Meg Medina

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Meg Medina

It's bad enough that Piddy has to startover at a new high school, but then a girl tells her that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even have a clue who Yaqui is. Yaqui, however, 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. And Yaqui has a gang of friends. So Piddy better watch her back. As the harassment escalates, there's no one to tell: not Piddy's best friend, Mitzi, at her posh new school; not Piddy's overworked single mother; not even Ma's feisty best friend, Lila, who might interfere and make things worse. No, it's best just to go blank and walk away�from school, from the person Piddy was and wanted to be. Is there any other choice? In a rich, relatable novel pulsing with life, Meg Medina portrays a sympathetic heroine who finds unexpected allies in her struggle for survival, but ultimately discovers a rhythm that is all her own.