Title: they should be eating chocolate cake instead...
Product review: ....they are bleeding from their souls. Sixth grader Amanda Farrell has just been forbidden by her parents to sleep over at a classmate's birthday party. She can attend, sure, just not stay over. Due to a tranfusion years earlier, she has contacted the HIV virus and is showing signs of AIDS. Her immediate concerns when told are if she will be able to attend school and continue gymnastics. Of course, as the book progresses, these change, as does her parents and younger brother. But this book is far more than just a literary equivalent of a TV movie of the week. The protagonist is instantly likeable, and the descriptions of the natural world enhance rather than overshadow the main storyline - something not always the case with this author's books.
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