A review by booklistqueen
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

4.0

Xiomara Batista feels trapped and confused as she grows into adulthood. Instead of letting her fists fly, Xiomara begins to record her thoughts into a little leather notebook. When she is invited to join her school's poetry club, she realizes the power in expressing her own emotions even if against her family's approval. Acevedo brilliantly narrates the turmoil of a young woman straining to push past her parent's expectations and the world's assumptions to find who she really is. Not being a fan of poetry, Acevedo's audiobook narration made this novel told in verse even more powerful.