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It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary (Confident Collector)
: I thought that this book was wonderful. But while I was reading the book I just couldn't decide if I hated the book because I hate Collin or if I loved the book and felt bad for Nancy. I just don't understand how anyone could ever do that to a person that they supposedly loved. The book was very touching and heartfelt, I really felt that I knew her and that she was one of my friends and I just felt aweful and that I should do something then I remembered that it was book and there wasn't anything that I could do. But over all it was a wonderful book and I would reccomend it to everyone!
Beatrice Sparks Is My absolute favorite! I love the books she brings outIve Read Go Ask ALice and It happened to nancy. This book Made me think twice about life and how precious mine really is being a 15 year old teenager without having a life threatining illness such as AIDS. I really Felt sorry for Nancy at the end but twords the end she really was at peace with herself. This book is amazing.
At first I thought 'why am I wasting my time?' but after I got to know the characters better, I started enjoying the book. The book is warm because Nancy has healthy relationships (with good friends, parents, animals, etc.) and she loved life and fun. I was especially impressed when Nancy was delighted over a mouse! Nancy loved animals, she loved her parents. She was a very positive person. It is so sad that a person so positive and upbeat had to get AIDS. Through this book, I almost felt as if I knew Nancy. I was saddened for her and I felt so bad for her. She suffered a lot, both physically and emotionally. It is so unfair that she was raped and hideously infected. I think tougher laws should be enforced for rapists. I am so sad that Nancy is gone and therefore there will not be a sequel to this book to tell about her life. All I can say is, I am so sorry it happened and I hope she is in a better place now with no suffering and only joy.
This book is a total tear jerker. On the back to the cover it reads, "Reading this true story may save your life. It is very true. This book teaches teens and their parents to be more aware of the incurable disease, AIDS. I would rate it a five. I never got bored with the book. It is an excellent real life example of what can really happen to you, especially if you have the idea, "Oh, AIDS can never happen to me." The main character in this book, Nancy, shows you what it is like dealing with HIV/AIDS in your social and physical life. A must-read for all teenagers, especially the young teenage girls. An important, sad lesson which everyone needs to be taught.
This "diary" is just as bad (and just as entertaining) as both Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal, two other books written by that intrepid team of Sparks and Jennings. I just love these books--they're so trashy, you can't help but eat them up. Besides presenting AIDS in a highly unrealistic fashion, the writing appears to have been crafted by trolls. What's next--teenaged hookers straight from the convent? I fervently hope so, because junk like this really makes my day. Treat young adults with some small modicum of intelligence, please. Dumbing down writing in this way doesn't help anyone, least of all those brilliant teens who can't get enough of their Nintendo 64.
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