Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780763671648 (0763671649)
ASIN: 763671649
Publish date: August 26th 2014
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Sociology,
High School,
Abuse
I have always been curious about high school and social media. I was already leaving college when Facebook and MySpace were on the cusp. Personally, I didn’t like high school. I imagine adding Facebook to my experience and I think the pictures, the tagging, and the friend lists would have enhanced a...
One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she’s done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn’t Latin enough with...
This book definitely deserves all the praise it's gotten. It's one of the real-est YA novels I think I've ever read. It's a great depiction of bullying, and I love the concentration on female relationships (loving and antagonistic). I also love the fact that the book says "let's make it better" (v...
Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass is about Piddy Sanchez, a young girl who recently changed schools. When she is going to school one day a girl comes up to her to tell her Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. She has no clue who Yaqui Delgado is, or what she did to be hated so much....
A Cybils book. The best book about bullying I’ve ever read. In fact, it’s not even fair to call it that, really. There are no easy answers, no adult judgment making it clear that if only you didthis, the problem would be solved. Medina captures the helplessness and insensibility of bullying, while a...
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