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The poet X : a novel / by Elizabeth Acevedo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Edition: First editionDescription: 361 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062662804
  • 0062662805
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • Y A ACE 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.5.A348 Po 2018
Summary: Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. 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. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.
List(s) this item appears in: Black History Month 2023- Recommended Reads
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Y Adult Shelburne Public Library Shelves Fiction Y A ACE Checked out 03/27/2024 41582547
Total holds: 0

Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. 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. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.

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