The poet X

361 pages

English language

Published Sept. 6, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-4052-9146-0
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OCLC Number:
1030930054

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4 stars (1 review)

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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4 stars

I completely surprised myself by giving this four stars. I'm NOT one for poetry. It is not my jam, it is nowhere near my wheelhouse. Opening the cover, I immediately decided I wasn't going to like this book, told as a collection of poems by the main character, Xiomara. As it went, I admitted the story behind the poems was actually fantastic. I figured I would give this three stars. As it went on, I found myself more and more enthralled with Xiomara and rooting for her as I'd root for the final girl in a horror story/movie. I think that's what won me over. Xiomara and her life as a Black & Latina woman growing up in Harlem to a strictly religious mother and uncaring father. By the end, I was completely in Xiomara's corner and pulling for her in the Slam Poetry competition. I still don't like poetry …

Subjects

  • Juvenile works
  • Young adult fiction
  • Families
  • Dominican fiction
  • Poetry slams
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Self-esteem in adolescence
  • High school students
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • High schools
  • Social conditions
  • Novels in verse
  • Self-esteem

Places

  • United States
  • New York (State)
  • Harlem
  • New York
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.)