Positive

The book Positive is by Paige Rawl it is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Paige who had to deal with being bullied after the word that she had HIV got out. Paige had been HIV positive since she was born but she never felt like this brought he down or made her any different. It was a normal day at middle school for Paige until she told her friend that she did have HIV and only within a couple of hours the whole school knew. From this day on Paige's life was like a ticking time bomb. She had to deal with the constant bullying and being called names. When she tried discussing this with her principals they over looked it and told her that she didn't need to make everything so dramatic. After her plea for help was ignored Paige felt like she had no one else to turn to. Once she felt this way she decided she had enough and took a bottle of sleeping pills. Instead of this being the end of Paige's story it was just the beginning. She soon confided in others that had HIV and started a support group to help others like her. I really enjoyed this book because not only did she have to face total embarrassment she got over it and came out even stronger. I find this a very inspirational book and would recommend this for anyone!