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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.[/quote]

That’s a hard no.[/quote]

The amount of awards this book won is staggering.  People more knowledgeable than you think it's a yes.[/quote]

I’m all about the awards for its literary style. Adults should read it and support this authors work.
She’s talented.
It’s just not a book for 9th graders.[/quote]

You know not of what you speak.  The awards are related to youth.  Stop coddling your kids.

The Poet X was awarded The Printz Award, which "honors the best book written for teens this year."

The Poet X was also recently awarded the Pura Belpré Award, which is presented anually to a Latinx writer "whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth."

In November, The Poet X was the recipient of the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature[/quote]

Nothing better in Latino literature? Like maybe something promoting studying and not yard fights and making out?[/quote]

It’s a book about a young teenager who discovers a gift for writing poetry in English class.  How could a book be more pro-studying than that? [/quote]

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