Book Review: Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

Full Disclosure
by Camryn Garrett (YA Garrett)

Full Disclosure is a young adult novel that was actually written by a teenager. It’s about a high school girl who was born HIV positive. Simone knows she’s lucky that she can live a healthy life so long as she takes her medication, but she wishes she could have sex without having to disclose her status and risk the disaster that happened at her last school.

Things do seem to be going well with a boy she’s crushing on, until she gets an anonymous note in her locker: someone knows! And if she doesn’t stop talking to the boy, they promise everyone is going to find out.

Meanwhile, Simone is directing her school’s production of the musical Rent. This is book that goes behind the scenes more so than on stage. It’s a book with vibrant racial and sexual diversity that shares story beats with Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, but rings out as more thoroughly authentic.

Recommended for high schoolers, some interested middle schoolers, and adults who like an upbeat story that also gets you thinking.

[ official Full Disclosure page on the official Camryn Garrett web site ]

Recommended by Garren H.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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