aids (disease)

Biography of ballet dancer Edward Stierle, discussing his life, ballet career, struggle with AIDS, and death.

Surveys the history and symptoms of the deadly disease and discusses how it spreads, how it may be prevented, and how it may eventually be cured.

Discusses the AIDS disease, how it is gotten, its effects, and how to cope with it in the family.

Examines the origins and effects of the disease and discusses who may get it, how it is spread, and how it may be controlled in the future.

Examines HIV and AIDS; discussing what they are, how they are contracted, prevention, getting tested, coping with a positive diagnosis, living with the diseases, and their prevalence around the world.

In Belgium in 1999, upon learning that her brother who was reported killed by a landmine in Bosnia may still be alive, sixteen-year-old Anna resents that she is the only one strong enough to try to uncover the truth.

A high school junior who has received two blood transfusions finds out he has the AIDS virus, though not the disease, and finds all his relationships changing--with his friends, his girlfriend, and even his family.

Seventeen-year-old Luke falls for new guy Curtis, who is secretly HIV positive, but when the two become involved, Curtis has trouble distancing himself from Luke in order to protect him from infection.

Relates the experiences of the author after she received an HIV positive diagnosis at the age of nineteen, discussing how she was alienated and refused to give up.

A discussion of the deadly disorder known as AIDS, accompanied by children's illustrations.