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By Elizabeth Acevado
To Xiomara, life is unfair, her parents are too strict, her brother too perfect, her body too adult, but in her poetry she can express all the feelings that she dare not say aloud.
To Xiomara, life is unfair, her parents are too strict, her brother too perfect, her body too adult, but in her poetry she can express all the feelings that she dare not say aloud.
Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Xiomara Batista lives with her highly religious Dominican mother, laconic Dominican father, and seemingly perfect twin brother, Xavier in Harlem. Xiomara and her twin have questions and secrets that threaten the values of their family. Her emotional outlet is her poetry which she writes secretly in her notebook until her English teacher, Mrs. Galliano invites her to join a spoken word poetry club .
Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Xiomara Batista lives with her highly religious Dominican mother, laconic Dominican father, and seemingly perfect twin brother, Xavier in Harlem. Xiomara and her twin have questions and secrets that threaten the values of their family. Her emotional outlet is her poetry which she writes secretly in her notebook until her English teacher, Mrs. Galliano invites her to join a spoken word poetry club .
Acevedo, E. (2018). The poet X. New York, NY: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins.
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