Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

Meaning? I think it stands above the others I've read. As you might infer, it is a book about bullying - not 'another' book about bullying, but 'a' book about it. Talk about a provocative title! YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS grabs teen readers' attention in a hurry. She is a faculty member of Hamline University’s Masters of Fine Arts in Children’s Literature and lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia. When she’s not writing, Meg works on community projects that support girls, Latino youth, and/or literacy. She is a two-time winner of the Pura Belpré award, in 2016 (honor) for her picture book, MANGO, ABUELA AND ME, and in 2014 (fiction medal) for her young adult novel, YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS. Her works have been called “heartbreaking,” “lyrical” and “must haves for every collection.” Her books include the Suárez family trilogy including Merci Suárez Changes Gears, 2019 John Newbery Medal winner, and 2019 Charlotte Huck Honor Book Merci Suárez Can’t Dance, one of the 50 most anticipated novels of 2021, according to Kirkus and Merci Suárez Plays It Cool, which was named a Best Book of 2022 by PARENTS, Kirkus, and The Horn Book magazines. She is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction. Meg Medina is the current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off or running away? In an all-too-realistic novel, Meg Medina portrays a sympathetic heroine who is forced to decide who she really is. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy's life. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back.Īt first Piddy is more concerned with 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. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. In Meg Medina's compelling novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school - and must discover resources she never knew she had.

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina