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Don't miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author—winner ofan Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner!
The Poet X is also the winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, andthe Pura Belpré Award.
Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishingNew York Times-bestsellingnovel-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 authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author ofDread Nation
“An incredibly potent debut.”—Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award FinalistGhost
“Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.”—Ibi Zoboi, author ofAmerican Street
This young adult novel, aselection of theSchomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List,is an excellent choice for accelerated tween readers in grades 6 to 8, in the classroom or for homeschooling.
Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land!
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This was a really great book to listen to. The audiobook format really enhances the storytelling, under Elizabeth Acevedo's powerful delivery. The story itself is moving and it feels both very natural, normal and very strong and special. The writing is colourful, creating memorable and nuanced imagery of the settings and characters. I like that there is a lot of depth to all the characters, not just the main one.
Elizabeth Acevedo
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city’s tough grit.
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