AIDS 2002
Examines the causes, symptoms, and effects of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), as well as methods of prevention and treatment. 64p.
Winick, Judd. Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned 2000
Describes, in graphic art format, the friendship between two roommates on the MTV show Real World, one of whom died of AIDS.

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View It

Healing spirit Written and directed by Hubert Schuurman.
A National Film Board of Canada/Pacific Centre production; producer, Jennifer Torrance.
615.851 H349 1992 Video

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Click It/Call It

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