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The Poet X
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The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo
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Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature 2018

Winner of the Carnegie Medal 2019

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.  

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 April 2018
Pages
368
ISBN
9781405291460

Winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature 2018

Winner of the Carnegie Medal 2019

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.  

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 April 2018
Pages
368
ISBN
9781405291460

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