Pedro and Me

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Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned

Author	Judd Winick
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Autobiographical
Publisher	Henry Holt and Company/New York
Publication date	September 2000
Pages	187
ISBN	0805064036

Pedro and Me is an autobiographical graphic novel by Judd Winick regarding his friendship with AIDS educator Pedro Zamora after the two met while on the reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco. It was published in September 2000.

Pedro and Me won numerious awards such as the GLAAD Media Award for Best Comic Book, 2000 Publisher's Weekly Best Book, 2000 Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Best in Children's Literature, 2000 Eisner Nomination for Best Original Graphic Novel, 2001 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Award, 2001 Notable Children's Book Selection, American Library Association, 2001 American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Roundtable Nonfiction Honor book, YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, YALSA Notable Graphic Novels, Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book and the America's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Highly Recommended List (Award sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs--CLASP).