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Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton
4.0
Set in Africa, Chanda’s Secret discusses the problems of the AIDS epidemic. Chanda watches as many people in her life die from the debilitating disease. She is also forced to choose between taking care of herself or her family. When society turns their backs on those afflicted with the disease, will Chanda give up on the ones she loves because of a disease. While AIDs may be taboo in America, in Africa the presence of the disease can lead to violence and downright inhumanity.
I think that this book spreads more fear about the disease. After reading the book, I was worried about contracting AIDs through avenues that I was not concerned with before. Thankfully, there are numerous websites about the transmission of AIDs, with myth-busting facts. One of those websites is https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/how-you-get-hiv-aids/
This book attempted to prove that AIDs carriers are just like everyone else, but I think that it actually worked against itself. I would not recommend this to a teen. It may work within a classroom, so long as there is structure and education alongside the text.
*I am now no longer afraid of contracting AIDS from the public bathroom. Concerned, but not afraid.
I think that this book spreads more fear about the disease. After reading the book, I was worried about contracting AIDs through avenues that I was not concerned with before. Thankfully, there are numerous websites about the transmission of AIDs, with myth-busting facts. One of those websites is https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/how-you-get-hiv-aids/
This book attempted to prove that AIDs carriers are just like everyone else, but I think that it actually worked against itself. I would not recommend this to a teen. It may work within a classroom, so long as there is structure and education alongside the text.
*I am now no longer afraid of contracting AIDS from the public bathroom. Concerned, but not afraid.