The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo, is one of the best contemporary coming-of-age novels. Acevedo crafts an authentic and imperfect, but not unreliable, narrator. And it is because of the protagonist's flaws that students feel connected to the book.
Young adult novels often engage struggling and reluctant readers.
We want as many of our students reading and talking with their peers as possible, and there is much in this book for them to talk about and to study. The quality of the poems are so well-crafted that students may even forget they are poems.
We would love your help getting this book into our classrooms and into our students' hands.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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