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A review by bkowalczik
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
5.0
Did I want to spend time reading about girls fighting? Not my first choice, but I decided to read it because it was a book choice for the goodreads discussion group for YA teachers and librarians.
So glad I read it. I loved the main character, Piddy. And although her life is far from "ideal" she has a loving mother and a great adult friend-of-them-both. This was a great brief look into a life I have never known, dealing with issues much more intense than I ever had to deal with.
I can remember one summer evening sometime during my sixth grade year a neighborhood boy in Southern California throwing a knife towards my feet at the school playground where I had gone to play. I remember thinking, I should stand my ground or I think my fear is going to embolden him and he might actually do some real damage. Fortunately my brother came to get me for dinner and I could gracefully leave. This was a kid I thought was pretty nice, although when we first met he told me he had just been released from juvenile detention. . . . And then I was one of those tormented a bit in junior high (all four of them.)
I also loved the beauty shop where Piddy and Lila worked on Saturdays! Such community! (I long for community.) I appreciate the longing felt by Piddy and how the problem was finally resolved.
I do wonder about the Yaqui's in the world. How do we reach them?
So glad I read it. I loved the main character, Piddy. And although her life is far from "ideal" she has a loving mother and a great adult friend-of-them-both. This was a great brief look into a life I have never known, dealing with issues much more intense than I ever had to deal with.
I can remember one summer evening sometime during my sixth grade year a neighborhood boy in Southern California throwing a knife towards my feet at the school playground where I had gone to play. I remember thinking, I should stand my ground or I think my fear is going to embolden him and he might actually do some real damage. Fortunately my brother came to get me for dinner and I could gracefully leave. This was a kid I thought was pretty nice, although when we first met he told me he had just been released from juvenile detention. . . . And then I was one of those tormented a bit in junior high (all four of them.)
I also loved the beauty shop where Piddy and Lila worked on Saturdays! Such community! (I long for community.) I appreciate the longing felt by Piddy and how the problem was finally resolved.
I do wonder about the Yaqui's in the world. How do we reach them?