The Poet X

  • Autor: Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Narrador: Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Editora: Quill Tree Books
  • Duração: 3:30:23
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Sinopse

Don't miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author—winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner!

The Poet X is also the winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award.

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.

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 all her frustration and passion 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 named Aman, who her family can never know about.

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. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems.

Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.

“Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation

“An incredibly potent debut.” Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost

“Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street

This young adult novel, a selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List, is an excellent choice for accelerated tween readers in grades 6 to 8, in the classroom or for homeschooling.

Plus don't miss Elizabeth Acevedo's With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land!

Capítulos

  • 021 Tuesday, October 16, Talking Church

    Duração: 03min
  • 022 Friday, October 19, About Being in Like

    Duração: 01min
  • 023 Tuesday, October 23, Ring the Alarm

    Duração: 09min
  • 024 Friday, October 26, Friday

    Duração: 01min
  • 025 Saturday, October 27, Excuses

    Duração: 05min
  • 026 Sunday, October 28, Braiding

    Duração: 01min
  • 027 Monday, October 29, Fights

    Duração: 06min
  • 028 Wednesday, November 7, Announcements

    Duração: 03min
  • 029 Thursday, November 8, Around and Around We Go

    Duração: 14min
  • 030 Friday, November 9, In Front of My Locker

    Duração: 02min
  • 031 Part 3 - Silent World

    Duração: 40s
  • 032 Sunday, November 11, Heavy

    Duração: 05min
  • 033 Wednesday, November 11, A Poem Mami Will Never Read

    Duração: 04min
  • 034 Wednesday, November 21, Favors

    Duração: 02min
  • 035 Thursday, November 22, On Thanksgiving

    Duração: 04min
  • 036 Monday, December 10, Zeros

    Duração: 02min
  • 037 Tuesday, December 11, Isabelle

    Duração: 05min
  • 038 Thursday, December 13, Here

    Duração: 05min
  • 039 Friday, December 14, Open Mic Night

    Duração: 04min
  • 040 Sunday, December 16, All the Way Hype

    Duração: 48s
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