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The Poet X is a 2018 coming-of-age novel-in-verse by Elizabeth Acevedo. The young adult novel is told from the viewpoint of Xiomara Batista, a fifteen-year-old Dominican American living in Harlem in New York City who calls herself “X” or “Xio.” Presented as Xiomara’s collection of poetry, the novel traces Xiomara’s struggle to make sense of herself and the world around her as she questions her family’s values and religious faith. The Poet X is a New York Times bestseller and the 2018 National Book Award Winner for Young People’s Literature.

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