The first YA book to deal with HIV/AIDS was M. E. Kerr’s Night Kites. Published in 1986, the novel features a teenage protagonist whose older brother is sick with AIDS-related illnesses. As Christine Jenkins and Michael Cart point out, this novel did not inspire a trend: HIV/AIDS “would receive major thematic or topical treatment in […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
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In The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff, Deshi, a young man struggling to make a life for himself in rural China, accidentally kills his older brother in a fight. His parents send him, according to ancient Chinese tradition, on a journey to find an unwed female corpse to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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