The Poet X
by Acevedo, Elizabeth
ALA Notable/Best BooksWalter Dean Myers AwardNational Book Award/HonorsLambda Literary Awards winner/finalistPura Belpré Award/Honor BookDatingHispanic & 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 #
346797 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.