The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Available At: Electronic, Aspen Valley (JH), Challenger, Chinook Trail (MS), DCC (MS), Eagleview, Liberty, Pine Creek, Rampart
Added Electronically & to Aspen Valley JH approx. Nov 2023
Removed from Liberty approx. Nov 2023
Categories : Cursing, Sexual, Violence
Description: Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
YA Label?: Yes
Notes: This book contains profanity; sexual activities; sexual nudity
Rating: 3
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Snippets
Page 130: In bed at night my fingers search a heat I have no name for. Sliding into a center, finding a hidden core, or stem, or maybe the root. I’m learning to caress and breathe at the same time. How to be silent and feel something grow inside me. And when it all builds up, I sink into my mattress.
Page 321: In Aman’s arms my hands touch skin. In Aman’s arms my shirt comes off. In Aman’s arms I am shy for a moment. In Aman’s arms I am beautiful beautiful beautiful. In Aman’s arms I feel beautiful. In Aman l s arms my jeans unsnap. In Aman’s arms I show myself. In Aman’s arms naked skin rubs against mine.
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