Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

"Honest and exquisitely crafted." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy's life. In an all-too-realistic novel, Meg Medina portrays a sympathetic heroine forced to decide who she really is.

Author: Meg Medina
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/26/2014
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.53w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780763671648
ISBN10: 0763671649
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States | Hispanic & Latino
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

About the Author
Meg Medina is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her young adult novels include Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award; Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind. She is also the author of picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book, and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.