The Poet X

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Call Number: R Printz Award 2019, Teen Fiction / Acevedo, Elizabeth, Teen Book / Fiction / Social Issues / Acevedo, Elizabeth
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout	R Printz Award 2019	0-week checkout	Library Use Only
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	Due 04-18-2024
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	Due 05-14-2024
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	Due 04-24-2024
Malletts Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Social Issues / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Social Issues / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / Social Issues / Acevedo, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	Due 04-27-2024

"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.

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Love Love Love submitted by lcaitday on July 7, 2018, 5:20pm I really fell in love with this book. The poetry is beautifully written. Acevedo was able to pack a lot of emotions in brief poems.

Please Read This Book submitted by DBJC on July 15, 2018, 11:18pm A novel in prose, this book is one of my favorites this year. Xiomara is a character with a beautiful gift, and Acevedo paints her with beautiful poetry. This book lies close to my heart because through Acevedo's words, I could feel Xiomara's frustrations and desires as though they were my own. Please read this beautiful book.

Touching and beautiful submitted by dntanzer on August 29, 2019, 12:30am I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. Despite being geared towards teens, I think adults can appreciate the style and story here. I appreciate the risks taken with the lyrical writing style. It was interesting and pretty unique. The story is touching and meaningful too.

Young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on June 20, 2020, 11:44pm You can most likely read the entire book in a couple of hours. The narrative is easy yet deep and lyrical. The presentation of the text in the book is distinctive that you may wonder if you're reading a poem.

The X factor in the title actually intrigued me and I finally decided to give it a try even though I was sure that it is yet another young adult novel about a teen girl. But reading it was totally worth it and I loved Acevedo’s writing.

beautiful writing submitted by manz on July 6, 2021, 4:50pm A unique perspective, written in verse, you really feel with our POET X is feeling. A great book. Worthy of all the acclaim it has received. A quick read.

highly recommend submitted by crp on September 2, 2021, 12:25am highly recommend this book; i read it within a few hours of receiving it from the summer game 2021 shop and it is beautiful.

Amazing submitted by varshiniramaraj on June 14, 2022, 4:38pm What a lovely book!

I really don't enjoy poetry, but was surprised to love this book submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 20, 2022, 9:45pm I opened the book and thought, “Oh nooooooo!” because poetry is just really, really, really not my thing, but this is a book club book and I ALWAYS read for book club. So I gave it a try… and really, really liked it. (I don’t have a need to read more poem-novels, though!)

Acevedo uses both the concept of the narrator journaling poetry and the form of poetry itself to tell the story, and I found it surprisingly effective. Through Xiomena’s eyes, the different characters (her mother, twin, their friend, her lab partner, favorite teacher, the parish priest) are all well-rounded characters… and she still writes believably like an observant high school girl. The story has conflict, growth, and resolution.

I enjoyed this far more than I expected, and that was a twist that was well worth my time.

Amazing submitted by meerakmr on August 19, 2022, 1:56pm This book was beautiful. The development of Xiomara's poetry and the way the book was told both in the words but also through the way the words looked (the form of the poems) just added more and more to the story. An amazing read.

Excellent book submitted by JennJenn on June 21, 2023, 8:14am I both read and listened to this book and both have value. It is an excellent story to listen to but don't forgo reading because the written words are also beautiful in format.