Losing David

by Elizabeth Benning

Kim Roberts has just moved from Jamesville to Somerset, and she faces all the ordinary getting used to a new school, living in a new home, and making new friends. But Kim can’t get used to one new thing in her She has AIDS, which she got from a blood transfusion.

Forced to leave Jamesville because of the horrible treatment she received from her schoolmates and neighbors, Kim vows not to let people in Somerset know about her illness. Then Kim begins counseling sessions at a place called Hope House. There she meets David, a young volunteer with leukemia, whose help and love give Kim the courage to enjoy life while she can.

But when David becomes dangerously ill, Kim wonders how long she can hold on to her newfound happiness.

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Felicia Grover · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when I was just getting out of elementary and going into middle ...I can’t tell you how many times I read it ,the book was literally falling apart! I cried every time!!!

[Laura Carr · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one of the first books that I read to the very end as a teenager, I cried like a baby at the end! It's also one of the books I remember in the most detail. I especially remember the touching, though slightly cheesy ending.

Looking back it was a little predictable, but fabulous if you a looking for a weepy!

[Yan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this many years ago when I was still in my teens. I remember it as being very touching and it even made me cry.

[Lilith · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great young adult book about people's fears, sickness and death.