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Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets: her feelings for a boy in her bio class and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight. Because in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.

The Larkin family isn't just lucky - they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine. One beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life. Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment and desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric.

C'è potere nella parola. Avere quindici anni non è mai facile, men che meno se hai un corpo dalle curve prorompenti che non passa inosservato e che sembra raccontare tutto di te prima ancora che tu apra bocca. Xiomara se ne rende conto in fretta, mentre cammina per le strade di Harlem, inseguita da fischi e commenti lascivi, perciò impara a difendersi come può, con la lingua tagliente e i pugni levati. Non si concede mai di abbassare la guardia, se non quando appunta i suoi pensieri su un quaderno con la copertina di pelle, in cui scrive d'amore, di passione.

Don't miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author—winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner! The Poet X is also the winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award. Fans of Jacqueline...