Depressed. In this realistic fiction book,you will find out how it is to be Emmy. I think this is book is a great book. **Spoiler Alert** Emmys's mom dies and has to live with her dad & his wife. I liked the way the author described how Emmy feels. It makes me feel as if I'm Emmy.This book takes place in Emmy's school , house , & her dads house. Emmy wanted her mom to live through her diagnoses with AIDS/HIV. But her mom died just when she was 4 years old. So when it was time for her funeral,her dad came. Her aunt told her she was moving with her dad.Emmy didn't like the house or school she was at. So Meg , Emmy's dad's wife , has an idea to sent her to camp. Camp Positive. A camp for girls that are HIV positive. Emmy doesn't like this camp at first , but after a week , she gets used to it. Then just after coming home from camp, her dad's wife is having a baby. Soon her dad is at work & Emmy and her new stepmom are home taking care of a baby. The conflict in the story is that Emmy really hates this camp. And all she wants to do is go home. Sometimes she wants to sleep and NEVER wake up. Emmy is a 13 year old & is HIV positive. She is a quiet girl in school , & only talks to her bestfriend.I can relate to the character because I don't really talk to anyone except my bestfriends. My favorite part was when Emmy started playing the games in Camp Positive because she really connected to the girls at the camp. I wish that Emmy's mom hadn't died because then she wouldn't have to live with her dad & his wife. I thought the ending of the book was amazing because it turns out that she really DID like living with her dad & Meg. I understood why Emmy was so sad because I think that everyone will be sad if their mom died at a young age.When I read this book it reminds me of " The Cinco Hermanitas" becuase they were away from their mother a LONG while. I can relate to this book because I was once away from my mom for a month. Tht's the longest I've ever been away from her & I missed her.I think this book was perfect because I relate to Emmy alot. I'll rate the book a 10. Greatest book ever. I rate it a "10" because Emmy's emotions are similar to mine sometimes. I would recommend this book to people that like sad stories but get happier in the end. Now, I think that Emmy isn't as depressed as she was before. was a quick read finished in a day and a half.Emmy and her mom have aids. Emmys dad was lucky an doesn't. Her parents are not together and her dad is remarried an having a baby with a lady named meg. one day emmys mom dies as a result of aids an she has to move in with her dad which shes not happy about. Emmy feels like nobody understands her or what it feels like because they don't have aids. She starts acting out leaving school throwing dishes, her dad an meg decide to send her to camp positive. A camp that's just for girls with aids. There emmy starts to grow up and realize shes not alone and she makes some great friends. She even starts to accept her mom's passing an that shes not entirely gone that shes still everywhere emmy is. Meg her dads wife has the baby an at the start emmy wasn't happy about having a sister but she watches meg give birth and she even got to name her Hannah.
