Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
First edition | |
| Author | Meg Medina |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Published | 2013, Candlewick Press |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, ebook, audiobook |
| Pages | 272 pages |
| Awards | Cybils Award Pura Belpré Award |
| ISBN | 0763658596 |
| Preceded by | The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind |
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass is a 2013 young adult novel by Cuban-American author Meg Medina. The book was first published in the United States on 26 March 2013 through Candlewick Press and is the winner of the 2013 Cybils Award and the 2014 Pura Belpré Award. The book has been challenged in some schools due to its title and language, and deals with the theme of teen bullying and its effects on the individual and their lives.
Medina had initially titled the book Finding Yaqui del Gado, but changed the title upon the publisher's request. The book's premise is based on a similar situation Medina experienced in her youth and she expressed interest in readers using the book as a way to start discussing the topic of bullying.