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Title:
The poet X : a novel
Summary:
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and 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. With Mami's determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she doesn't know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
361 pages ; 22 cm
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 5.2.
Publisher:
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Publication Date:
2018
ISBN:
9780062662804
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

©2018
Award Note:
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019

Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018

CSMCL Best Books, 2018

Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018

Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature, 2018

Michael L. Printz Award book, 2019

National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, 2018

Publisher's Weekly Best Young Adult Book, 2018

Pura Belpré Author Award, 2019

School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018

YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019

YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019

Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee, 2021.
Call Number:
YA ACEVEDO
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