Diana lopez books list of books by author diana lopez. Diana lopez who are the characters in the book, choke. Diana pronounced deeanna lopez is a native of corpus christi, texas. Choke tells the story of middle school students, nina, liz, and windy who delve into the dangerous game of choking.
Find books like choke from the worlds largest community of readers. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at choke by diana lopez hardcover book the parent store. Discount prices on books by diana lopez, including titles like luna fortuna lucky luna spanish edition. Taryn finds herself gaining muchdesired popularity when the charismatic new girl at school claims her as a breath sister, teaching taryn about the choking game. Diana lopez is the author of confetti girl and several other books for young readers. Hiding it from her everpresent mother, best friend, and teachers, taryn sees choking as a way to build selfcontrol and grab an easy high. 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. She represented the united states at the 2008 olympics in beijing, where she won a bronze medal. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item. Book licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of sumerian records. At first, it seems a riskfree way to get high, but as the choking sessions happen. The choking game 2014 directed by lane shefter bishop.
Windy is a lonely girl who doesnt have many friends. May 11, 2020 view on montgomery county book festival share. Created by latino author view on latino author share. The story focuses on victor, a sex addict, who must find work in order to afford the care that his mother is receiving in her nursing home. Contrast the different ways that windy, her father, elena, and. Victor first resorts to being a con man, then after receiving money from various good samaritans, gets a job at a colonial reenactment museum. Lopez has three older brothers, steven and mark who are also olympians. 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. This university of houstonvictoria uhv professor is winning the hearts of young and old audiences alike with her latest book, coco, a story about music, shoes, and family. The hats cover a white swath of hair, poliosis, which her family believes was caused by a lunar eclipse. The mean girls at school are still mean, and windys best friend elena is. She also has several primas, who she gets along with most of the time. In diana lopezs young adult novel choke scholastic press, windy becomes intrigued by nina diaz, the new girl who stands up to the cool kids.
Choke, by diana lopez, and more the new york times. If she could if her parents would let her eighthgrader windy would change everything about herself. We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. One of the major themes in choke is a desire for acceptance. Diana lopez, who grew up in corpus christi, texas, is the editor of the huizache literary magazine and teaches literature and creative writing at the university of houston at victoria. A rare look into some beautiful pictures of author. Choke by diana lopez is a book about a young girl named windy who is in the eighth grade facing the conflict of being popular, or being in the outcrowd and her only friend being elena. But after luna locks her primaand nemesisclaudia in the restroom during another cousins quinceanera celebration. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. But windy soon learns that nina has her friends play the choking game, in which teens choke. Victor first resorts to being a con man, then after receiving money from various good samaritans. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Diana lopez is currently considered a single author. A new girl comes to her school named nina all the incrowd girls dont like nina because they are jealous of her. Problem in the story the problem in this story was that windy thought that the only way. If she couldif her parents would let hereighthgrader windy would change everything about.
Choke by diana lopez hardcover book the parent store. Sep 30, 2012 choke diana lopez scholastic 2012 230 pages isbn. Sep 22, 2012 diana lopez is the author of the adult novella, sofias saints and the middle grade novels, confetti girl and ask my mood ring how i feel to be released in 20. From the day she was born, 10yearold texan luna ramos has never been without a hator without cousins. She was a middle school teacher for more than a decade, and saw firsthand the disturbing choking game trend. Diana lopez is the latina author behind the book adaptation of the academy awardnominated film coco which won the oscars for bestanimated feature and best song. She is also featured in the anthologies hecho en tejas and you dont have a clue. If you can get your book into a college course, thats a good thing. The characters are, nina, elena, windy, ronnie, alicia, courtney, and windys mother.
Download now victor mancini, a medicalschool dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times. Discussion guide for choke by diana lopez scholastic. She also wrote sofias saints and the young adult novel confetti girl. Choke is a 2001 novel by american author chuck palahniuk. For more information about diana and her books, visit her online at discussion questions 1. Confetti girl was taught in childrens literature classes, and since its a tween novel, at elementary and middle grade schools. A heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game and one girls struggle for selfacceptance. Kobalt music publishing, abramus digital, bmi broadcast music inc. 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. Needing to pay elder care for his mother, victor has devised an ingenious scam.
Books similar to choke meet your next favorite book. Not only will you sell a class set, but your work will be part of the conversation. Choke by diana lopez and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In diana lopez s young adult novel choke scholastic press, windy becomes intrigued by nina diaz, the new girl who stands up to the cool kids and acts nice to windy. A heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trendand one girls struggle for selfacceptance. But her inclusion in the new crowd comes with the choking game, which windy isnt sure she wants to play. This study guide consists of approximately 33 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of choke. But learning that lopez confetti girl, a former middle school teacher, wrote the book after seeing the effects of choking on three of her. Choke, by diana lopez choke, while examining an important issue, is slowpaced enough that im not sure it will hold the attention of the middle schoolers at which it is aimed. Taryn finds herself gaining muchdesired popularity when the charismatic new girl at school claims her as a.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of diana lopez books online. 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. Diana lopez born january 7, 1984 is an american olympic taekwondo competitor from sugar land, texas. Parts of choke read like an afterschool special, and this lack of subtlety may be offputting for more mature readers.
Lopez, the author of confetti girl, delivers a heartfelt novel about the disturbing choking game trend, and one girls struggle. Apr 20, 2014 author of confetti girl, choke, and ask my mood ring how i feel, diana lopez appears here in photographs taken by her sister tricia sebastian. Currently, diana teaches literature and creative writing at the university of houston in victoria, texas. Meet the latina author behind book adaptation of disney hit.
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