Connection.

The only book that I've read that SORT OF connects to "It Happened to Nancy" is probably "A Child Called It" They probably didn't go through the same feelings, but it was probably just as devastating. AIDS is an illness that can kill you PHYSICALLY. But what the little boy in "A Child Called It", went through, would kill him EMOTIONALLY.

I chose this picture because it has to do with AIDS. And AIDS is basically what the book is about.

NEVER ANOTHER ME.

"I hope there's never another ME, except ME."

What just happened was that, she was talking about a "security" dog that they have. And there was another dog that had died. That dog was her best companion, and that there wouldnt be another one of those dogs except for him.

I chose this quote because, she knows that going through what she went through is A LOT of stress and it sucks. She doesnt want anybody to go through what she went through.

After this, two days after,on April 12th, Nancy died. On her tombstone, was, THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER NANCY.

They've come BACK.

"Not my kind of infection they cant it's AIDS-related and . . . all the evils of my past and future have come back to haunt me. Maybe this is an omen that I SHOULDN'T go back home . . . ever."

Right now, she is at her dads house. She is thinking that she might not be able to go home because she thinks thinks she might find Collin again. Collin is the guy that raped her and infected her with AIDS.

I chose this quote because, I think it has a lot of meaning to it. By saying that "all the evils of her past and future have come back to haunt her", she means that everything that has happened to her is coming back to her mind and giving her bad memories.

After this, nothing really happened.

I may dumb; but not stupid.

"His mouth keeps moving, but I can't hear words anymore, I cant't feel; I can't think. I may be dumb and young and naive, but I'm not stupid. Someone's made the most horrible mistakes. How could I have AIDS? The word is like all the bitternes in the world on my tounge, then spreading throughout my body."

What just happened was that, she just found out she has aids. She got aids because she was raped.

I chose this quote because, I think that this is the most important part of the story. She feels that after she was told, she felt like she couldnt do anything. This was the part of the story where she knew that her life would never be the same.

What happened after was she just went home, and she layed down. I wouldnt want to do anything either if i had went through what she went through.

Focus on the GOOD Things !

"Snap out of it, you retarded girl-person. Where is your mind? Where is your heart? Where are your eyes? Where are you ears? You've been blocking out everything good in life and concentrating only on the ugly and the bad. That's sad. Its bogus mogus, and you nogus it. If this little fragile bird creature can get its life together after its smashup, surely you can too."

What just happened was, that they found a bird and it was hurt. And that after it felt better, it was happy and singing. So Nancy, was saying that after she was raped, she became all depressed. She just wants to be "happy and singing" , in other words, she wants to be happy again.

I chose this quote because, I like that she knows she can get back up, and become more positive. She knows that she needs to go back to her old self. She wants to feel happy again.

What happened after was, she named that bird Impericle. That name was a little secret between her mom and herself. Personally, I think she did become more positive. There were stll times when she was sad, but she got over it quick. I think the bird helped.

Getting Rid of HIM . .

" It's 3 A.M., and i cant sleep. i don't think I'll ever be able to sleep again. Ive cleaned up the house, gotten rid of every single thing that reminds me of HIM . . "

Collin has just raped her. She doesn't want ANY kind of reminder of what happened. She doesn't want anything anywhere reminding her of it, near her.

I chose this quote because, it sucks that it happened. and i would want NO reminder of HIM what so ever.

After that, she told her mom what had happened. She had regretted that she hadn't told her mom about him in the first place. She would have known how to handle things.

Except ME.

"I hope there's never another ME. except ME."

I like this quote because , it shows what she feels and how she wants NOBODY to go through the same situation.
Even though there's MANY people that go through this , she doesn't want them to because obviously it is too much stress !

It Happened To Nancy

I like that i never got bored of the book. It was very interesting the whole time I was reading it. I couldn't put it down (x

I probably wouldn't change anything cause overall it was a very good book.

The only question i have is that um, well i don't know.

I recommend that my mom read this book cause i think she likes books like this.