Ana’s Story by Leslie L.
Ana’s story by Jenna Bush is a book written about this young girl Ana. The book goes on to tell about her life thing she had to overcome: Ana has aids it was passed down from her mother Ana’s mother died when she was a little girl so she had to live with her abusive grandmother living there Ana was forced to keep her being infected with aids a secret. Ana is tired of the abusive and leaves but is soon sent to a detention center shortly after they transfer Ana to a place for people with aids, while there Ana meets this guy who also has aids, Ana gets pregnant and has a baby, the baby was born without aids. Ana moves to raise her baby, and she meets this new guy who loves her and her baby. Shortly after Ana sadly dies because of aids. The strengths of the book are one Ana’s strength. Two it was very informal and it was also very touching and real. The strengths of the book are: Ana’s determination, it was informative, the way it was written.
The first thing I liked about this book is the courage, determination and the happiness that Ana had. Ana wasn’t going to live in abuse for the rest of her life so she took a chance and moved away from her grandmother no matter how hard it was to leave her younger sister, after Ana left she had t over come some difficult things going to a detention center not seeing her sister, then movie finding love and losing it then finding it again, she created life Ana tried her hardest to provide a good life for her and her child, she was determined to be happy and that’s exactly what she found. “I want to be in a house without shame. I am tired of the bruises that cover my body and the darkness in my heart. I wish my parents were here. Protect me, Dios.” -Ana
The second thing I liked a bout this book is the awareness it causes and how its not just a story about a girl with aids. The book is a nonstop lessons on aids, showing you what most people with aids go through the stereo types they face and the life long problems they face it also that you don’t always have to be a victim, there’s always hope but only if your willing to give it . At the end of the book there’s a few pages about information on AID/HIV and child abuse and sexual abuse, I thought it was very sweet and useful.
The thing I liked the most about this book was how Jenna Bush wrote it. The book wasn’t really hard to read or complicated, in fact it was easy and very understanding. It had many chapters but they weren’t very long I think she intended it to be mainly for young adults, I liked how it wasn’t like every other biography and instead of just telling about Ana she showed Ana , not only with pictures but with words. I also liked how at the end of the book she had a few pages about AIDS/HIV.
“Ana didn’t die because of AIDS, she lived because of AIDS” –Jenna Bush .If you like book that are about real life people going through real life things then this is the book for you. Ana’s Story was an amazing book it was very exciting and it will appeal to all readers and I recommend this book to young adults and adults as well, you won’t regret reading it, this is the kind of book that stays with you. You won’t want to put it down.
