The Rubbers Bros., PO Box 431, Wilbraham, MA 01095-0431. ISBN
"AIDS has entered our society and has brought to its victims of today
all the scorn and shame adultery evoked in the days of Puritan America
and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter." "The time is now to
change the scarlet A for AIDS to a clear A for AWARE, and stop this
killer." This small newsletter is intended to help educate everyone.
The articles are brief and to the point covering such areas as teenage
awareness, what parents should know, what teens think about sex, and
AIDS and minorities. There are also some good, more extensive
articles: "Ten years and still no cure: A decade of AIDS," "AIDS
epidemic hitting mothers & children," "Federal AIDS spending to be in
billions," "The global AIDS epidemic,""African women are forbidden to
say no to AIDS," "Helping teens deal with being gay or lesbian,"
"Golden gays support elderly AIDS sufferers," "Latex condoms best
protection against AIDS," and "Race is on for a blood substitute to
help fight AIDS." This is well-written little newsletter that is
available in bulk to be distributed at schools and other areas where
teenagers may frequent. Although some parents may become upset with
the Rubbers Bros. Reading Club, this is an excellent source of
down-to-earth information for young people. (H. Robert Malinowsky)
Education, Social Aspects, Prevention)