TY - BOOK AU - Stratton,Allan TI - Chanda's secrets /Allan Stratton SN - 9781550378351 AV - PZ7 .C436 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Toronto PB - Annick Press KW - AIDS (Disease) KW - Africa KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Secrecy KW - Shame N1 - 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; 2 N2 - 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 ER -