The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Элизабет Асеведо

      

      First published in USA 2018 by HarperCollins Children’s Books

      First published in Great Britain 2018

      by Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Published by arrangement with HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, USA

      Text copyright © 2018 Elizabeth Acevedo

      First e-book edition 2018

      ISBN 978 1 4052 9146 0

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 1844 8

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       To Katherine Bolaños and my former students

       at Buck Lodge Middle School 2010–2012,

       and all the little sisters yearning to see themselves:

       this is for you

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

PART 1: In the Beginning Was the Word

Stoop-Sitting

Unhide-able

Mira, Muchacha

Names

The First Words

Mami Works

Confirmation Class

God

“Mami,” I Say to Her on the Walk Home

When You’re Born to Old Parents

When You’re Born to Old Parents, Continued

When You’re Born to Old Parents, Continued Again

The Last Word on Being Born to Old Parents

Rumor Has It,

First Confirmation Class

Father Sean

Haiku

Boys

Caridad and I Shouldn’t Be Friends

Questions I Have

Night before First Day of School

H.S.

Ms. Galiano

Rough Draft of Assignment 1—Write about the most impactful day of your life.

Final Draft of Assignment 1 (What I Actually Turn In)

The Routine

Altar Boy

Twin’s Name

More about Twin

It’s Only the First Week of Tenth Grade