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When Pasquala Rumalda Quintana de Archuleta (Paski)'s cartoonist father returns to Taos from a business trip wearing designer sunglasses and a velour Juicy men's track suit, she knows her life is taking a turn for the worse. Paski and her father move to Southern California, where his comic strip has been optioned for a movie.

At her new high school, money is everything and the haters rule - especially beautiful and cruel Jessica Nguyen. While Paski tries to concentrate on mountain biking and not thinking too much about ultra-hot Chris Cabrera, she is troubled by disturbing visions. Her psychic grandmother warned her that ignoring her gift of premonitory visions would lead to trouble. Can Paski ever find a home in the land of the glamorous haters?

Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

Ridiculous! October 25, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

I'd like to let everyone who is reading these reviews know that Aliso Niguel High School is a REAL school, and I am currently attending it. Our school is in NO WAY like how it is portrayed in the book. There are no definite popular kids or unpopular kids, and the "rich kids" don't beat up the "poor kids". I find this book offensive to my school, my friends, and my teachers. Don't give this woman money for this book!!!!! IT'S A WASTE! The writing is terrible too.

1 out of 5 stars

A Slanderous Portryal October 26, 2006
13 out of 19 found this review helpful

As a student at Aliso, I am extremely offended by Rodriguez's portrayal of the school. The slander incited by the "novel" is inconsiderate and considerably damaging. Although this book may be a work of fiction, the abuse it brings upon ANHS' reputation is very much a reality. Such abuses only demonstrate a lack of moral responsibility and integrity on the author's part-- both of which are fundamental to a decent novel.

1 out of 5 stars

Horrible. November 15, 2006
7 out of 12 found this review helpful

This book was horrible. While reading it, I had to force myself to keep reading because the writing was awful. Ms. Valdes obviously does not know how a teenager thinks. The character acted and sounded like a twelve year old at one minute and a twenty year old in the next. Her characters were also very one sided. Jessica, the most popular girl in the school, was so overly evil and bad that it was not believable. Chris, the most popular guy in the school, is so incredibly nice that it isn't realistic. The main character not likable at all, I could not relate to her because she was constantly WHINING and WHINING and WHINING... I didn't even care about what was happening at the end because I didn't like any of the characters. There was also WAY too much going on in the book.

I think people only like this book because it has that "OC" thing going on, which was completely inaccurate anyway. I feel sorry for the kids of Aliso Niguel; I wouldn't want my school slandered that way either.

2 out of 5 stars

Haters by the author of Dirty Girls Social Club January 11, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have read all of this author's books and feel she is a talented writer, but I was very disappointed in this particular book. The plot was predictable and the ending cliche, almost not believable. I prefer stories and endings a little more like real life, which is not necessarily happily ever after for every character.

4 out of 5 stars

Courtesy of Teens Read Too October 24, 2006
5 out of 10 found this review helpful

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, but that's way too much of a mouthful). She's a New Mexico teenager who, because of her father's new job, moves to Orange County, California. Yeah, the O.C. And it seems a lot like the television show. Paski misses the mountains around her old home of Taos (she's a mountain biker), her psychic grandmother (whose talents she has inherited), her best friends, and tons more, but maybe the O.C. isn't so bad. After all, there's super-hot Chris Cabrera! It's not like Paski is a social leper, either. She quickly makes friends with Tina, a girl who has a slight obsession with anthropology.

Things aren't all fun and games, though. At her new school, Aliso Niguel High, certain things are very important. Looks and money, for the most part. And gorgeous, rich (and evil) Jessica Nguyen has both. She and her friends (some of the Haters the book is named for), confident as they may seem in their place at the top, are a little threatened by Paski, who is just as pretty as they are. At first, they're able to dismiss her as just an "apartment girl," but then they find out her dad is going to be really well paid for the movie (about a superhero named Squeegee Man) that he's animating. Apparently, Paski has what it takes to get to the top. But with the Haters there, is that where she wants to be?

HATERS was an entertaining, fun read that kept be hooked up until the very last word! Maybe it's not a hugely original idea--there are tons of young adult books about rich, popular teenagers in California. Or Florida. But this is more than that. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez tells the story in Paski's fresh, original voice that will have readers craving more. I hope there's more about Paski in the future, or at least more young adult fiction from Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez in general, and anyone who reads this book will most definitely feel the same!

Reviewed by: Jocelyn Pearce

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