Ana's Story
A Journey of Hope
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 22, 2008
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- Who it’s for
- A personal story of hardship opens onto the wider question of care and support for children.
- Themes
- Living with HIV, Childhood abuse and instability, Hope and new beginnings
- Genres
- Social Topics for Teens, Girls & Women, Women's Lives
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Ana’s story begins the day she is born with HIV, transmitted from her mother, who dies just a few years later. From then on, Ana's childhood becomes a blur of secrets—about her illness, her family, and the abuse she endures. Shuffled from home to home, Ana rarely finds safety or acceptance. But after she falls in love and becomes pregnant at seventeen, she embarks on a journey that leads her to new beginnings, new sorrows, and new hope.
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Based on her work with UNICEF and inspired by the framework of one girl's life, Jenna Bush tells the story of many children around the world who are excluded from basic care, support, and education. Resources at the back of this book share how you can help children like Ana and protect yourself and others.
Private Lives, Wider Stakes
A personal story of hardship opens onto the wider question of care and support for children.
Come here for
- A close view of how illness and secrecy shape one childhood
- A story connecting individual hardship with children’s needs around the world
Expect
- Difficult experiences alongside moments of hope
- Resources at the back on helping children and protecting yourself and others
Where it sits
| Social Topics for Teens | 39% |
|---|---|
| Women's Lives | 29% |
| Girls & Women | 18% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Nonfiction
- Lives in History
- Writers' Lives
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- Political Lives
- Activist Biographies
- Women's Lives
- Family
- Authors
- Jenna Bush Hager
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 22, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Living with HIV · Childhood abuse and instability · Hope and new beginnings
- Reading lane
- YA Nonfiction