The magazine of latino literature and the author of the adult novella, sofias saints. Currently, diana teaches literature and creative writing at the university of houston in victoria, texas. Lopez has three older brothers, steven and mark who are also olympians and jean lopez who coaches lopez and her other two brothers. Discount prices on books by diana lopez, including titles like luna fortuna lucky luna spanish edition. Participation in the choking game, termed selfasphyxial risktaking behavior sab, threatens the wellbeing of adolescents. Her new young adult novel, choke, will be published by scholastic in july 2012. She was a middle school teacher for more than a decade, and saw firsthand the disturbing choking game trend.
Discussion guide for choke by diana lopez scholastic. She was featured in the anthologies hecho en tejas and you dont have a clue and appeared as a guest on nprs latino usa. Choke by diana lopez is one of my new favorite books. Diana lives in victoria, texas where she teaches creative writing at the university of houstonvictoria. Choke quotes showing 11 of 1 just because your friend does it, doesnt mean you have to. A funny and heartfelt story about a girl dealing with the trials of middle school and her mother. An interview with diana lopez read to write stories. She is the editor of the journal huizache and the managing director of centrovictoria, an organization devo. Her kind but distant englishteacher father has filled the house with books, and her best friend, vanessa, has problems of her own. Diana lopez is the author of confetti girl and several other books for young readers.
See who stopped by the imdb studio to chat with kevin smith at acura festival village during the 2020 sundance film festival see the full gallery. I think she was also explaining to us that you dont have to do something bad to make yourself look cool. Problem in the story the problem in this story was that windy thought that the only way. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at choke by diana lopez hardcover book the parent store. My rating on this book on a scale from one to ten would probably be a ten because it caught my attention and like i said i couldnt put it down and i dont find books that i love frequently. She lives in south texas and teaches at the university of houstonvictoria. Ask my mood ring how i feel by diana lopez books on.
She lives in victoria, texas, where she teaches creative writing at the university of houstonvictoria. She also has several primas, who she gets along with most of the time. She is the editor of the journalhuizache and the managing director of centrovictoria, an organization devoted to promoting mexican american literature. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, victor has devised an ingenious scam. The main characters are windy, elena, nina and ronnie. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at discussion questions 1. She also assists with the magazine huizache and works as the managing director of centrovictoria, an organization that. Contrast the different ways that windy, her father, elena, and. The mean girls at school are still mean, and windys best friend elena is still more. If she could if her parents would let her eighthgrader windy would change everything about herself. The author was trying to teach the readers to not do the wrong thing by peer pressure. Choke by diana lopez hardcover book the parent store. Read pdf choke diana lopez online, read in mobile or kindle. Diana l pez is the author of the adult novella, sofias saints and the middle grade novels, confetti girl, choke, ask my mood ring how i feel, and nothing up my sleeve.
The genre is fiction, although, the choking game has lead to death and severe brain damage. A heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trend and one girls struggle for selfacceptance. Discussion guide discussion guide for choke by diana lopez questions for discussing choke, the heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trend and one girls struggle for self. Pdf choke diana lopez also available in format docx and mobi. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. The resolution of this story is that the principal found out about nina incident and. Diana lopez is the author of sofias saints, confetti girl, choke, ask my mood ring how i feel, nothing up my sleeve, and lucky luna. She is also featured in the anthologies hecho en tejas and you dont have a clue. She grew up in corpus christi then moved to san antonio, texas, where she met her husband gene. Download pdf choke diana lopez ebook for free in pdf and epub format.
She represented the united states at the 2008 olympics in beijing, where she won a bronze medal. She won the 2004 alfredo cisneros del moral award and the 2012 william allen white award. Ask my mood ring how i feel free pdf, chm, djvu, doc. Nothing up my sleeve by diana lopez overdrive rakuten. But after the sudden death of her mother, her world in corpus christi, texas, makes no sense. Even though facts about the deadly choking game also known by the names that give each chapter its title. Download now victor mancini, a medicalschool dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at choke by diana lopez is published by scholastic press, an imprint of scholastic.
Diana lopez author diana lopez is the author of the novels ask my mood ring how i feel, choke and confetti girl, which won the 2012 william allen white award. Shop amongst our popular books, including 12, kawaii tarot, confetti girl and more from diana lopez. A heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking gameand one girls struggle for selfacceptance. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Apolonia lina flores loves science and mathematical riddles, playing volleyball and collecting extravagant, romantic and lonely socks. One of the major themes in choke is a desire for acceptance. She is the editor of the journal huizache and the managing director of centrovictoria, an organization devoted to promoting mexican american literature. Choke by diana lopez is published by scholastic press, an imprint of scholastic. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at. The mean girls at school are still mean, and windys best friend elena is still more interested. Choke tells the story of victor mancini, a sexaddicted young medical school dropout employed to roleplay the part of an indentured servant in the colonial dunsboro theme park, where the year is. This book is about windy, a girl who is in the gp, general public.