Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

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Author: Meg Medina
Genre: Young Adults
ASIN: 0763671649
ISBN: 9780763671648

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. That’s what some girl tells Piddy Sanchez one morning. Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui Delgado is, much less what she’s done to get her mad. But Yaqui isn’t kidding around. Piddy tries to focus on finding out more about the father she’s never met and balancing honors courses with her job at the neighborhood hair salon, but avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy’s life. She’s forced to decide exactly who she is versus who others are trying to make her become – and ultimately discovers a rhythm that is all her own.

2014 Pura Belpré Award
2013 CYBILS Award winner for young adult fiction

Four starred reviews from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Horn Book Magazine, School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.

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Endorsements

“The Latino cultural milieu adds a richness and texture that lifts this up above many problem novels. The plot points are dexterously intertwined, and the characters are distinct. A real bonus for those looking for a bullying book for older readers that is not simplistic.”

– School Library Journal, Starred Review

“Is it easier to give up and become a ‘nobody,’ or should she fight back? Teens will identify with Piddy’s struggle to decide.”

– The Horn Book Magazine, Starred Review

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