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important, but is it really a diary of a fifteen year old

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This evil epidemic has been sweeping across our world for many decades. In South Africa alone ninety percent of the populas has it and in England and other prosperous countries it is rapidly getting out of control. Even in these countries we still are not aware of how this disease actually takes control of the body and how we can catch it. This book tells the viewer in a friendly easy way all the ways in which you can catch, prevent, and look after HIV and AIDS. This is all very good. Unfortunatly like a few other reviews on here i too do not buy into the whole diary based book. I believe there may well have been a "Nancy" but nothing like the one we see on the pages, the story is just to fanciful for my liking, a girl of fifteen would not talk in such a way as it is portrayed in the book. However it is an extremely sad story about one girl's stuggle to deal with being raped by a paedophile, then finding out that you have aids. Dont know why the writer needed to do it in this way, maybe to focus the books contents to teenagers to may it easier to understand. At any rate this is a good book, not one ill be reading again. If you like this kind of book try Tory Hayden she writes in a more passionate and heart felt way

A must read for every parent and their teenage daughters

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I could not put this book down - I read it in two days and now my 14 year old daughter is reading it. I felt as though I knew Nancy and was proud to read her diary. I laughed, I smiled, I cried, I sobbed. I cannot imagine this happening to my children and my heart goes out to Nancy's parents and friends. It is a frightening story and I was deeply shocked at how quickly Nancy became so ill, how some people kept their distance and others embraced her when they found out she had aids. I cannot recommend this read enough it is a book I will never forget.

Compulsory Reading

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I just finished reading this and have kept it for my daughter. She is 8 but I will give it to her to read in a few years. I think this should be compulsory reading for ALL teenagers. Honest, sometimes funny but mostly heart wrenching, this is an honest account of feelings and AIDS. How easy it happens, how teenagers think they know best but don't, how it affects your life, others and other peoples perceptions of you. Could NOT put it down, BRILLIANT.

A remarkable story

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This book was delivered to me just 24 hours ago and i have just finished it. What an amazing account of a young girls short life. It makes you fully aware of how easy it is to become infected with HIV and AIDS and i think all teenages and there parents should read it. Also it highlights how other people react to the virus. Some people run and others just take it in there stride. I like the way that the book was written in a diary form which made it easy to read and easy to stop, not that i did that only to sleep !!! I think anybody with teenages or anyone who knows someone that may be involved anyway with HIV or AIDS should read this book.

True?

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I really looked forward to reading this book but i couldn't help thinking that it wasn't a real diary the wording just didnt convince me that Nancy was really writing a true account. It did bring home just how easy it is to get involved in something which is out of your depth and how careful as young women we have to be. But i have read other books by this author and they all use the same language when how many teenagers do you know who talk like children?