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The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Winner of the National Book AwardWinner of the Michael L. Printz AwardWinner of the the Pura Belpré AwardXiomara 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.Age Range: 8-14 | Grade Level: 10 and Up | Lexile Measure: HL800L

GenresJuvenile FictionGirls & WomenMysteries & Detective StoriesFantasy & MagicYoung Adult FictionComing of Age

409 pages, 24 editions

English edition · First published 2018 by Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company · ISBN 9781432864583

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Editions

24 editions

English

  • The Poet X · Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company · 2019 · ISBN 9781432864583 · 1 reader This page
  • The Poet X: A Novel · HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers · 2023 · ISBN 9780062662804
  • The Poet X · Gale, a Cengage Company · 2023 · ISBN 9798885794190
  • The Poet X: A Novel · HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers · 2023 · ISBN 9780063324435
  • The Poet X · Cornelsen · 2021 · ISBN 9783060362387
  • The Poet X · HarperCollinsPublishers · 2020 · ISBN 9781663600134
  • The Poet X · HarperCollins Publishers · 2020 · ISBN 9781536453867
  • The Poet X: A Novel · Electric Monkey · 2018 · ISBN 9781405291460
  • Poet X · Bound to Stay Bound Books · 2018 · ISBN 9798855000832
  • The Poet X · HarperCollins · 2018 · ISBN 9780062662828
  • The Poet X: A Novel · HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers · 2018 · ISBN 9780062662811
  • The Poet X · 2018 · ISBN 9780062822499
  • The Poet X · HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio · 2018 · ISBN 9781538500231
  • The Poet X · Harpercollins · 2018 · ISBN 9781538500224
  • The Poet X · Electric Monkey · 2018 · ISBN 9781780318448
  • The Poet X · Harperaudio · ISBN 9781987161557

German

  • Poet X · Rotfuchs · 2025 · ISBN 9783757100988
  • Poet X · Fischer Sauerländer · 2024 · ISBN 9783733607647
  • Poet X · Rowohlt E-Book · 2019 · ISBN 9783644004924
  • Poet X · Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag · 2019 · ISBN 9783499001864

Italian

  • Poet X · Sperling & Kupfer · 2021 · ISBN 9788820069568

Other (sp)

  • Poet X · Puck · 2019 · ISBN 9788492918645
  • Poet X · Puck · 2019 · ISBN 9788417780074

Other (sw)

  • Poet X · Vox · 2020 · ISBN 9789188665232

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