Elizabeth Acevedo has achieved a series of heights with Poem X: she received the National Youth Literature Award, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Carnegie Medal, the Boston Globe – Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award.
The award-winning slam poet's novel in verse tells her story with fiery words and powerful authenticity. Xiomara Batista feels unheard, but at the same time she would like to hide at all costs; in her native Harlem, she is in everyone's eyes (If your body takes up more space than your voice, / you are always the target of well-intentioned rumors ...). Since her childish curves have turned into D-cups and ass-hugging hips, Xiomara has learned to speak with her fists. But she soon admits to herself that she wants to communicate with her own voice, so she bruises the paper in order to heal herself internally; she recites the words as if they were prayers; especially when her inner world flares up with longing. When she is invited to join a poetry slam circle, she is in no small dilemma. But the poetry passion does not wane ... Xiomara will not be silent, even if the world may not be able to hear her. (taken from the general page morfem.si)