Chanda's secrets / Allan Stratton.
Record details
- ISBN: 155037835X (bound) :
- ISBN: 1550378341 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 193 p. ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Annick Press, c2004.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic, Chanda, is an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HIV/AIDS emerges, Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth. A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic, Chanda, is an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HIV/AIDS emerges, Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth. |
Target Audience Note: | Young Adult |
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Subject: | AIDS (Disease) > Africa > Juvenile fiction. Teenagers and death > Juvenile fiction. Secrecy > Juvenile fiction. Shame > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | YOUNG ADULT STRATTON (Text) | 32544072949083 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Killingly Library | YA/F Str (Text) | 34040098889930 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lyman Memorial High School | FIC STR (Text) | 33431000233908 | Fiction | Available | - |
Salem Free Public Library | YFIC STR (Text) | 33640121263036 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Salem Free Public Library | YFIC STR (Text) | 33640121263044 | Young Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/08/2024 |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S YA FIC STRATTON, A (Text) | 34005096267025 | Storage | Available | - |
Woodbury Public Library | TEEN FIC STRATTON C.1 (Text) | 34018122721048 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |