CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Marijuana Use,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Mild Violence
The Poet X
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Edition
2019 CBC Teen Choice Book Award Honor
2019 L.A. Times Book Prize Winner, Young Adult Literature
2019 Indies Choice Award Winner, Book of the Year - Young Adult
2019 Walter Award Winner, Teen
2019 Michael Printz Award Winner
2019 Pura Belpre Award Winner, Text
2019 Golden Kite Award Honor, Young Adult Fiction
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019
CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults
YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction - 2019
MRLS Cream of the Crop - 2019
CSMCL Best Books - 2018
2018 National Book Award Winner
2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, Fiction and Poetry
Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018
CPL Best Books, Teen Fiction - 2018
Kirkus Best Books, Young Adult - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Teens - 2018
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2018
School Library Journal Best Books - 2018
Horn Book Fanfare - 2018
By Elizabeth Acevedo
Hardcover edition
Publisher HarperCollins Imprint HarperTeen ISBN9780062662804
Awards and Honors 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal Winner2019 CBC Teen Choice Book Award Honor
2019 L.A. Times Book Prize Winner, Young Adult Literature
2019 Indies Choice Award Winner, Book of the Year - Young Adult
2019 Walter Award Winner, Teen
2019 Michael Printz Award Winner
2019 Pura Belpre Award Winner, Text
2019 Golden Kite Award Honor, Young Adult Fiction
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019
CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Fiction for Young Adults
YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction - 2019
MRLS Cream of the Crop - 2019
CSMCL Best Books - 2018
2018 National Book Award Winner
2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, Fiction and Poetry
Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018
CPL Best Books, Teen Fiction - 2018
Kirkus Best Books, Young Adult - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Teens - 2018
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2018
School Library Journal Best Books - 2018
Horn Book Fanfare - 2018
The Poet X
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SKU
9780062662804J
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.
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