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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Contributor(s): Medina, Meg (Author), Hernandez, Roxanne (Read by)

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ISBN: 1491581166     ISBN-13: 9781491581162
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
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Binding Type: MP3 CD - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 14-17
Grade Level: 9-12
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" L (0.15 lbs)
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Topical - Self-Esteem
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:

"Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass."

That's what some girl tells Piddy Sanchez one morning before school. Too bad Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui Delgado is, let alone what she's done to piss her off. All Piddy knows is that Yaqui hates her--and she better watch her back because Yaqui isn't kidding around.

At first Piddy just focuses on trying to find out more about the father she's never met and how to balance honors courses with her weekend job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off and running away from her problems?

In this poignant and all-too-realistic story from award-winning author Meg Medina, Piddy is 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.


Contributor Bio(s): Medina, Meg: - Meg Medina is the author of the young adult novel The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind and the 2012 recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award for her picture book, Tia Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Munoz. About Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, she says, "Years ago, when I was in school, a girl in a rabbit-fur jacket cornered me in the school yard and announced that one of our school bullies, a Latina girl named Jackie, was going to beat me up. What I remember most from that time was loneliness and all the risky choices I made as I embarked on the search for a tough-girl shell that could withstand any attack. But as I struggled against the dread of being in school, I became someone else entirely. I hid every talent and interest I had in the hope of appearing fierce and untouchable to Jackie and the rest of the world. It was a struggle to find my identity and inner strength -- as a student, as a young woman, as a Latina. I was in a fight for my dignity." The daughter of Cuban immigrants, Meg Medina grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
 
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