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The poet X : youth book discussion kit = by Elizabeth Acevedo; OverDrive, Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing  New York Times -bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. 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. “Crackles with energy and snaps with authent

Who reads The poet X : youth book discussion kit =?

Author

Elizabeth Acevedo; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers; HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062662828

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Poetry, Fiction