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Haters (novel)
''Haters'' is the 2006 debut young adult novel by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. Plot summary ''Haters'' follows the character of Pasquala Rumalda Quintana de Archuleta, also known as Paski, as she tries to deal with extreme changes in her life. As a result of her father's comic strip getting optioned for a movie, Paski and her father move to California. Once there, Paski finds herself in a school where materialism and "haters" control the social circles. Paski begins to develop feelings for the handsome Chris Cabrera, who happens to be dating Jessica Nguyen, the resident mean girl. Paski soon finds herself dealing with more problems than Jessica, as she also finds that she has the psychic "gift" of premonition and is predicting Jessica having a terrible accident while participating in a motorcycle competition. Reception Critical reception for ''Haters'' has been mostly positive, with Teenreads calling it a "charming, dishy chick lit with a side of supernatural". Booklist wrote that ''Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Alisa Valdes (born 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American author, journalist, and film producer, known for her bestselling novel, ''The Dirty Girls Social Club''. Early life Valdes was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her father, Nelson Valdés, is a retired sociology professor at the University of New Mexico, and emigrated from Cuba in the early 1960s. Her mother, Maxine Conant, is a seventh-generation New Mexican of mixed heritage, including Spanish, Mexican, Portuguese Jewish, Puebloans, Puebloan, and Irish ancestry, and is a descendant of Roger Conant (colonist), Roger Conant, founder of Salem, Massachusetts, and Vermont revolutionary Ethan Allen. Valdes spent her childhood primarily in New Mexico, but also lived briefly in Glasgow, Scotland and New Orleans. Upon her graduation from Del Norte High School (New Mexico), Del Norte High School in Albuquerque she attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where she majored in jazz performance on the tenor saxophone. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |