Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   0805064036 ISBN-13:   9780805064032 Publisher:   Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Edition:   illustrated Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   September 2000 Pages:   192 Format:   Paperback Ages:   14 and UP Grades:   9 and up
Subjects
REAL WORLD (TELEVISION PROGRAM : UNITED STATES)
Description/Notes
In graphic art format, describes the friendship between two roommates on the MTV show 'Real World,' one of whom died of AIDS. 'You are eighteen years old. You get up in front of a thousand people--your classmates, your friends, basically the people who make up your entire existence--and announce, 'I'm HIV positive.'' Told entirely in sequential art, here is the story of the life-changing friendship between the author, a cartoonist from Long Island, and Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive AIDS activist, which was filmed day by day on MTV's Real World San Francisco. As a speaker and educator, a guest on many talk shows (including Oprah), and when his tragic death received front-page coverage in the press, Pedro taught a generation that AIDS was not a punishment for moral defects or a mere killer that reduced humans to wraiths. Rather, he showed how those afflicted with the disease could live and love nobly with intelligence, humor and great humanity. Judd Winick's compelling memoir allows each of us to experience the vitally important message Pedro brought us. Inspiring, moving, informative, and instantly accessible, Pedro and Me could become one of the books that defines a generation. '. . . Winick pays tribute to his Real World housemate and friend Pedro Zamora, an AIDS activist who died of the disease . . .' --A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year 'The format . . . is enticing, with images that are effusive and alive . . . Engrossing, wise, and impossibly brave.' --Kirkus, starred review 'This is an important book for teens and the adults who care about them.' --School Library Journal, starred review In this inspiring memoir in graphic novel form, the author relates his friendship with an HIV-positive AIDS activist while they were roommates during the filming of the MTV show 'Real World'. Pedro Zamora showed how people afflicted with the AIDS virus can live with dignity and humor. Illustrations.