The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Latino (US / Canada)
Year Published 2018
Word Count 33,017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195165, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Subject Headings
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Novels in Verse
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
- Schools
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--Coming of Age
- Teenage girls
- Poetry slams--Fiction
- Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction
- High school students--Juvenile fiction
- Poetry slams
- Poets--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Coming of Age
- Poetry slams--Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction
- Self-esteem
- Authorship--Fiction
- Self-esteem--Juvenile fiction
- Poets--Juvenile fiction
- Self-esteem--Fiction
- Adolescence--Fiction
- Dominican Americans
- Teenage girls--Fiction
- Dominican Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Young Adult Fiction | Novels in Verse
- High school students
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- New York (State)--New York--Harlem
- Dominican Americans--Fiction
- Adolescence
- Poets
- Adolescence--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Women poets--Fiction
- Women poets--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- High school students--Fiction
- Authorship--Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION--People & Places--United States--Hispanic & Latino
- Interpersonal relations
- Young Adult Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Elizabeth Acevedo about The Poet X
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher Companion Guide from BreakFree Education
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Book Readings 5
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Video Book Reading of "Night before First Day of School" narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Video Book Reading of "Music for A" narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Video Book Reading of "Chapter 1" narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Video Book Reading of "In Translation" narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo
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Book Trailers 1
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Awards & Distinctions 25
![Américas Award, 1993-2023](/images/list_image/3388.jpg.pagespeed.ce.KHiuYrRHQh.jpg)
Américas Award, 1993-2023
Honor, 2019
![Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024](/images/awards/58.jpg)
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2024
Winner, 2019
![Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024](/images/awards/54.jpg)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2024
Commended, 2019
![Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024](/images/awards/74.png)
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2024
Finalist, 2019
![ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/6747.png.pagespeed.ce.rqZg92-sK4.png)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
![Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024](/images/awards/32.jpg)
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2024
Winner, 2019
![Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019](/images/awards/95.png)
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2019
![CCBC Choices](/images/list_sponsor_image/Sponsor_1715.jpg.pagespeed.ce.77DXE3ZgYP.jpg)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
![Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024](/images/awards/118.jpg)
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Young Adult Honor, 2019
![Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024](/images/list_image/97.jpg)
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2019
![Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024](/images/awards/146.png.pagespeed.ce.Mab2xOF0V-.png)
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2024
Top 10 Selection, 2019
![Odyssey Award, 2008-2024](/images/list_image/2102.jpg)
Odyssey Award, 2008-2024
Honor, 2019
![Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024](/images/awards/4.jpg)
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2024
Author Winner, 2019
![YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023](/images/awards/154.png)
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2003-2023
Winner, 2019
![Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2023](/images/list_image/2882.jpg.pagespeed.ce.HDGxFssvr7.jpg)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2023
Winner, 2018
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2018
![Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023](/images/awards/90.jpg.pagespeed.ce.zRj_kxiuui.jpg)
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2018
![Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023](/images/awards/77.jpg.pagespeed.ce.DTa29SPag8.jpg)
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
City Selection, 2018
![SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023](/images/awards/89.jpg.pagespeed.ce.B9zziK7vbV.jpg)
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2018
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Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Young Adult Selection, 2018
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