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We just started the book Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, by Meg Medina. So far I haven't found this novel to capture my attention too much, but it's much easier to follow than Feed. The characters are kind of young for my liking and I want to read something more for adults. It seems slow moving and the story theme is similar to Eleanor and Park. There's bullying going on of course, and it appears to be a big focus in the novel. Piddy, is the main character in the book. Piddy moves in the beginning of the story, and she lives with her mom. Her dad isn't a part of her life, and she wonders what it would have been like if he was. Piddy and her mom don't always see eye to eye, she wishes she was more understanding. This story shows a lot of childhood issues that we can all encounter at one point or another. Including bullying, or feeling like you don't fit in. I don't understand why Yaqui is so mean to Piddy. And I don't understand why you wouldn't get mad at your boyfriend for staring at another girl's ass, instead of the chick he's looking at! It's not her fault. That made no sense to me. She does many terrible things to her. I feel bad for Piddy because she doesn't really have any friends and her best friend had moved. She seems to feel alone. And it doesn't help that she doesn't have the best home life either. This story is depressing so far, and I'm hoping eventually some positive events will happen.  I'm curious to see what will happen in the story between Piddy and her mom and Piddy and Yaqui.