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The poet X : A novel
Item details
- ISBN: 9780062662811
- ISBN: 0062662813
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Physical Description:
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361, 13 pages ; 21 cm - Edition: First paperback edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2018
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | "Turn the page for a peek at Elizabeth Acevedo's second novel about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to create that keeps her fire burning bright. With the Fire On High." - next page after page 361 followed by page 1 through page 13 of new novel : With the Fire On High. Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult, 2019 Michael L. Printz Award, 2019 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, 2018 Pura Belpré Author Award, 2019 |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. In the beginning was the word: Friday, August 24: Stoop-sitting ; Unhide-able ; Mira, muchacha ; Names ; The first words ; Mami works -- Tuesday, August 28: Confirmation class ; God ; "Mami," I say to her on the walk home ; When you're born to old parents ; When you're born to old parents, continued ; When you're born to old parents, continued again ; The last word on being born to old parents ; Rumor has it -- Tuesday, September 4: First confirmation class ; Father Sean ; Haiku ; Boys ; Caridad and I shouldn't be friends ; Questions I have -- Wednesday, September 5: Night before the first day of school -- Thursday, September 6: H.S ; Ms. Galiano ; Rough draft of assignment 1 : write about the most impactful day of your life ; Final draft of assignment 1 (what I actually turn in) ; The routine ; Altar boy ; Twin's name ; More about Twin -- Tuesday, September 11: It's only the first week of tenth grade ; How I feel about attention -- Saturday, September 15: Games ; After ; Okay? -- Sunday, September 16: On Sunday ; During communion ; Church mass ; Not even close to haikus ; Holy water ; People say ; On Papi ; All over a damn water -- Monday, September 17: The flyer ; After the buzz dies down -- Tuesday, September 18: Aman ; Whispering with Caridad later that day ; What Twin be knowing ; Sharing ; Questions for Ms. Galiano ; Spoken word ; Wait ; Holding a poem in your hand ; J. Cole vs. Kendrick Lamar ; Asylum ; What I tell Aman ; Dreaming of him tonight -- Thursday, September 20: The thing about dreams ; Date ; Mami's dating rules ; Clarification on dating rules -- Friday, September 21: Feeling myself. |
| Awards Note: | Lambda Literary Award Nominee for LGBTQ Children's/Young Adult, 2019 Michael L. Printz Award, 2019 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, 2018 Pura Belpré Author Award, 2019 |
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| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Young adult works. Novels in verse. Fiction Juvenile works Young adult fiction. Novels in verse. Romans en vers. Teenage Fiction. |
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