The genre is fiction, although, the choking game has lead to death and severe brain damage. A heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trendand one girls struggle for selfacceptance. An adaptation of choke will be featured on the lifetime movie network this summer. She was featured in the anthologies hecho en tejas and you dont have a clue and appeared as a guest on nprs latino usa. In the back of her mind throughout the book she questions the safety of this game. Choke is an easytoread book, although the exposition takes a little too long. Thank you for supporting diana lopez and your local independent bookstore. Discussion guide for choke by diana lopez scholastic. Join facebook to connect with diana lopez and others you may know. Diana lopez is the author of sofias saints, confetti girl, choke, and ask my mood ring how i feel. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Choke by diana lopez and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Currently, diana teaches literature and creative writing at the university of houston in victoria, texas.
I think she was also explaining to us that you dont have to do something bad to make yourself look cool. Lopez, the author of confetti girl, delivers a heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trend, and one girls struggle. Diana lopez, author of confetti girl, choke, ask my mood ring how i feel and. Choke quotes showing 11 of 1 just because your friend does it, doesnt mean you have to. The point is to deprive your brain of oxygen so you pass out and then get a head rush. Diana lopez is currently considered a single author. Whenever i need company, i open a book and there they arenew friends, old friends, friends i love to hate, and friends i love to love. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at. Lopez, a former middle school teacher who wrote the book after seeing her own students play the game, captures teenage angst well, especially in the opening paragraphs of the book. Created by latino author view on latino author share. Corpus christi native diana lopez inspires with her books. Gesse starksmith, multnomah county library, portland, or. The resolution of this story is that the principal found out about nina incident and.
Choke by diana lopez is one of my new favorite books. The author was trying to teach the readers to not do the wrong thing by peer pressure. 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. Diana lopez is the author of confetti girl and several other books for young readers. The magazine of latino literature and the author of the adult novella, sofias saints. A heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trend and one girls struggle for selfacceptance. Diana lopezs latest novel, choke, gives away the trouble at hand. Diana lopez, author of confetti girl, choke, ask my mood ring how i feel and nothing up my sleeve. Diana lives in victoria, texas where she teaches creative writing at the university of houstonvictoria. Choke by diana lopez is published by scholastic press, an imprint of scholastic. In diana lopezs young adult novel choke scholastic press, windy becomes intrigued by nina diaz, the new girl who stands up to the cool. Contrast the different ways that windy, her father, elena, and. Her parents wont let her do the types of things that may help her to fit it in with the cool girls at school, like wear makeup and stay out late.
But learning that lopez confetti girl, a former middle school teacher, wrote the book after seeing the effects of choking on three of her students. Its here that nina explains about the choking game. An interview with diana lopez read to write stories. This book is about windy, a girl who is in the gp, general public.
She lives in south texas and teaches at the university of houstonvictoria. 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. Choke, by diana lopez, and more the new york times. One of the major themes in choke is a desire for acceptance.
Choke by diana lopez hardcover book the parent store. She was a middle school teacher for more than a decade, and saw firsthand the disturbing choking game trend. Buy the hardcover book choke by diana lopez at indigo. Questions for discussing choke, the heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trend and one girls struggle for selfacceptance. If she couldif her parents would let hereighthgrader windy. Lopez teaches at the university of houstonvictoria and works with centrovictoria, an organization devoted to promoting mexican american literature. Problem in the story the problem in this story was that windy thought that the only way.
If she could if her parents would let her eighthgrader windy would change everything about herself. A tale of friendship and trust intersects with a problem novel about dangerous behaviors among. She also has several primas, who she gets along with most of the time. Dr sian beilock, an expert on performance and brain science, reveals in choke the new science of why we all too often blunder when the stakes are high. In blood tango by annamaria alfieri, the argentine police is looking for a killer who may have wanted to murder eva peron. Windy is a lonely girl who doesnt have many friends. You hit the wrong note, drop the ball, get stumped by a simple question. The main characters are windy, elena, nina and ronnie. In 2017, she had the honor of writing the middle grade novel, coco. The mean girls at school are still mean, and windys best friend elena is still more.
For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at choke by diana lopez hardcover book the parent store. Created by montgomery county book festival view on montgomery county book festival share. A story about music, shoes and family, in collaboration with pixars animated oscarwinning film coco. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. She won the 2004 alfredo cisneros del moral award and the 2012 william allen white award. This is a thrill seeking stunt where you choke yourself or another person. However, the book does raise important issues, and many readers will sympathize with windy as an everygirl who must make difficult decisions in the midst of intense social pressure. 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. 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.
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