The poet X : a novel

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Label

The poet X : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Creator

• trueAcevedo, Elizabeth

Author

• trueAcevedo, Elizabeth

Subject

• trueHarlem, New York City
• High school students -- Fiction
• High school students -- Juvenile fiction
• Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
• Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Novels in verse
• Novels in verse
• Novels in verse
• Poetry slams -- Fiction
• Poetry slams -- Juvenile fiction
• truePoets
• Poets -- Fiction
• Poets -- Juvenile fiction
• Schools -- Fiction
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSecrets
• Self-esteem -- Fiction
• Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage girls
• Teenage girls -- Fiction
• Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage poets
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult works
• Adolescence -- Fiction
• Adolescence -- Juvenile fiction
• Bildungsromans
• trueCatholics
• Dominican Americans -- Fiction
• Dominican Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFaith
• Fiction
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Bildungsromans
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult works
• Novels in verse
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

• Novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo, about Afro-Latina Xiomara Batista who turns to journalling poetry
• 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 her frustration 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. 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. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she knows that she could never get around Mami's rules to attend, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in spite of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. -- From book jacket

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueMoving

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2019
• Amelia Bloomer List, 2019.
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, 2018.
• Carnegie Medal, 2019.
• Green Mountain Book Award (Vermont), 2020.
• Indies' Choice Book Awards, Young Adult, 2019.
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2018.
• Michael L. Printz Award, 2019.
• National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2018.
• Pura Belpre Award for Narrative, 2019.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
• Walter Award, Teen, 2019.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2019.

Awards note

• ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
• Amelia Bloomer Top Ten, 2019
• Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018
• CILIP Carnegie Medal Nominee, 2019
• CSMCL Best Books, 2018
• Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018
• Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
• Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult, 2019
• Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Nominee, 2020
• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Winner, 2018
• Michael L. Printz Award, 2019
• National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, 2018
• New York Public Library Best Books for Teens, 2018
• New York Public Library Best Books for Teens: Top Ten, 2018
• Publisher's Weekly Best Young Adult Book, 2018
• Pura Belpré Author Award, 2019
• School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
• Walter Award, Teen Category, 2019
• Waterstones Children's Book Prize, Older Fiction Shortlist, 2019
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019
• YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Index

no index present

Interest level

• UG
• UG

LC call number

PZ7.5.A35

LC item number

Po 2018

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 7
• 12

Reading level

• 5.2
• 5.2

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader
• Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile