The Silent Killer

Barbara A. Chase, Joe E. Barnhart

“When 14 year old Natasha discovers that her best friend Jasmine has contracted AIDS she is devastated and confused. She cannot understand how someone so young and innocent could have contracted such a deadly disease, until her thoughts turn toward Jasmine’s popular boyfriend, Mike. It comes as no surprise when Mike, who has had multiple sexual partners, leaves for England but what remains puzzling is his apparent immunity to the virus which causes AIDS. The teens struggle to balance the physical changes taking place in their bodies and the mental frustration that comes along with not understanding these changes.