The poet X

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: print
361, 13 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First paperback edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
Copyright: ©2018

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