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The Poet X

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BookThe Poet X
ImprintHarperTeen
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
Copyright HolderElizabeth Acevedo
Cover Art byGabriel Moreno
Cover photoAmanda Rivas
Cover/Jacket Design byErin Fitzsimmons
Formate-Book
LanguageEnglish
Copyright2018
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number2017943585
ISBN 13978-0-06-266282-8
ChaptersCover Title Page Dedication PART I: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD Stoop-Sitting Unhide-able Mira, Muchacha Names The First Words Mami Works Confirmation Class God “Mami,” I Say to Her on the Walk Home When You’re Born to Old Parents When You’re Born to Old Parents, Continued When You’re Born to Old Parents, Continued Again The Last Word on Being Born to Old Parents Rumor Has It, First Confirmation Class Father Sean Haiku Boys Caridad and I Shouldn’t Be Friends Questions I Have Night before First Day of School H.S. Ms. Galiano Rough Draft of Assignment 1—Write about the most impactful day of your life. Final Draft of Assignment 1 (What I Actually Turn In) The Routine Altar Boy Twin’s Name More about Twin It’s Only the First Week of Tenth Grade How I Feel about Attention Games After Okay? On Sunday During Communion Church Mass Not Even Close to Haikus Holy Water People Say On Papi All Over a Damn Wafer The Flyer After the Buzz Dies Down Aman Whispering with Caridad Later That Day What Twin Be Knowing Sharing Questions for Ms. Galiano Spoken Word Wait— Holding a Poem in the Body J. Cole vs. Kendrick Lamar Asylum What I Tell Aman: Dreaming of Him Tonight The Thing about Dreams Date Mami’s Dating Rules Clarification on Dating Rules Feeling Myself PART II: AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH Smoke Parks I Decided a Long Time Ago Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin, for Real Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin (Last and Most Important Reason) But Why Twin Is Still the Only Boy I’ll Ever Love Communication About A Catching Feelings Notes with Aman What I Didn’t Say to Caridad in Confirmation Class Lectures Ms. Galiano’s Sticky Note on Top of Assignment 1 Sometimes Someone Says Something Listening Mother Business And Then He Does Warmth The Next Couple of Weeks Eve, “I Think the Story of Genesis Is Mad Stupid” As We Are Packing to Leave Father Sean Answers Rough Draft Assignment 2—Last paragraphs of My Biography Final Draft of Assignment 2 (What I Actually Turn In) Hands Fingers Talking Church Swoon Telephone Over Breakfast Angry Cat, Happy X About Being in Like Music Ring the Alarm The Day Wants At My Train Stop What I Don’t Tell Aman Kiss Stamps The Last Fifteen-Year-Old Concerns What Twin Knows Hanging Over My Head Friday Black & Blue Tight Excuses Costume Ready Reuben’s House Party One Dance Stoop-Sitting . . . with Aman Convos with Caridad Braiding Fights Scrapping What We Don’t Say Gay Feeling Off When Twin Is Mad Rough Draft of Assignment 3—Describe someone you consider misunderstood by society. Final Draft of Assignment 3 (What I Actually Turn In) Announcements Ice-Skating Until Love Around and Around We Go After Skating This Body on Fire The Shit & the Fan Miracles Fear Ants I Am No Ant Diplomas Cuero Mami Says, Repetition Things You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Have Nothing to Do with Repentance: Another Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance: The Last Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance: Leaving What Do You Need from Me? Consequences Late That Night In Front of My Locker PART III: THE VOICE OF THE ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS Silent World Heavy My Confession Father Sean Says, Prayers How I Can Tell Before We Walk in the House My Heart Is a Hand A Poem Mami Will Never Read In Translation Heartbreak Reminders Writing What I’d Like to Tell Aman When He Sends Another Apology Message: Favors Pulled Back On Thanksgiving Haiku: The Best Part About Thanksgiving Was When Mami: Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free? Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free? Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free? Final Draft of Assignment 4 (What I Actually Turn In) Gone Zeros Possibilities Can’t Tell Me Nothing Isabelle First Poetry Club Meeting Nerves When I’m Done Compliments Caridad Is Standing Outside the Church Hope Is a Thing with Wings Here Haikus Offering Holding Twin Cody Problems Dominican Spanish Lesson: Permission Open Mic Night Signed Up The Mic Is Open Invitation All the Way Hype At Lunch on Monday At Poetry Club Every Day after English Class Christmas Eve It’s a Rosary Longest Week The Waiting Game Birthdays The Good The Bad The Ugly Let Me Explain If Your Hand Causes You to Sin Verses Burn Where There Is Smoke Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning Other Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning My Mother Tries to Grab Me Returning On the Walk to the Train The Ride No Turning Back Taking Care In Aman’s Arms And I Also Know Tangled The Next Move There Are Words Facing It “You Don’t Have to Do Anything You Don’t Want to Do.” What I Say to Ms. Galiano After She Passes Me a Kleenex Going Home Aman, Twin, and Caridad Divine Intervention Homecoming My Mother and I Stronger Slam Prep Ms. Galiano Explains the Five Rules of Slam: Xiomara’s Secret Rules of Slam: The Poetry Club’s Real Rules of Slam: Poetic Justice The Afternoon of the Slam At the New York Citywide Slam Celebrate with Me Assignment 5—First and Final Draft Excerpt from With the Fire on High Day One Emma Acknowledgments About the Author Praise Books by Elizabeth Acevedo Back Ads Copyright About the Publisher
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