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Risky Times : How to Be AIDS-Smart and Stay Healthy/Book With Parent's Guide Paperback – May 1, 1990

by Jeanne Blake (Author), Jerome Groopman M. D. (Introduction)

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Written by Jeanne Blake, a Boston-based television science reporter, with the assistance of six teenagers from Cambridge High School, Risky Times speaks directly to teenagers. It is the "information vaccine," offering the one truly effective weapon there is: knowledge.

Kids will listen to their peers-in this case, the six teenagers who share their thoughts on sex, AIDS, condom use, peer pressure, drugs, and decision-making.

Myths are dispelled: You can't get AIDS if an infected person sneezes on you; you can get AIDS from sharing an infected needle, even just to pierce your ears. Questions about kissing are explored; hard truths are given unvarnished and unsweetened. The accuracy of the information is assured by the assistance of Dr. Jerome Groopman, an internationally respected Harvard AIDS researcher.

"Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I am only 15 years old." It's a common statement from teenagers. Risky Times will help you tell them with love how dangerously mistaken they are. 214,000 copies in print.

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Paperback: 158 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; English Language edition (May 1, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0894806564
ISBN-13: 978-0894806568
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.4 x 7.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,222,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #172 in Books > Teens > Personal Health > Sexuality & Pregnancy
- #376 in Books > Teens > Personal Health > Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- #573 in Books > Teens > Social Issues > Dating & Intimacy

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck?

By Justin R. Castillo on March 9, 2011

Format: Paperback

Jay Leno showed a copy of it on The Tonight Show (March 1, 2011 #3999) to Matt Damon because the author is his former stepmother. There is a picture of kids in it including Ben Affleck.

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