Positive audiobook

Positive : Surviving My Bullies, Finding Hope, and Living to Change the World : a Memoir, Paige RawlIn this compelling and compulsively readable memoir, nineteen-year-old Paige Rawl tells the story of how she was mercilessly bullied in middle school...and how she overcame the ordeal to change her world for the better. Paige tells a story that is both deeply personal and completely universal, one that will resonate deeply with the thousands of children and adults whose lives have been touched by bullying. Paige Rawl has been HIV positive since birth…but growing up, she never felt like her illness defined her. It never prevented her from entering beauty pageants or playing soccer or making the honor role.On an unremarkable day in middle school, while attempting to console a friend, Paige disclosed her HIV-positive status, and within hours the bullying began. She was called "PAIDS," first in whispers, then out in the open. Her soccer coach joked that she was an asset because opposing team members would be too afraid to touch her. Her guidance counselor told her to stop all the “drama,” and her principal said she couldn’t protect her. One night, desperate for escape, Paige swallowed fifteen sleeping pills, one for each year of her life to date. That could have been the end of her story. Instead, it was only the beginning. The gripping first-person account of Paige’s life will pull in even the most reluctant readers of nonfiction, and her call to action to choose compassion over cruelty will stay with them long after they turn the last page.تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز هجدهم ماه فوریه سال2020میلادیعنوان: مثبت: کتاب خاطرات؛ نویسنده: پیج راول، الی بنجامین؛ با مقدمه‌ جی اشر؛ مترجم: سرور کرمپوردشتی؛ تهران نشر فرمهر‏‫، سال1397؛ در291ص؛ مصور؛ شابک9786009732890؛ موضوع سرگذشتنامه کودکان مبتلا به اچ.آی.وی - از نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 21معنوان: مثبت: ماجرای واقعی دختری که با اچ.آی.وی مبارزه کرد؛ نویسنده: پیج راول، الی بنجامین؛ مترجم: فاطمه عرفانی، فرخنده ملکی‌فر؛ ویرایش امین شیرپور؛ تهران نشر اطراف‏‫، سال1398؛ در246ص؛ شابک9786226194020؛پیج راول با ویروس اچ.آی.وی به دنیا آمد، اما هرگز اجازه نداد بیماریش بر او غلبه کند؛ در دوران راهنمایی، رازش را با بهترین دوستش در میان گذاشت و تنها ساعتی بعد آزارها آغاز شد؛ از آن لحظه به بعد زندگی برای «پیج» همانند راه رفتن در میدان مین بود؛ هر دقیقه ممکن بود با پیغام و یا حرکتی مملو از نفرت و آزار روبرو شود؛ داستان «مثبت» به خوانشگر یادآوری میکند راهکار عقلانی را، به خشنودی لحظه ای، از همه مهمتر، منفی را به مثبت، تغيير دهيمتاریخ بهنگام رسانی 24/03/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 14/02/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Paige Rawl was born HIV positive. She contracted it from her mother who had contracted it from her father. Her father left them when she was little; they weren't really in contact until just before his death from AIDS.For most of her childhood, Paige didn't know she was HIV positive. She just knew she and her mom had to take some yucky medicine everyday. She remembers overhearing a conversation between her mother and doctor and hearing the term HIV. When she got home, she asked her mom, "Am I HIV positive or HIV negative?" Her mom knew it was time to tell her the truth, which she did.Paige entered middle school like any other kid, a little nervous and very excited. She made friends with another girl, Yasmine, and they were immediately inseparable. They just seemed to get each other. So, during the school's overnight lock-in, as they played games and enjoyed the fun of staying up all night, she didn't think twice about bringing up her HIV status as part of a conversation. Within minutes another student was telling someone not to share a drink with her because she had AIDS. Paige was shocked into silence. Yasmine, who was supposed to be her closest friend, had breached her trust and told. News spread fast and from that moment on, Paige was the target of bullies. Dubbed PAIDS, ridiculed in person, jeered and whispered at in the hallways, the subject of notes and graffiti. When she sought out the help of adults at her school, they told her to stop being such a drama queen, to just lie and tell everyone she wasn't HIV positive, to quit stirring up trouble because they had protected her as much as they could. Paige waded through the bullying and subsequent depression and eventually found solace in others who shared her story. She is a resilient, inspiring and courageous role model for anyone struggling with bullying--she is a role model for anyone! Including me :)As someone who works in a middle school, this book inspires me to be vigilant about what is going on between kids in my school. To do my very best to protect students and encourage and model the celebration of our differences. A quote from the book: Humans are afraid of what they don't understand. And we are at our absolute worst when we are afraid. The idea of not allowing ourselves to operate out of fear and challenge actions that seem to stem from fear of the unknown is a clear theme in this book and a good message for teens--for all of us. I would recommend this book to anyone who has been bullied or admits to bullying someone for being different, to anyone who wants to be inspired and challenged. Grades 6 and up.

I especially liked Rawl's emphasis on the fact that it is not our fault when we are bullied. There is this wonderful passage near the end where she talks about the differences which each of us have and, unfortunately, sometimes hide. As this year's anti-bullying week slogan went: we are all different, all equal.

I can't wait to recommend this to all of my students on Book Talk Tuesday. This should be a required read in every high school. Though this book's intended audience is obviously YA, regardless of age, I'm going to recommend this book to every person who will listen to me talk about it.

It absolutely amazes me that such a young girl can write a book that is so important, so powerful and so inspirational. This is not your typical teenager being bullied, my life is horrible teenage novels that are being put churned out one after another. This book is authentic and the author, Paige Rawl, is so perceptive for her age. Her heart wrenching description of her struggle doesn't make her someone to be pitied, but is someone who should be celbrated and respected. There are so many wonderful words of wisdom in this book and the afterword alone gave me the chills. "If you're lucky enough not to understand what it is like to be surrounded by darkness, I'm telling you: someone near you needs kindness. They need it today. They need it desperately. Offer it. Sit with them awhile. Ask them questions. Get to know them. Then get to know them better. Share a bag of cheese puffs." In this world infected with selfies, self promotion, and fake digital friends I sure wish more people were less focused on themselves and were instead sharing more bags of cheese puffs.

Here's what really worries me. 1. Many young people don't know the difference between being HIV+ and having AIDS 2. Many young people don't know who Ryan White was.

No tengo palabras. Una historia muy conmovedora, que lo resulta aún más (y más desgarradora, si se quiere) por el hecho de que es algo real; más aún, algo con lo que mucha gente, sin importar las particularidades de sus experiencias, pueden identificarse. Es increíblemente inspiradora la experiencia de Paige, su capacidad de hacerle frente a las adversidades con tanta gracia y fortaleza. Ojalá muchas personas, muchas muchas tomen la iniciativa de leer este libro y desde el lugar que nos toca a cada uno, podamos hacer de este mundo un lugar un poco mejor cada día.

I feel like this is a great read for all students, all young people, all adults. It brings such an awareness of struggles that could potentially be hidden. The writing is ok, but the messages surpass that. Woody Swear scale-very few. And those used were used by two characters and for good reason. So, this would be manageable.