Chanda's secrets /Allan Stratton.
Stratton, Allan,
Chanda's secrets /Allan Stratton. - Toronto : Annick Press, (c)2004. - 193 pages ; 19 cm.
Sixteen-year-old Chanda Kabelo has secrets. She loves school and dreams of winning a scholarship one day, but people are dying around her. Everyone is afraid to say why, but chanda knows: it's because of Aids.
A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic, Chanda, is an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HawaiiV/AIDS emerges, Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth.
Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2005.
9781550378351 9781550378344 9780606311564
20039060691
AIDS (Disease)--Africa--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Shame--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7 / .C436 2004 PZ7
Chanda's secrets /Allan Stratton. - Toronto : Annick Press, (c)2004. - 193 pages ; 19 cm.
Sixteen-year-old Chanda Kabelo has secrets. She loves school and dreams of winning a scholarship one day, but people are dying around her. Everyone is afraid to say why, but chanda knows: it's because of Aids.
A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic, Chanda, is an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HawaiiV/AIDS emerges, Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth.
Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2005.
9781550378351 9781550378344 9780606311564
20039060691
AIDS (Disease)--Africa--Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.
Shame--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7 / .C436 2004 PZ7