Where we go from here

Where we go from hereWhere We Go From Here by Larissa Helena, Lucas Rocha
Published by Push on August 6, 2018
ISBN: 133855624X
Genres: Realistic Fiction
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four-stars

“Where we go from here” by Lucas Rocha is a young adult novel, originally written in Brazilian Portuguese and now translated into English. Three young men are thrown together by a chance meeting in an HIV testing clinic and we follow them as they navigate issues facing them. This book provides a lot of education about what it means to be HIV positive and answers questions that people may worry about when they find out they have HIV or are involved with someone with HIV. It manages to be informative without sounding overly clinical and by bringing up these issues in the course of the characters’ lives. Partially told through a series of conversations and text messages, this is a quick read that personalizes HIV and gives a lot of information to the reader.

Recommended for young adults and older teens, this book is a must-buy for any YA collection, especially where realistic fiction is popular.

Reviewed by Kate Radke, Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook.

four-stars