Chanda's secrets /Allan Stratton.

By:

Stratton, Allan [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781550378351
9781550378344
9780606311564

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LOC classification:

PZ7 .C436 2004
PZ7

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Awards:

Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2005.

Subject: 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.

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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE COLLECTION	Fiction	PS8587 T723C45 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001631486

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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.

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