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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
''Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass'' is a 2013 award-winning young adult book by Cuban-American author Meg Medina. The book was first published in the United States on 26 March 2013 through Candlewick Press and is the winner of the 2013 Cybils Award and the 2014 Pura Belpré Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/author/meg_medina )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/01/yuyi-morales-meg-medina-win-pura-belpr-awards )〕 The book has been challenged in some schools due to its title and language,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wric.com/story/23393043/author-appearance-canceled-over )〕 and deals with the theme of teen bullying and its effects on the individual and their lives.
==Synopsis==
Piddy Sanchez is in trouble. Not only has she had to move from her former home and lose one of her friends because of the move, but today she went to school and was told in no uncertain terms that "Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass". Piddy has never interacted with Yaqui at all and she's initially confused, as she had no idea that Yaqui even existed in the first place. She's informed that Yaqui hates everything about Piddy, as she thinks that she's stuck-up, a show off, and is interested in stealing Yaqui's boyfriend. Yaqui also feels that Piddy does not act or talk "Latina-enough" for her tastes. This horrifies Piddy, as she'd rather spend her time working at a local hair salon and trying to find out more about her absentee father rather than trying to prevent herself from getting hurt.
Despite Piddy's protestations that she doesn't want to fight Yaqui and is not interested in her boyfriend (of whose identity she is unaware), she soon finds herself getting bullied by Yaqui and her gang. The bullying continues to escalate until Piddy is ultimately afraid to even leave her house, lest Yaqui and her followers discover her. To make matters worse, Piddy's mom refuses to tell Piddy anything about her father because her father was "scum", which sets Piddy and her mother at odds and puts an even larger strain on Piddy's existence. Piddy finds herself falling in love with a person from her childhood, Joey Halper, who gives her an oasis from the bullying. It is to Joey that Piddy finally reveals that Yaqui and her gang have begun beating Piddy and left her body covered in bruises and scabs. She's later horrified when she discovers that Joey has first hand knowledge of abuse, as his father frequently beats his mother- to the point where she has ended up in a hospital. Piddy also eventually opens up to one of the salon workers, Lila, confessing that on one occasion someone videotaped Yaqui beating her. Lila tries to encourage Piddy to fight back, saying that it was the only way that she herself survived similar encounters and that people like Yaqui will only end up in misery if they do not change her ways, and that Piddy will go on to bigger and greater things. The following day Joey tries to convince Piddy to run away with him to Pennsylvania, as he knows that his mother will only keep returning to her abusive husband and he does not want to continue to witness her beatings. Piddy refuses, knowing that running away will only ensure that Yaqui has truly won, as it will have taken her entire family and future away from her.
Ultimately Yaqui's actions are finally reported to the school principal by one of Piddy's peers and Piddy confirms that Yaqui has been bullying her. The two girls are both brought to the office, where Yaqui denies bullying Piddy. The encounter is initially surreal for Piddy, as she had not previously clearly seen Yaqui's face up close. Yaqui keeps trying to deny the bullying until Piddy brings up the video of her and Yaqui. Time passes and Piddy begins to reconnect with her mother and some of her friends, as well as tentatively go about picking up the pieces of her life. She's informed by the principal that while they may be able to expel Yaqui, they cannot expel all of the people in her group and that it might be best if she were to apply for a transfer to another school. This doesn't sit well with Lila, who wants Piddy to remain at the school and fight, but Piddy ultimately decides to apply for the transfer. The book ends with Piddy adjusting to life in her new school, finding that she has been accepted to a prestigious academy, and happily celebrating with her mother and everyone else in the salon.
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