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A review by kricketa
Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
3.0
in a fictional african country, people are dropping dead right left and center. one was chanda's step-father. then her best friends' parents. then her little sister. then her NEW step-father. but the families always cover up the truth, saying cancer or tuberculosis, when they actually mean AIDS. now chanda's mom is sick, but if chanda tells the truth she won't be able to get help for her.
certainly a heart-wrenching and gripping tale, one which sheds much-needed light on why AIDS is spreading so rampantly in some areas of the world...so forgive me if i say that chanda is a little...boring? she mentions wanting to get a scholarship to college so she can grow up and be an important career-person, but mostly she runs around taking care of everyone and being a brave little toaster and eventually has to neglect her schoolwork. and does she complain? noooo. i like my heroines a little more disobedient and lively. but still...read this if you're in the mood for a weepie funk.
certainly a heart-wrenching and gripping tale, one which sheds much-needed light on why AIDS is spreading so rampantly in some areas of the world...so forgive me if i say that chanda is a little...boring? she mentions wanting to get a scholarship to college so she can grow up and be an important career-person, but mostly she runs around taking care of everyone and being a brave little toaster and eventually has to neglect her schoolwork. and does she complain? noooo. i like my heroines a little more disobedient and lively. but still...read this if you're in the mood for a weepie funk.