Author: Ann Bausum
Narrator: Vikas Adam, Ann Bausum
Unabridged: 4 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: 06/04/2019
Ann Bausum is the daughter of a history professor and grew up in Lexington,
Virginia, with a love of American history and a passion for research. She writes books about US history for young
people and adults, and many of her books deal with issues of social justice.
Her books consistently earn prominent national recognition. Denied,
Detained, Deported (2009) was named the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Award
winner at the secondary school level from the National Council for the Social
Studies. Muckrakers (2007) earned the Golden Kite Award as best
nonfiction book of the year from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators. Freedom Riders (2006) gained a Sibert Honor designation
from the American Library Association, and With Courage and Cloth (2004)
received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award as the year’s best book on
social justice issues for older readers. She lives in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Richie’s Picks: VIRAL: THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS IN AMERICA by Ann Bausum, Viking, June 2019, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-425-28729-0 “‘You know Toad,’ said Frog, with his mouth full, ‘I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick.’ ‘You are right,’ said Toad. ‘Let us eat one last cookie.’ Frog and Toad ate......more
Pair with the author’s Stonewall. Author note at end of audio......more
I have seen some comparisons to the COVID response to the AIDS response. I was just a child when AIDS began to become a top story. I got the meet Jeannie White after her son Ryan died. It was good to get the perspectives, attitudes, and timeline at the time. I remember the AIDS quilt which was discu......more