The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- Latino (US / Canada)
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 33,017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 800L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195165, 5.0 AR Points
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- Novels in Verse
- #OwnVoices for 7-12
- Latinx and Latin American Secondary
- Afro-Latinx Titles
- Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults
- Young Adult Fiction
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- Pride Month
- #ArmMeWithBooks
- Sample: HMH Into Literature
- Long Island Students Read, Adult
- Find Your Voice!: iREAD Teen
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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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 26
Meet-the-Author Recording with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo
Created by CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Book Awards
Why Not YA? Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Author Facts with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Printz Award Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Q & A with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Tips on finding inspiration from Elizabeth Acevedo
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How to Write Spoken Word Poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Guide from Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Shadowing Site
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Teaching Guide from Prestwick House
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Discussion Questions from Reading Group Choices
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Educator's Guide from HarperCollins
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Book Readings 5
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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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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Book Trailers 1
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 23
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2022
Author Winner, 2019
Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, 2009-2022
Winner, 2019
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2023
Winner, 2019
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2023
Commended, 2019
Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2022
Finalist, 2019
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2019
Indies Choice Book Awards, 2009-2019
Winner, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Michael L. Printz Award, 2000-2022
Winner, 2019
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Adults Honor, 2019
Odyssey Award, 2008-2022
Honor, 2019
Américas Award, 1993-2022
Honor, 2019
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2022
Top 10 Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Audiobooks Selection, 2018
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2022
Winner, 2018
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2018
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
City Selection, 2018
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