Language: PG13 (20 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG13 (illustrations of making out, one while participants are on a bed); Violence: PG13 (demeaning language, also an illustrated assault where the victim is stripped of her shirt and bra)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Piddy Sanchez started her sophomore year a month late at a new high school. Yaqui Delgado doesn't know her, and she doesn't know Yaqui, but somehow Yaqui is out to get her, and Piddy is afraid. She has a lot going on outside of school as well, her relationship with her mother is volatile, so she doesn't confide in anyone, and she thinks telling school administration will only make things worse.
I enjoyed this graphic novel version of Meg Medina's Pura Belpre winning novel. Mel Valentine Vargas's blue and grey illustrations set a somber mood and bring the characters to life. There's a bunch of Spanish that isn't translated, but there's enough context around it that it isn't a problem. Piddy Sanchez is Dominican and Cuban.
Lisa Librarian
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