The poet X
By: a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781405291460
Subjects: Juvenile works; Young adult fiction; Families; Dominican fiction; Poetry slams; Juvenile fiction; Self-esteem in adolescence; High school students; Poetry; Fiction; Bildungsromans; High schools; Social conditions; Novels in verse; Self-esteem
Description: Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets - her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight. Because in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.
Notes: First published in USA 2018 by HarperCollins Children's Books.