Positive: A Memoir

Reviewed by: Kristin Taylor - Biddeford High School, Biddeford, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 11, 2015

Review

The title "Positive" is an excellent description of this book! The author was born HIV positive, she and her mother contracted it from her father. In sixth grade, she confided with her best friend and it grew from there -- bullying, taunting, trying to let adults within her middle school know what is happening to her and being told by administration and counselors to deny having HIV along with being told that they can't guarrantee protection. After being pulled from school to be home schooled, cutting herself and attempted suicide, and suing the school district, the author, as a high school student turned what had been happening to her around and began advocating for those who had been treated like she had. It is a memoir that reads like a fiction and you can't help feeling her pain and be extremely proud of the outcome!

Overall Book Score: excellent