Cover of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel

by Meg Medina

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel by Meg Medina is assigned in US schools at grades 9–12. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

This page shows where Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

Grade range
Grades 9–12
Pages
289
Reading time
about 5h 20m (est.)
First published
2023
ISBN-13
9781536235333
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About this book

Newbery Medalist Meg Medina returns to her powerful YA novel about school bullying with a dynamic graphic-novel edition adapted and illustrated by Mel Valentine Vargas. It’s the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad “Piddy” Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don’t get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she’s done to piss her off. Rumor has it that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn’t Latina enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn’t kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first, Piddy is more concerned with learning about the father she’s never met, navigating her rocky rel

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Common questions

What grade level is Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel?
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades 9–12. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
How long does it take to read Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel?
It takes about 5h 20m to read Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel (289 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 320 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel?
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel appears on reading lists for Pura Belpré Author Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel banned in schools?
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass: The Graphic Novel does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.

Why this book is on this list

Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.

Lexile measure
Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
Grade band
Grades 9–12 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment
Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence
Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
Removal / banning records
No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags
Tagged for: award-winner.