The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoCall Number: PZ7.5.A348 Po 2018 (2nd Floor, Juv Lit)
ISBN: 9780062662804
Publication Date: 2018
Discussion Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019.
Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award! This novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet is about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.