02102cam a2200421 i 4500 366554582 TxAuBib 20181214120000.0 170524s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017943585 9780062662804 0062662805 TxAuBib rda Acevedo, Elizabeth. The poet X / a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo. First edition. New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018. ©2018. 361 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 20181214. Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Award, 2018. TEENAGE GIRLS Juvenile fiction. Dominican Americans Juvenile fiction. High school students Juvenile fiction. Poets Juvenile fiction. Poetry slams Juvenile fiction. Schools Juvenile fiction. Adolescence Juvenile fiction. SELF-ESTEEM Juvenile fiction. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS Juvenile fiction. YOUNG ADULT FICTION. NOVELS IN VERSE. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Juvenile fiction.