The poet X : a novel

Summary: "Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. 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"--Dust jacket.

Item details

ISBN: 9780062662804
ISBN: 0062662805
Physical Description: print
361 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018
Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0
- Top Circs: 4 / 5.0
- Most Copies: 5 / 5.0

Contents / Notes

Awards Note:

Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018

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Teenage girls Juvenile fiction
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High school students Juvenile fiction
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Poetry slams Juvenile fiction
Schools Juvenile fiction
Adolescence Juvenile fiction
Self-esteem Juvenile fiction
Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Juvenile fiction
Novels in verse
Teenage girls Fiction
Dominican Americans Fiction
High school students Fiction
Poets Fiction
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Schools Fiction
Adolescence Fiction
Self-esteem Fiction
Interpersonal relations Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction
Adolescence Juvenile fiction
Schools Juvenile fiction
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High school students Juvenile fiction
Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction
Teenage girls Juvenile fiction
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Coming of Age
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Novels in Verse
YOUNG ADULT FICTION People & Places United States Hispanic & Latino
Adolescence
Dominican Americans
High school students
Interpersonal relations
Poetry slams
Poets
Schools
Self-esteem
Teenage girls
New York (State) New York Harlem
Women poets Juvenile fiction
High school students Juvenile fiction
Authorship Juvenile fiction
Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Juvenile fiction
Women poets Fiction
High school students Fiction
Authorship Fiction
Interpersonal relations Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

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Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Juvenile works.
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Novels in verse.
Young adult works.
Novels in verse.

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