Baby Alicia Is Dying

by Lurlene McDaniel

Book Overview

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 given away by her sick teenage mother. Desi can... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553296051
• ISBN13: 9780553296051
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great yet Sad

Lurlene really hit a number on this one. This is the 5th book I've read by her and so far I think it's her best book. It is very well written and you feel like you can relate to the main character Desila so well. It is a very touching and kind book and I think every teenage girl should have the experince of reading this book.

One of Lurlene McDaniel's best works!!!!!!!!!

I just finished this book, and it was WONDERFUL!!! It was really sad, of cource, but still a beautiful story. It really makes you want to reach out and try to help sick babies like Desi did, becuase it makes you realize that even though most HIV positive babies won't live to see their first birthday, it's still very important to fill their short little lives with love and happiness. This book was heart breaking, but wonderful. And I loved reading about Desi and Brian! And it had a bittersweet, but nice, ending. A diffenent must-read!!!

A Touching Story

The book Baby Alicia is Dying by Lurlene McDaniel, is a very good book. It tells of a teenaged girl who volunteers at Child Care,-a program that takes care of HIV-positive babies. Throughout the book, the main character, Desi, becomes attached to baby Alicia. Later, she not only has to deal with the unacceptance of her peers and mother, but also Alicia's fate. If you're a sentimental person, you are sure to enjoy this book. The plot, setting, and characters were realistic , and this was a book that was easy to comprehend and relate to. At the same time, the author kept it interesting by temporarily leaving out details thus making it a page turner. This book is enough to bring tears to your eyes and pursuade you to read McDaniel's other novels.

Will a lonely girl's love for a critically ill baby endure?

A beautiful story of the "poor little rich girl", Desi, and how through her Aunt Clare, starts volunteering at ChildCare, where 5 abandoned babies live. But these are not ordinary babies. They all test HIV+. She grows to love Alicia, a tiny AIDS baby of 5 months, and Alicia returns that love. Desi becomes almost like a mother to Alicia and is shocked and devastated when she realizes that AIDS does kill. But the tragedy results in a better relationship between Desi and her mother and the easing of her mother's pain over the sad memories of Matthew, the SIDS baby of 16 years ago. It was so sad and so beautiful the same time. I never really understood AIDS until I read this book. Beautiful.

Great!!! One of the best books ever written!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I loved this book. It was very sad. Little Baby Alicia, who has been abandoned by her teenage mother,is HIV positive.When Desi, a ninth grader, who feels unloved by her mother, goes to work at Childcare,she and Alicia grow very close to each other.When Alicia gets very sick and develops AIDS, Desi's world is torn apart. I am not going to spoil the book by saying what happened next.You have to read the book.You will cry at the end of it. I cried a lot. This was the first Lurlene McDaniel book that I read and I am definitely going to read more of them. Baby Alicia Is Dying is one of my favorite books.