This is the autobiography of a young American boy dying of AIDS. Anthony Johnson was born in 1977 and for 11 years was physically and sexually abused by his parents. But this is not an explicit account of those years; it is a journal describing the joy of growing up in New York, the strength of friendship, the wonders of knowledge and the happiness in Anthony's new adopted family. The voice is that of a bright teenager who has belief in the goodness of mankind, despite his great sufferings.