Bibliograph

The poet X, a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo

Type

Label

The poet X, a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

12-19, Brodart

resource.interestGradeLevel

7-12, Brodart

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The poet X

Oclc number

989963667

Responsibility statement

a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.2, 5, 195165.Reading Counts, High School, 6.3, 10, 72794.

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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification