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It Happened to Nancy: The True Story of a Teenager (Confident Collector) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Beatrice Sparks (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; Reissue edition (16 Feb 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380773155
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380773152
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 45,283 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #4 in  Books > Biography > Social & Health Issues > HIV & AIDS
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"I Love Nancy, I love her still, and hope you will not only love Nancy but appreciate her decision to make her most private thoughts and experiences public, in the hope of helping you better understand AIDS."-- Doctor B


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A teenaged victim of AIDS recounts her battle with the disease in her diary, describing her first love, the night she was date-raped, her diagnosis of AIDS, and her thoughts and dreams.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply moving book about a 14-year-old girl with AIDS, 14 Jul 1999
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Nancy, 14, falls for 18-year-old Collin and instantly they hit it off. He wants more than she's ready to give, and eventually he rapes her, leaving her emotionally distraught. Then she discovers he has infected her with the fatal AIDS disease. This diary describes how she handles her illness, how her friends react, and how the disease affects her life. She spirals towards death rapidly and in this book we learn of her depression, anxiety and acute emotional trauma. This book is a must-read.

Also recommended: Go Ask Alice (Anonymous) Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager (Edited by Beatrice Sparks)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow . . . this book really made me think, 8 Aug 1999
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Before I read this book I never really thought about AIDS, never thought about teenagers dying. This book changed all that. "It Happened to Nancy" is a powerful book. Imagine - just imagine for a moment - that YOU were Nancy. Fourteen, with friends and a good life, and suddenly you're raped by the guy you love. Then you discover you've been infected with AIDS. You're going to die. SOON. Your immune system is already weak and the fatal disease is eating away at your life. You have only a few years left of your life when you thought you had decades ahead of you. HOW DO YOU COPE? If I was Nancy I don't think I could have coped with it. This book, taken from her own diary, (obviously, all names have been changed for privacy) will definitely make you think.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing story, 8 Feb 2004
This book tells the story of Nancy, a normal 14 year old girl who is date raped by her boyfriend. Reading from Nancy's own diary it is upsetting enough to read about her rape ordeal but she then finds out she has been infected with HIV. This was a very sad but captivating book, Nancy was an incredible person & much braver than I would be in her position.
I think this book should be part of the school curriculum, it would certianly make teenagers think about safe sex.
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3.0 out of 5 stars important, but is it really a diary of a fifteen year old
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for every parent and their teenage daughters
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4.0 out of 5 stars A must for all teens
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and sooooo touching!
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