It’s a little different now, mostly because of the viewing material. It’s embarrassing as hell, but hey, it was eighth grade. Then I lay down on her bed, with a blanket over me, and she talked me through it. We locked the door - against the rules at Our Lady of Lourdes - and she pulled up pictures of the guys from The Vampire Diaries on Tumblr. She took me into her room, with Sarah trailing behind. But there’s also the fact that I didn’t know how to masturbate until one of my old friends taught me. One is the fact that I have HIV, obviously.

There are a few secrets I won’t share with just anyone. Simone's first instinct is to protect her secret, but as she gains a deeper understanding of the prejudice and fear in her community, she begins to wonder if the only way to rise above is to face the haters head-on.įull Disclosure is available now, and you can begin reading an excerpt below: Then she finds an anonymous note in her locker, threatening to reveal her status unless she breaks up with Miles. When Simone and Miles start going out for real, she knows she has to tell him, though she's terrified of how he'll react. But keeping her diagnosis under wraps isn't simple. The last thing she wants is for word to get out that she's HIV-positive. Simone is starting over at a new school, where she's making real friends, making a name for herself as student director of Rent, and making a play for her crush, Miles. In Full Disclosure, Garrett explores the history of HIV and examines what it's like to live with a positive diagnosis today, through the eyes of her heroine, Simone Garcia-Hampton. Camryn Garrett's Full Disclosure, which you can begin reading below, is one such story. But very few of those stories have been told from a teen perspective, for teen audiences. It is definitely true that media about the HIV/AIDS crisis of the '80 and '90s - Jonathan Larson's beloved musical Rent is one notable example - have been crucial in raising understanding and awareness of the epidemic and its aftermath.

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