Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

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,...
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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 awayfrom 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.