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    <![CDATA[&lt;h4&gt;&lt;center&gt; What really happened <br/> on Monday, October 27, at 6:00 a.m.? &lt;/center&gt; &lt;/h4&gt; <p> <strong>The facts:</strong> Alex Crusan, an HIV-positive student, was attacked by an assailant who shattered the windows of his car with a baseball bat. Alex is in the hospital with multiple injuries. </p> <p> <strong>The suspect:</strong> Clinton Cole was seen riding his bike in the vicinity that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. He might even have harassed him at school. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p> <p> <strong>The witness:</strong> Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> <strong>The victim:</strong> After the windshield shattered, Alex ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> Three people, three perspectives -- one truth. Who will tell it? </p>]]>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this. I think Alex Flinn is an amazing writer. I've read four of her books now and each one is so unique and so well written. What I loved about this story was the suspense and that there really was a lot of character development that made this hard to put down.  <br/><br/>Alex is the char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81113978">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I hated this book. The format and writing style took a bit of getting used to. The book was from the perspective of 3 people-- two were teenagers, and you had to get used to their poor grammar and slang. The other character had Down's Syndrome, and wrote her entries in a poem format.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70103526">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alex, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, is attacked and ends up in the hospital.  Clinton Cole is the prime suspect.  Clinton has made his hate for Alex known in the past, due to his fear of catching Alex's AIDS.  Daria, another classmate who has down syndrome, witnessed the attack.  Did Clinton do ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52252645">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 06 10:44:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Alex Flinn's stories which are very popular with our students. This book was good, but it certainly wasn't as strong as some of his others.<br/><br/>I like that the book explores prejudices in many forms - mental and physical disabilities - and I like that it's short so that reluctant reade...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66435533">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book I read for the month of February was called Fade To Black, By Alex Flinn. It is a realistic fiction book that has a very interesting writing style.<br/>	The book is about a boy, Alex Crusan who is HIV positive. He is attacked by an unknown enemy. He saw something, but not enough for a posi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16692452">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My 9th graders will love this book.  Crisp writing and a simple, poignant plot.  Even though there are multiple perspectives (a witness, the victim, and a suspect), my students will find it easy to follow the shifts.  I like that it addresses the topic of what it means to be HIV positive in a realm ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42958529">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;center&gt; <p> Three perspectives -- one truth </p> &lt;/center&gt; <p> The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell. </p> <p> The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really? </p> <p> The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he? </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[in this book a protective bother thathas some of the ways the get hiv/aids wrong and tryies to recusce his little sister from her friends house where her bother with hiv lives.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the older brother is trying to protect his younger sisther thats going to sleep over her friends house but her friends brother has hiv and he thinks she will get it]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like the way Alex Flinn creates characters who are totally unlike her (at least, I *hope* they are unlike her!) in order to understand (and help the reader understand) how people who might differ from them would think and act. She does a really good job of it - you can see &quot;the writer&quot; a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10283720">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this with my ninth graders every year. We always start out excited to get to know the characters &amp; figure out the truth from the three narrators.  But midway through, the action fizzles out for us, &amp; it's kind of a trudge to the lackluster finish from there. Flinn's created some interesting c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11802503">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book!<br/>An HIV infected student struggles with others misconceptions while others learn to accept the truth.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Boy gets attacked because he has AIDS, yet he got it through a blood transfusion.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book. Kinda.<br/>I liked Daria's point of view. It reminded me of poetry.~]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[it wasa realy good bookit kept mya attantion]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good read; quick too.  I read it in an afternoon.  Alex is HIV positive.  He's going to a new high school and there are lots of people there that don't like that.  There are a lot of lessons in this book - about AIDS, about how people react to each other in scary situations, what people learn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17874163">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Alex Flinn's books- they are suspenseful in their treatment of teen life....there is an HIV postive teen who is attacked with a bat in his car and there are 3 different viewpoints about what happened and who did it- it was the author's interest in witness reliability that prompted this book.....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23720427">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book!  Three main characters tell this story: Alex - HIV-positive student who is attacked  Clinton - accused of attacking Alex   Daria - a Down Syndrome student who was a witness.  This book really makes you think about how we react to other people that may be different from ourselves.]]></body>
    
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