Night Kites

by M.E. Kerr

Erick's 17 when his life explodes with change - His best friend's girlfriend comes onto him, he goes for her, and loses his friend as a result. And his older brother Pete comes home sick, slowly being overcome by AIDS - and so Erick learns that his brother is gay.

Published in 1986, early in the AIDS epidemic, this was also one of the first YA novels to deal with AIDS.

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