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The Girl, The Bully and what happens next

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

September 7, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I read the graphic novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. I had wanted to read the novel first, but never got around to it. But I found the graphic novel, read it and then found the novel version. And having read the graphic novel first, it was hard not to compare the two, but I tried not to. However, there is a large difference between the two.  While the graphic novel has a “today” feeling (21st century) there is a less modern feeling […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Health, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: bullying, Hispanic, Meg Medina, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:341 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Health, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: bullying, Hispanic, Meg Medina, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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New School, New Situations, Old Story

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel by Mel Valentine Vargas and Meg Medina

July 8, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo Rage Rage is an obvious choice once you read this book. The rage of the bullies. The main girl is being targeted because of an angry classmate. The rage of our main character against her classmate, her mother and the secrets, and of course, the rage of a teenager not being heard. Even the mother has rage, due to her assumptions on what a “good girl/daughter” should do, what she assumes her daughter is doing, and even perhaps to the man who is Piddy’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: adaptations, bullies, bullying in schools, cbr16bingo, Hispanic & Latino, Meg Medina, Mel Valentine Vargas, Mel Valentine Vargas and Meg Medina, Social Themes, Teenage girls, Teenagers

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:308 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: adaptations, bullies, bullying in schools, cbr16bingo, Hispanic & Latino, Meg Medina, Mel Valentine Vargas, Mel Valentine Vargas and Meg Medina, Social Themes, Teenage girls, Teenagers ·
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