Book
The Poet X
- Published
- 2018
- Genre
- Poetry
- Pages
- 368
- Words
- 33017
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.2
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 800L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780062662804
- ISBN-10
- 0062662805
Tags
ALSC NotablesPeople-TeenagersPlaces-Cities-HarlemPoetryPoetry/Rhymes-Poetry/RhymesRealistic FictionReligion-Misc./OtherSocial Issues-ViolenceUnited States-New YorkVerse