 | Come Sit by Me by Margaret Merrifield
Buy new: $2.95 / Used from: $4.74 I have high hopes for this one, just because of the dinosaur hats on the cover.
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 | You Can Call Me Willy: A Story for Children About AIDS by Joan C. Verniero
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.26 Willy sounds like a fun kid to know.
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 | Watch Out, He's Got AIDS: A Story for Kids and Parents by Mikey Handis
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $7.51 "Written by an eleven-year old boy... the story of Billy, an Aids patient who is first rejected by his classmates until they learn... that Billy is a kid just like his classmates, only he has an illness."
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 | Too Far Away to Touch by Leslea Newman
Buy used from: $3.15 Perhaps the saddest metaphor ever: "Uncle Leonard explains that the stars are too far away to touch but close enough to see. When they return home, he covers the ceiling of her room with glow-in-the-dark stars."
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 | My Dad Has HIV by Earl Alexander
Buy used from: $7.94 I really liked what I read about this book, and was disappointed to find that it seems to be out of print. Hopefully you can find a copy somewhere? Also, there is a story about its use that was published in LA Weekly: http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/periods-bras-and-t-cells/1596/
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 | Alex, the Kid With AIDS (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) by Linda Walvoord Girard
Buy used from: $0.01 Outdated because of transfusion explanations, somebody wants to give it a turkey instead of a star? But it seems like the message might be good - that Alex isn't above the law even though he's different.
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 | Tiger Flowers by Patricia Quinlan
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $4.07 I wanted this to be delightful, especially since it has such a pretty cover, but it sounds like it is vague, at best, and about death again - remembering experiences with a lost uncle. Perhaps a good starting point? I still have hope.
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 | A Name on the Quilt : A Story of Remembrance by Jeannine Atkins
Buy used from: $3.19 Another remembrance, perhaps the same issues as above - but it also looks beautiful.
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 | Ray-Ray's Dream by Barbara Massine
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $2.21 The dream that a little boy with AIDS has for the world.
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 | Be a Friend: Children Who Live With HIV Speak by Lori S. Wiener
Buy used from: $0.01 "A Kid's Review: Unfortunately, while this book was great a few years ago, with the changes in HIV treatment, it is not something that I would use for that age group, as it implies hopelessness."
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 | Kids With AIDS (The Aids Awareness Library) by Anna Forbes
Buy new: $3.43 / Used from: $0.01 It looks like it might be a bit contrived, but who knows. If it's good, there are quite a few other books in "The AIDS Awareness Library."
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 | Daddy and Me : A Photo Story of Arthur Ashe and his Daughter Camera by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Buy used from: $0.11 Less fictitious than the rest of these, perhaps, this is the story of a father who was infected through blood transfusion - and lives past the end of the story! Illustrated with photographs, I believe.
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 | HIV Positive by Bernard Wolf
Buy used from: $0.01 "Since this book was written, better AIDS therapies are available, but the message for children with ailing parents is timeless."
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| Jimmy and the eggs virus by Mary Tasker
This looks like an AIDS classic. Released by the National Pediatric HIV Resource Center. Very out of print.
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 | Earthshine by Theresa Nelson
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $0.01 "A Kid's Review:
Earthshine is a good book if you are looking for a good read to see how the world is. I liked the book but there were some points where I thought Nelson made the book to dissapointing."
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 | The Beat Goes On by Adele Minchin
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $0.01 There's a girl who plays drums! And it's British! And it was released after 2003! And her cousin has AIDS!
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 | Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
Buy new: $17.89 / Used from: $0.59 "Teens will enjoy ferreting out the reality from the conflicting narratives and arguing about the sensitive issues raised along the way."
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 | The Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Buy new: $4.71 / Used from: $0.39 AIDS as a non-central theme! Billy, eponymous, spends the summer with his uncle - who is gay and has a gay circle of friends, some of whom have AIDS. Maybe it will be wonderful.
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 | Eagle Kite by Paula Fox
Buy used from: $0.01 "Some in the target audience may find the action too slow or the mood too dark, but those who persevere will be rewarded by the novel's truthfulness."
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 | Pedro and Me by Judd Winick
Buy used from: $0.01 I was excited enough about this *before* I realized that it was by one of his housemates and friends.
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| Real Heroes (An Avon Camelot Book) by Marilyn Kaye
Buy used from: $0.01 "When the parents find out that Mr. Logan is HIV+ they want to get him fired from the school and Kevin is torn between his favorite teacher and being loyal to his hero-father who is leading the campaign to get Mr. Logan fired. This is a good book about prejudice and about realizing that no one is perfect and even heroes make mistakes."
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 | Night Kites by M. E. Kerr
Buy used from: $0.01 Published in 1987, this looks to be a love story about a character whose brother is gay - which said character learns because they are "dying of AIDS." Cited by eleven other books, it could be a youth AIDS classic.
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 | What You Don't Know Can Kill You by Fran Arrick
Buy used from: $0.18 "Plenty of solid information on AIDS is clumsily shoe- horned into the narrative; meanwhile, for those who believe themselves beyond the reach of this illness, Arrick does make a strong case regarding the possibilities for infection of the middle class mainstream."
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 | It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary by Anonymous Teenager
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 "YAs will devour this book just as they did its predecessor. Nancy's initial "love" relationship with Collin, her subsequent date rape, and the terror of her diagnosis will be real to teenagers, especially girls."
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 | Sixteen and Dying (One Last Wish) by Lurlene McDaniel
Buy new: $5.50 / Used from: $0.01 "I'm going to read a book called 'Sixteen and Dying.'"
"Is it by Lurlene Mcdaniel?"
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 | Baby Alicia Is Dying by Lurlene McDaniel
Buy new: $5.50 / Used from: $0.01 "Given the novel's tell-all title, there is no suspense surrounding the direction of the plot, which explores Desi's grief over the baby's death..."
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