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coming-of-age journey, religious and cultural conflict, power of spoken word poetry

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For Xiomara Batista, a young Harlem teenager and the protagonist of Elizabeth Acevedo’s debut novel, poetry has a way of vivifying ideas and awakening new possibilities. Words tend to burrow deep into her heart, and while she may seem silent to those around her, Xiomara’s mind is constantly wrestling with new poems.

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