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\nYou&rsquo\;re invited to learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q& amp\;A\, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Award winning and \;New York Times \;bestselling novel-in-verse\, \ ;The Poet X \;serving as the backdrop to this amazing chat!
\nTh e Poet X \;is about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with bl azing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable t o hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves\, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xi omara has plenty she wants to say\, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook\, reciting the words to herse lf like prayers&mdash\;especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman\, who her family can never know about.
\nWi th Mami&rsquo\;s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of t he church\, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself . So when she is invited to join her school&rsquo\;s slam poetry club\, sh e doesn&rsquo\;t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding o ut. But she still can&rsquo\;t stop thinking about performing her poems. B ecause in the face of a world that may not want to hear her\, Xiomara refu ses to be silent.
\nA virtual author talk you don&rsquo\;t want to m iss&ndash\;come create out loud with Elizabeth Acevedo! Register now!
\ nAbout the Author \;
\nElizabeth Acevedo is the New York Time s-bestselling author of \;The Poet X\, which won the National Book Awa rd for Young People&rsquo\;s Literature\, the Michael L. Printz Award\, th e Pura Belpré\; Award\, the Carnegie medal\, the Boston Globe&ndash\ ;Horn Book Award\, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of numerou s other titles including \;Family Lore\; \;With the Fire on High\, \;which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Libr ary\, NPR\, Publishers Weekly\, and School Library Journal\; and \;Cla p When You Land\, a Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem\, Cantomundo\, and a par ticipant in the Callaloo Writer&rsquo\;s Workshops. She is a National Poet ry Slam Champion\, and resides in Washington\, DC with her husband.
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