The poet X / a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062662804
ISBN: 9780062662811
ISBN: 0062662813
ISBN: 0062662805
Physical Description: 361 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:	HL800L Lexile HL800L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.2 5 195165. Accelerated Reader UG 5.2 5. Accelerated Reader UG 5.2 5.0.
Awards Note:	ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Américas Award, 2019 Amelia Bloomer Top Ten, 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018 Chicago Public Library Best Teen Fiction, 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominee, 2019 CSMCL Best Books, 2018 Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature, 2018 Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult, 2019 Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Nominee, 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Winner, 2018 Michael L. Printz Award, 2019 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, 2018 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens, 2018 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens: Top Ten, 2018 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Books: Young Adult, 2018 NPR Best Books, 2018 Publisher's Weekly Best Young Adult Book, 2018 Pura Belpré Author Award, 2019 School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018 Walter Award, Teen Category, 2019 Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Older Fiction Shortlist, 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019