Something Terrible Happened Author:Barbara Ann Porte Twelve-year-old Gillian, the daughter of a West Indian mother and a Caucasian father, is happily living with her mother in New York City. When her mom is diagnosed with AIDS, Gillian is sent to live with the "all white" family of her deceased father in Tennessee. In letters to her mother, Gillian confides her worries about her mom'... more »s health and also the hard time she has coping with life with relatives she had never met before.« less