The poet X

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Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets - her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight. Because in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.

361 pages

Langue : English

Publié 6 septembre 2018

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ISBN :
978-1-4052-9146-0
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Numéro OCLC :
1030930054

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Sujets
  • Juvenile works
  • Young adult fiction
  • Families
  • Dominican fiction
  • Poetry slams
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Self-esteem in adolescence
  • High school students
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • High schools
  • Social conditions
  • Novels in verse
  • Self-esteem

Lieux

  • United States
  • New York (State)
  • Harlem
  • New York
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Critiques

a publié une critique de The poet X par Elizabeth Acevedo

Review of 'The poet X' on 'Goodreads'

I completely surprised myself by giving this four stars. I'm NOT one for poetry. It is not my jam, it is nowhere near my wheelhouse. Opening the cover, I immediately decided I wasn't going to like this book, told as a collection of poems by the main character, Xiomara. As it went, I admitted the story behind the poems was actually fantastic. I figured I would give this three stars. As it went on, I found myself more and more enthralled with Xiomara and rooting for her as I'd root for the final girl in a horror story/movie. I think that's what won me over. Xiomara and her life as a Black & Latina woman growing up in Harlem to a strictly religious mother and uncaring father. By the end, I was completely in Xiomara's corner and pulling for her in the Slam Poetry competition. I still don't like poetry at all, but I love X.