Desi thinks it's totally unfair that innocent baby Alicia was born HIV positive. Now the eight-month-old Alicia lives at Childcare because she was ...
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Dec 04, 2008
Katie Mitchell
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I’ve never known or loved a baby that was born HIV positive but while reading the book Baby Alicia is Dying by Lurlene McDaniel I felt like I have loved Alicia ever since she was born. The book of how Desi whole life has changed is told by her. Desi thinks that it is unfair that eighteen month old Alicia was born HIV positive and is now living in Childcare since her mother gave her up.
Desi Mitchell is the reason I loved this book, because she is what I think a perfect person would be. Ye More...
Desi Mitchell is the reason I loved this book, because she is what I think a perfect person would be. Ye More...
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Dec 04, 2007
This book is about a teenaged girl who volunteers at a place called Child Care, a place for babies who are HIV positive and whose mothers can't take care of them. Desi becomes attached to a baby named Alicia. Toward the end of the book, Baby Alicia gets sick and dies. Afterwards, Desi becomes closer to her own mother, who she never was close to before. This was a great book. It was sad, but I liked it. I think other kids should read it.
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Sep 06, 2011
2jordanL.
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In my book the main character is a freshman named Desi.Other characters invovled are baby Alicia,Brian her biology partner,Valerie her older sister,Clare her aunt,Eva her mom,her dad,Sadie,Gayle,and Tamara from the childcare center,and her best friend Corrine.
The most important thing in the story is when Desi goes to the childcare center with her aunt.From the moment she's introduced to baby Alicia who immediately catches her attention and bonds with her who later becomes the most im More...
The most important thing in the story is when Desi goes to the childcare center with her aunt.From the moment she's introduced to baby Alicia who immediately catches her attention and bonds with her who later becomes the most im More...
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Nov 09, 2009
Vitianna
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I wish that Desi has a baby like Alicia because she loved her,the only problem is that she can't have Alicia, the baby isn't her's.
I didn't agree with Desi's friend, he told her to leave Alicia alone and to not pay attention.The good thing is she ignored him and took as much care to Alicia as she could.
The main character of this book is Desi and Alicia because it tooks about her mostly all the time.It also shows that Desi loved and cared about Alicia and it saids Alicia's More...
I didn't agree with Desi's friend, he told her to leave Alicia alone and to not pay attention.The good thing is she ignored him and took as much care to Alicia as she could.
The main character of this book is Desi and Alicia because it tooks about her mostly all the time.It also shows that Desi loved and cared about Alicia and it saids Alicia's More...
Sep 15, 2010
Allison
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Dec 03, 2008
Sharlene
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i seriously recommend this book its very good and sad.This book will keep you very interested in what will happen next.Its also sad to no that a baby will die knowing u can't do anything about it.Its even more sad when you get to attached its like loosing a family memeber or apart of you.But there also was good times in this book sometimes, but mostly....you would have to read it.I can say that this book made me cry.
Oct 13, 2010
Vilija
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I bawled my eyes out when I read this as a kid. I give it five stars not so much because it's surprisingly well written, but because of the visceral response it provoked from me. Okay, sure, I cry easily (except at Extreme Makeover: Home Improvement), but this book is why. I ached when I read this book.
Dec 17, 2009
Courtney
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I did not like this book. It was plain and boring. There was nothing exciting in it. All it talked about was a baby who has AIDS that dies. The only thing that was good was the way the author wrote the book. It has good grammer and spelling.
Jun 29, 2009
Stacy
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so far i luv it.... also that and lurlene is my fav author of all times
desi starts working at childcare center all babies have AIDS and HIV POSTIVE all of them r at the risk of dying but desi gets more close alicia.....
desi starts working at childcare center all babies have AIDS and HIV POSTIVE all of them r at the risk of dying but desi gets more close alicia.....
Apr 05, 2011
A.F.
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This book was moving... I read a lot of Lurlene McDaniel books in middle school, and I think I cried when reading this book..
Aug 01, 2011
Katrina
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I chose this for a book report in middle school and to this day it's still one of my favorites. It's sad but very good.
Sep 13, 2010
Alexis
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I've read quite a few of these books... and this was one of my favorites.
Mar 07, 2009
Manouchka
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this book is an awsome book to all the teenagers that are thinking about having a child you both get checked..!!!!
and if something like that does happen do not abandon your baby he or she needs you..
and if something like that does happen do not abandon your baby he or she needs you..
Jun 18, 2008
Ale
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this is about a girl who volenteers to help out in ahospital and ends up helping little kids with aids. She get really close with this little girl named alicia. But when the new hears about her. kids start treating her different. the won't get near her because they say they are afraid to catch aids. But that does not stop her from going to the hospital. when baby allicia catches a cold she gets really sick that....
Oct 02, 2009
I was reading it but had to quit cause it was school's copy and school was over... so yeha back to the book!
Jun 06, 2009
Featherheart
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So sad I was crying. But well worth reading. McDaniel's books are excellent for any teen trying to understand a family member or friend's medical problems. She has them for everything: AIDS, cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes...you just have to find the right one. Or just read them all and wow your friends with your medical knowledge.
Jan 13, 2008
this was the first novel i read by lurlene mcdaniel i was in the sixth grade and it was sad.i cried at the end,and the thing is this stuff happens in real life.women take drugs and all sort of things while they're pregnant and they're babies die of HIV because of the obession and stupidity.
Nov 16, 2008
Jaclyn
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A book about learning to cope with death. The charactor is to young to have witnessed death before, and when she starts working with a baby who is HIV possitive, thinking about such a small child dying seems nearly impossible. But as she is in a McDaniel book, the child is doomed.
Mar 03, 2008
Megan
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I read this when I was a teen. Super depressing story of a girl who volunteers at an orphanage of sorts and becomes attached to a baby with AIDS. I think you can figure out for yourself what happens from the title.
Nov 12, 2008
Jessie
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This is about a girl that voluteers at this baby place and all the babys are hiv positive and the girl falls in love with alicia and Alicia gets sick she gets really sad and when she dies it is really hard for her
