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VIRAL--The Fight Against AIDS in America

By Ann , Bausum

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group;Viking Children's Books
Year
2019
ISBN
9780425287224, 9780425287200, 042528722X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
29 MB (30097515 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Illnesses & InjuriesIllnesses & Injuries;Electronic books;YOUNG ADULTYOUNG ADULT NONFICTION--Health & Daily Living--Dis

Description

Groundbreaking narrative nonfiction for teens that tells the story of the AIDS crisis in America. Thirty-five years ago, it was a modern-day, mysterious plague. Its earliest victims were mostly gay men, some of the most marginalized people in the country; at its peak in America, it killed tens of thousands of people. The losses were staggering, the science frightening, and the government's inaction unforgivable. The AIDS Crisis fundamentally changed the fabric of the United States. Viral presents the history of the AIDS crisis through the lens of the brave victims and activists who demanded action and literally fought for their lives. This compassionate but unflinching text explores everything from the disease's origins and how it spread to the activism it inspired and how the world confronts HIV and AIDS today.

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