The poet X, a novel, by Elizabeth Acevedo
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The poet X, a novel, by Elizabeth Acevedo
Language
eng
Main title
The poet X
Oclc number
989963667
Responsibility statement
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Sub title
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 her frustration 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. 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. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she knows that she could never get around Mami's rules to attend, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in spite of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. -- From book jacket
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- Schools -- Fiction
- Dominican Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Poetry slams -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Adolescence -- Juvenile fiction
- Dominican Americans -- Fiction
- Poets -- Fiction
- High school students -- Fiction
- High school students -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Adolescence -- Fiction
- Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-esteem -- Fiction
- Poetry slams -- Juvenile fiction
- Teen zone
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Subject22
- Schools -- Fiction
- Dominican Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Poetry slams -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Adolescence -- Juvenile fiction
- Dominican Americans -- Fiction
- Poets -- Fiction
- High school students -- Fiction
- High school students -- Juvenile fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Adolescence -- Fiction
- Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction
- Self-esteem -- Fiction
- Poetry slams -- Juvenile fiction
- Teen zone
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to1