★ “Balancing rigorous research with accessibility for teen readers is no small feat, but the co-authors achieve it by drawing on their complementary expertise….Honors the dead and inspires the living.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “Levithan and Duckels apply their extensive experience in YA to craft an affecting, engaging, and accessible cultural history for teens and adults who want to learn about the AIDS crisis from the people who lived through it.” —Booklist, starred review
★ “[A]n emotionally resonant portrait of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S….It’s a comprehensive and powerfully informative work about the pain, loss, and hard-won hope of the advocates, patients, and families of those affected.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “An important and exceptional discourse on the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States that belongs in all libraries.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“Young activists will likely find the range of protests….to be inspiring examples of how change can emerge out of what may feel daunting or even hopeless at the time.” —The Bulletin
“An ambitious, sprawling look at the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. through a hybrid structure that approximates a patchwork quilt.” —The Horn Book
“I was a pre-teen during the AIDS Crisis. I watched my neighbors and family members disappear, first at the hands of judgement, then at the hands of the illness—a double death—and I wish I would’ve had this book to help me understand what was happening, so that I might better know how to fight and love.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
“Bobby was my high school boyfriend, my first love. He came out in college, and a few years later he died because of AIDS. I read this remarkable, groundbreaking book with him right by my side. The Fight of Our Lives is a comprehensive yet accessible narrative, a moving and detailed look at the crisis that defined a generation. Levithan and Duckels’ extensive research–scientific, political and cultural—is truly impressive. The many personal narratives–of patients and activists, survivors and victims, doctors and scientists, parents, siblings, and children–will stay with me forever.” —Deborah Heiligman, National Book Award finalist author of Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story)
“This thoughtful and thorough book captures both the magnitude of the AIDS crisis and its personal intimacy. Full of heartache and sass, science and humanity. A towering achievement.” —Eliot Schrefer, National Book Award finalist author of Queer Ducks (And Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
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