Haters

Name: Haters
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
ISBN: 9781470357337

Author: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Narrator: Johanna Parker

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/18/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's young adult debut is filled with sharp, witty dialogue and colorful characters. Pasquala Rumalda Quintana de Archuleta ("Paski," please!) is happy with her quiet life in Taos, New Mexico. But when her comic book artist father Rudolfo gets a huge break in the film industry, the two of them quickly transplant to glamorous Los Angeles. There, Paski runs afoul of upper crust Jessica Nguyen and her beautiful friends. How will Paski get by in a place filled with nothing but haters?

About Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, a novelist, is the author of the national bestseller The Dirty Girls Social Club, Make Him Look Good, and Playing with Boys. She was named Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and Time magazine has called her one of the twenty-five most influential Hispanics in America. Holder of a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, Alisa was one of the youngest staff writers ever hired at the Boston Globe, and she has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has also written for the Los Angeles Times.

Alisa is a popular public speaker on American college campuses. Her personal and occasionally controversial blog, "Queen Sucia," has been highlighted in Vanity Fair as among the top writer's blogs on the Intrnet. She is the founder of the Chica Lit Club Fiesta, an annual literary conference. Alisa is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ~☆~Autumn on April 08, 2019

I enjoyed this far more than I expected to and so I have to get more of her books. I think most anyone who likes YA would enjoy it.......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 05, 2008

Reviewed by Jocelyn Pearce for TeensReadToo.com HATERS is the first young adult book by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, but anyone who reads this book (myself included) is sure to hope it's not her last! In the novel, readers are introduced to Paski (her full name is Pasquala Rumalda Quintana de Archuleta, b......more

Goodreads review by Laura on April 15, 2008

The author's first foray into young adult fiction is a mostly strong one. Pasquala aka Paski is moved from her life in Taos by her soon-to-be-famous cartoonist father to Orange County. In addition to not being able to fit in with the uber-rich crowd, Paski is psychic, and can forsee a terrible thing......more

Goodreads review by Lara on January 14, 2009

I'm so pleased that Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has ventured into the YA genre, because it seems to suit her well (although I really enjoyed her two adult books, too). (For clarification, I don't mean "Adult" with a capital A, as in XXXX "Adult". I just mean "adult", as in "written for an adult audience"......more

Goodreads review by Cameron on October 21, 2013

What would you do if your dad came home from work one day in designer sunglasses and a Juicy men's track suit, and told you that you were moving all the way up to Southern California? At first, you would ask, what is my father wearing? But the more important question is why? It may not seem like a......more