Royalties rom the sale o this book will be split between the Alicia Betancourt Prize or Excellencein the Arts, a scholarship awarded yearly to a emale Blake High School senior with a strong interestin the visual arts and/or dance, and a charitable und that awards grants to people and causes thatAlicia’s parents believe their daughter would support.Pronunciation and denition o the word
afterimage
on page iii rom
Merriam-Webster’s CollegiateDictionary
, eleventh ed. Springeld, MA: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2004. Song lyrics inchapter 10 (pages 65–70) rom “A Perect Mourn” by Ben Holgash. Used with permission. Poem onpage 75 rom
Margarita
by Rubén Darío, is in the public domain. Song lyrics on page 86 rom “Feliz,eliz en tu día” by Emilio Aragón Bermúdez. Used with permission.Messages on pages 14–15 and 114–115 rom tributes written on a scroll at Blake High School.Photographs on pages 21 and 108 by Lulu Delacre. Used with permission. Photograph on pages 125and 137 by Lauren Perry. Used with permission. All other photographs, and all drawings, crats, andcollages, by Alicia María Betancourt. Used with permission o Lulu Delacre.Ben & Jerry’s
®
is a registered trademark o Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.HFStival
®
is a registered servicemark o CBS Worldwide Inc.Pokémon
®
is a registered trademark o Nintendo o America Inc.Pop-Tarts
®
is a registered trademark o the Kellogg Company.Twizzlers
®
is a registered trademark o the Hershey Chocolate & Conectionery Corporation.Copyright © 2008 by Lulu DelacreAll rights reserved. No part o this book may be reproduced, transmitted,or stored in an inormation retrieval system in any orm or by any means,electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, withoutwritten permission rom the publisher.LEE & LOW BOOKS Inc., 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016leeandlow.comManuactured in the United States o AmericaBook production by The Kids at Our HouseThe text is set in Meridien10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1First EditionLibrary o Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataDelacre, Lulu.Alicia aterimage / by Lulu Delacre. — 1st ed.p. cm.Summary: Explores the lie o Alicia, a popular sixteen-year-old, in the atermath o a atal carcrash, as her riends, amily members, and others recall key episodes that show her impact ontheir lives. Includes author’s note about the real Alicia and how she inspired the book, as well asresources on teen grie.ISBN 978-1-60060-242-9 (hardcover)[1. Death—Fiction. 2. Grie—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction. 4. Family lie—Maryland—Fiction.5. Trac accidents—Fiction. 6. Puerto Ricans—Fiction. 7. Maryland—Fiction.] I. Title.PZ7.D3696Ali 2008[Fic]—dc22 2007042158
af·ter·im·age
('a-t r-'i-mij)
noun
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Enjoy the first three chapters of Alicia Afterimage on Scribd, and visit www.leeandlow.com for more about the book!
I'd love to see, children who by being engrossed by computers can turn to the outdoors and away from the worldly or mundane. I think natural sciences, health and ecology could fit in well with a child's recovery
Enjoy the first three chapters of Alicia Afterimage on Scribd, and visit www.leeandlow.com for more about the book!
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