W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Poet X /

Acevedo, Elizabeth author.

The Poet X / a novel by Elizabeth Acevedo. - Large print edition. - Thorndike Press, 2019. - 409 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

"Thorndike PressĀ® Large Print The Literacy Bridge."--Title page verso.

Curvaceous sixteen-year-old Xiomara Batista discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her fiercely religious mother's view of women, as well as her relationship to a world dominated by rape-culture.

9781432864583 1432864580

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Novels in verse
High schools--Juvenile fiction
Schools--Juvenile fiction
Self-esteem--Juvenile fiction.
Families--New York (State)--Harlem--Juvenile fiction.
Poetry slams--Juvenile fiction.
Dominican Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction
High school students--Juvenile fiction
Poets--Juvenile fiction.
Adolescence--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
Large type books.


Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.


Young adult fiction.

PZ7.5.A35 / Po 2019

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