{"id":44040,"date":"2018-07-02T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=44040"},"modified":"2018-07-11T19:28:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T23:28:45","slug":"poet-x-elizabeth-acevedo-school-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/poet-x-elizabeth-acevedo-school-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo [in School Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nThat Elizabeth Acevedo<\/a> narrates her debut novel-in-verse is a sublime gift. She\u2019s undoubtedly the ideal aural arbiter of her spectacular coming-of-age tale about a Harlem teen whose generational, cultural, religious, and emotional conflicts coalesce to teach her \u201cto believe in the power of [her] own words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not yet 16, Xiomara is unlike\u00a0her brilliant, never-gets-in-trouble twin brother: \u201cHe is an award-winning bound book, \/ Where I am loose and blank pages.\u201d She fills those pages with everything she can\u2019t say, revealing doubts, aches, secrets: \u201cIt almost feels like \/ the more I bruise the page \/ the quicker something inside me heals.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s not devout like her immigrant mother or her best friend, and she\u2019s hidden her maturing body for years, until that first kiss: \u201cHe is not elegant enough for a sonnet \/ too well-thought-out for a free write, \/ taking too much space in my thoughts \/ to ever be a haiku.\u201d Encouraged by her English teacher to claim her voice, Xiomara\u2019s performance of her verses will be \u201cthe most freeing experience of [her] life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong>: Libraries should prepare for eager audiences requesting multiple formats. Patrons who opt for the audiobook can access Acevedo\u2019s additional explanatory track about a final contrapuntal poem.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Audio,” School Library Journal<\/em>, July 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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