Poet X
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Poch, Silvina, translator.
Status
Teen Spanish - South Wing Basement
SP T Acevedo
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Spanish
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 4.2, 5 Points

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Xiomara Batista se siente ignorada e incapaz de ocultarse en Harlem. Desde que su cuerpo se volvió curvilíneo, aprendió a dejar que sus puños y su fiereza hablaran por ella. Pero X tiene mucho para decir, por eso descarga su frustración en las páginas de un cuaderno y recita las palabras para sí misma como si fueran plegarias, especialmente después de verse invadida por fuertes sentimientos hacia un chico de la clase de biología. Ante la determinacín de mami de forzarla a obedecer las leyes de la Iglesia, Xiomara comprende que es mejor guardarse sus pensamientos. Cuando la invitan a unirse al club de poesía slam de su escuela, sabe que no podrá asistir a menos que logre sortear las reglas de mami y mucho menos decir sus palabras en voz alta. Pero aún así no puede dejar de pensar en interpretar sus poemas frente a un público. En alzar su voz. Porque, a pesar de que el mundo no quiere escucharla, Xiomara se niega a permanecer en silencio.
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Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours her frustration onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers - especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class. With Mami's determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she knows that she could never get around Mami's rules to attend, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in spite of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. -- From book jacket.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.2,5.0.
Language
In Spanish/Text in Spanish.
Awards
Pura Belpré Author Award, 2019.
Awards
Printz Award winner, 2019.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Acevedo, E., & Poch, S. (2019). Poet X (1.a edición.). Puck.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Acevedo, Elizabeth and Silvina, Poch. 2019. Poet X. Puck.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Acevedo, Elizabeth and Silvina, Poch. Poet X Puck, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Acevedo, Elizabeth, and Silvina Poch. Poet X 1.a edición., Puck, 2019.

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