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For Strong Girls Who Like Poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X

July 26, 2019July 25, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment

You Might Like This Book If You…

Enjoy YA coming of age books,
Struggled with fitting into religious expectations as a teenager,
Clashed with your immigrant parents over cultural differences as an American teenager,
Love slam poetry

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