The Poet X is by Elizabeth Acevedo and is a poetic novel which talks about the life of a teenager. The Poet X is an amazing book! I rate it a 10/10. This book is a little mature, and I would recommend a middle schooler or a high schooler to read this book. Each sentence is perfectly written and each word speaks so much.
The main character of this book is Xiomara. Xiomara is a fifteen-year-old living with her controlling mom, clueless dad, and her twin brother. Xiomara lives in a Christian household where she isn’t allowed to do anything she wants. Xiomara loves music and finds her love in it. Her crush, Aman, is a rule breaker, and he nicknames her X. X and Aman eventually start dating, but X starts to ignore Aman for not standing up for her. Her mom eventually finds out about her writing poetry and burns her book. Her mom thinks her daughter is going against Jesus by not following the rules of the church. X writes out her emotions by writing poems.
Each sentence is perfectly written and each word speaks so much. In the end of the book, X overcomes all her difficulties and goes to the Slam poetry competition, starts getting along with her mother, and gets back together with Aman.
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