![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately Downplayed as they do ask her what's wrong, but Paddy refuses to tell them at first. Adults Are Useless: The grownups at school take their sweet time to figure out that something is wrong with Paddy.Meanwhile, Paddy is on the search for her deadbeat Dominican father. Through her misery she finds some solace in a boy named Joey, who's mother is the victim of perpetual domestic abuse. She is quickly frightened for her life, resulting in her grades dropping and ultimately missing school altogether. Pretty soon, Yaqui makes good on her threats as she and her gang physically torment Paddy, going as far as tracking her down at her weekend job at a hair salon. Word flies around that Yaqui thinks Paddy is stuck up, shakes her ass too much, is not "Latina enough" for her light skin, and that she is somehow after the latter's boyfriend (whom Paddy has also never met). Piddy wonders how she could've drawn the wrath of a girl she has never met. One morning on her first day, Piddy is told in no uncertain terms by a girl that "Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass". It tells the story about sixteen-year-old Latina high school student, Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez, who is new to her school. Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass is a 2013 young adult novel by Meg Medina. ![]()
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