Book description
Written and illustrated by Rob Sanders. This award-winning novel is about Calvin Johnston and how his secret is out. He and his brothers are tainted. Untouchable. And the bad blood flowing through their veins is threatening to kill them. So are some of their neighbors in Ashland, the âFriendliest LittleâŠ
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In this historical fiction verse novel set in 1987, we meet Calvin Johnston and his brothers. The brothers all have hemophilia and have contracted HIV through blood transfusions.
Calvin and his family live in Ashland, the âFriendliest Little Town,â but many of the people in Ashland react out of fear rather than friendship when they learn of the Johnston brothersâ diagnosis. I grew up in a small, sheltered town like Ashland, and I have to wonder how our village (and young me) wouldâve reacted to a similar situation.
One of the things I love most about books is that theyâŠ
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