The latest TODAY Book Club pick is “Positive,” a memoir by Paige Rawl, who was diagnosed as HIV-positive when she was in middle school.
At 15, while battling depression in the wake of the bullying she faced, Rawl attempted suicide by taking one pill for each year of her life.
Fortunately she survived, and at 19 she is now an advocate and mentor helping to educate kids about the dangers of bullying and spreading awareness of HIV and AIDS.