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The poet X  Cover Image Book Book

The poet X / a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Acevedo, Elizabeth, (author.).

Summary:

Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062662811 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 361, 13 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes an excerpt from: With the fire on high.
Originally published in hardcover: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
Awards Note:
National Book Award winner
Pura Belpré Award
American Library Associations's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018
Subject: Adolescence > Juvenile fiction.
Dominican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
High school students > Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction.
Poetry slams > Juvenile fiction.
Poets > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Self-esteem > Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction.
Adolescence > Fiction.
Dominican Americans > Fiction.
High school students > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Poetry slams > Fiction.
Poets > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Self-esteem > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Novels in verse.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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