Assignment: #1 of three graphic novels
Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2000. 187 p.
Date: 03/04/07
Format/Genre: Graphic Novel
Recommended Grade Levels: 6-12th grade
Awards: Robert F. Seibert Informational Book Award 2001
Summary: This graphic novel is based around the MTV Real World Season 3: San Francisco. There were six strangers picked to live in a house and have there lives taped 24 hours a day 7 days a week. During the six month stay the author, Judd Winick, meets Pedro Zamora. Pedro has AIDS. Pedro becomes Judds best friend and teaches Judd about life, friendship, diseases and loss.
Comments: I was fortunate enough to have followed this season of the Real World. I was 14 at the time and it was my first time to watch MTV (I lead a sheltered life). The series itself was an eye opening experience. I had never heard of anyone having AIDS and now watching someone on TV was something new. This book was a great representation of how the series unfolded. I enjoyed reading this novel because it helped me to recollect the events that seemed so long ago. Judd does a great job depicting not only the series but the more in depth material that was not seen on TV.
Booktalking Ideas: AIDS awareness, Gay and Lesbian relationships
VOYA: 5P 5Q
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