Yaqui+Delgado

=**Yaqui Delgado by Meg Medina**=

I liked the book because it showed how you can just let a bully win and how you have to persevere through it, and if you do, you end up being the better person. I also liked the book because it shows what can happen to friendships when you move to a different school because I believe that a main part of school is the social aspect.

I think that the best line of the book is "'Listen to what I’m going to tell you,' she says gently. 'You can’t let Yaqui What’s-Her-Face get her way. She’ll never leave you alone if you run now.'” I think this is the best line because it shows that you have to not let the billy win even though it might not be the thing you want to do. the themes presented in the book are that you can't let the bully win, and how you can just get mad at people when you don't know the whole story, like when Piddy got mad at her Mom when she found out who her dad was, but she was later told the whole story. the most important characters are Piddy because where would the story be without a narrator, and Yaqui because she is what makes the story interesting. I noticed that the elephant neckless is a symbol for friendship because it was crushed by Yaqui around the same time Piddy'e and Mitzi's friendship fell apart. Over all, I thought it was a great book. -Eddie K

After reading, "Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass" by Meg Medina, I felt really bad for Piedad. It's really a shame that in high school people can get so depressed from being bullied that they can't even come to school. I also felt rally bad for Clara, because Piedad didn't treat her the best and she had to keep the secret about her father secret for so long. I thought that the most important part of that book was when Piedad got jumped, and they posted her video online. It's really sad that people will gang up on people and take of their clothes, and then post it online.

A very important character in the book is Lila. She is like Piedad's mother that she can talk, and she protects her. She understands Piddy more than her mom understands her, and she would do anything to keep Piddy safe. Also, Yaqui is a very important character. She is the bully that keeps Piddy out of school and ruins her high school year. I think it's also very important that it is not that Yaqui hates Piddy, it's just that Yaqui was brought up. Yaqui wants to feel on top and she uses Piddy to feel that way. She is a bully that really has to be dealt with. I can't believe she made Piedad run home naked. What happened to Yaqui at the end of the story? It doesn't really explain what happens to her, and it only explains what happens to Piddy. Does Yaqui get expelled? I think that after what Yaqui did, she deserves to get expelled, but it doesn't tell us. From what the story has been hinting, it doesn't sound like Piddy was the first one that Yaqui beat up. I want Yaqui to get expelled, but I feel really bad for her because if she gets expelled, she will have nowhere to go and she won't have a chance at a better life.

Doug H