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Published
2018
Publisher
HarperTeen
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Harlem teen Xiomara pours her frustrations with her strict mother and the church into poems, and finds her voice at a slam poetry club.

  • Printz Award 2019
  • National Book Award Winner 2018
  • Carnegie Medal 2019
  • Boston Globe–Horn Book Award 2018
  • Pura Belpré Author Award 2019
  • Walter Dean Myers Award 2019
  • Américas Award Honorable Mention 2019
  • Golden Kite Honor 2019
  • ALSC Notable Children's Book 2019
  • YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
  • YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2019
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Themes

Poetry & writingIdentityCultural heritage

Mood

Feels emotional, inspiring.

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