The Poet X
by Acevedo, Elizabeth
National Book Award/HonorsALA Notable/Best BooksPura Belpré Award/Honor BookWalter Dean Myers AwardLambda Literary Awards winner/finalistDatingHispanic & Latinx PeopleNovels in Verse
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AR Book Level
5.2
AR Points
5
Word Count
33,017
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
195165 EN
About this book
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.