"I want to be in a house without shame. I am tired of the bruises that cover my body and the darkness in my heart. I wish my parents were here. Protect me, Dios." This is Ana's hope for the future. Her mother, father, and youngest sister all died from AIDS. Ana is seventeen, a mother, and HIV-positive. But Ana is bravely living with HIV--not dying from it. With incredible spirit, strength,
and determination, she struggles to break the cycles of silence, abuse, and fear. She wants a brighter future for herself and her child. This is Ana's story. Based on her work with UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean, Jenna Bush has written a powerful and personal nonfiction account of a girl who fights against all odds to survive. But Ana's experience is not unique. She symbolizes many children in peril and puts a face on the shocking statistics--according to UNICEF, 2.3 million children world
Biography
Jenna Bush is the daughter of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 with a degree in English. Jenna was an elementary school teacher in Washington, D.C., for a year and a
half before embarking on an internship for UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean. Author biography courtesy of HarperCollins.
Recommended Websites
http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/bwwod.pl Daily Buzzword, available free on a subscription basis, is a fun vocabulary site from the dictionary people at Merriam-Webster. Each day a new word is presented. The word is defined and a sentence with the word is used in context. Readers can take a multiple-choice quiz to find out if they really understand the meaning of the word.
http://www.spellzone.com/ This website is an online interactive spelling program. There are 37 lessons at a low cost. But two lessons and tips on how to improve your spelling are free.
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