AIDS: An All-About Guide for Young Adults

by Virginia B. Silverstein, Alvin Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn

Book Overview

The face of AIDS is changing. In 2005 in the United States, over 900,000 Americans were infected with HIV, and women accounted for about one-third of them. The important history, as well as the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894907166
• ISBN13: 9780894907166
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

AIDS: Deadly Threat

This book is very straightforward, no sugar coating. Describes in detail what AIDS is, those who are at risk of contracting AIDS, symptoms of AIDS, and the social, political and medical aspects of the disease. Gives case histories involving people who have been denied their given rights because they are infected with the AIDS virus. Gives accounts of the major research and medical break throughs that are being conducted continuously in hopes of stopping the widespread and looking to a cure for this deadly virus. This book is a definite must for teenagers or anyone who is thinking of becoming sexually active or who is already sexually active. Makes you stop and think really hard about the possible consequences of your actions--be them well thought out or carelessly made.