Search - It Happened to Nancy : By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary (Confident Collector)

I just recently finished this book. It is the diary of a 14 yr old girl. You see and for me at 44, remember what it was like to be a teen and how exaggerated our emotions are at that age. I Loved the Positive outlook "Nancy" has on life and really came to like her a lot. Even though I knew how the story ends, it still hurt me when it did. The devastation that is AIDS and the raw innocence of youth is captured in this young lady's well written words. I felt like I got to really know her as I was reading the words and was crushed at the end. I hope she knew that her being raped wasnt her fault but sensed that sometimes she thought it could have been. And then to get AIDS too? So sad.. And I hope he had to pay for what he did. As you can tell, I really liked this book--it is a must read for teens, preteens and adults. And I would like to add--People.. Please be safe and sorry to say, but you cant trust anyone. Poor Nancy did and see what happened to her! Very honest, touching story. My heart goes out to her parents, family and friends, I know they all still love and miss her!

Excellent real life story of a young girl with AIDS. This is taken directly from her diary so it really pulls at the heart strings. This story has really stayed with me. With so many medical shows on tv that focus on science and techology, it is nice to read about the person who is sick. Bittersweet.

Excerpts from Nancy's diary. She was raped at 14 years old and was infected with HIV. This is the story of how she dealt with her situation, up until the time of her death.

It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. There were several pages I just skimmed or skipped over entirely because they were a little boring. It's not bad though. It's pretty sad how naive the main character was when she contracted the disease. Typical teenager.

I read this in one day. It was so intense!

This was a very easy read. Truly Inspirational!