Positively

By Sheinmel, Courtney

Publishers Summary:
"When my mother died, I imagined God was thinking,'One down, and one to go.'"Emerson Price cannot remember a time when life was ordinary. She was four years old when she and her mom were diagnosed as HIV-positive -- infected with the virus that causes AIDS -- and eight when her parents divorced. Now she is thirteen and her mother is dead. Emmy moves in with her father and stepmother, but she feels completely alone. Even though everyone has always accepted her, no one -- not her father, or stepmother, or even her best friend -- understands what it's like to have to take medicine every single day and to be so afraid of getting sick. Now Emmy misses her mom more than she ever thought she would.When Emmy's dad and stepmother send her to Camp Positive, a camp for HIV-positive girls, Emmy is certain she is going to hate it. But soon she realizes that she is not so alone after all -- and that sometimes letting other people in can make all the difference in the world.Author Courtney Sheinmel has written an unforgettable novel about strength and hope in the face of tragedy.

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ISBN
978-1-41697-169-6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on January 1, 2010

Gr 6-8 Emmy is infected with the HIV virus, and her mother, infected before she married Emmy's father, dies of AIDS at the beginning of the book. Angry and alone, the 13-year-old moves in with her semi-estranged father and newly pregnant stepmother. At a loss for how to help Emmy recover from her grief and alienation, they send her to a summer camp for girls with HIV and AIDS. Ther...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

After her mother dies from AIDS, thirteen-year-old Emmy is sent to a summer camp for HIV-positive girls like herself. Befriendi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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