It Happened to Nancy
By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary
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4.4 • 83 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
The editor of the classic GO ASK ALICE has compiled the poignant journals of a 14-year-old date-rape victim who contracted AIDS and died.
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Presented as a diary edited by the woman who prepared Go Ask Alice for publication, this book is soberly dedicated "to every kid who thinks AIDS can't happen to him or her" and includes an earnest foreword by one of Nancy's doctors ("I worry about all the beautiful, innocent young Nancys"). The story itself, however, begins on a nearly euphoric note: Nancy, 14, is caught up in her first romance. Breathless exuberance turns to horror, anger and despair after her gentle-seeming boyfriend plies her with spiked wine coolers and rapes her in her own mother's bed. A few months later, blood tests indicate that Nancy is HIV-positive. Nancy succumbs relatively quickly to full-blown AIDS, thus giving readers a rapid-paced and horrific account of the disease's progress. Though the wrenchingly optimistic diarist devotes little space in her journal to the specific details of the various opportunistic infections she suffers, her description of a rectal ulcer leaves a lasting impression. The thought-provoking narrative ends with Nancy's death and is followed by an informative series of questions and answers about rape and AIDS. Ages 12-up.
Customer Reviews
Loved it
I couldn't stop reading. I feel like I knew Nancy; she gave me a totally different perspective on life. She makes me so grateful for everything and everyone I have. Although it's a sad diary, she seemed to handle her situation very wise and bravely; it can teach us all a lesson. :) RIP Nancy!
Totally mag
It was wonderful I loved it
It happened to Nancy
This is such a good book , I was in tears after 32 pages into it . So many young girls that feel so alone usually it’s the sweet naive girls that boys like Collin go after , make them feel loved and wanted . After they get what they wanted , They destroy innocent lives forever . This book should be brought up in a sex education class .