The Poet X Format:Paperback Through a series of letters

Through a series of letters to her three goddaughters she addresses the fundamental questions of how we can live well

illness and sickness

like the war itself

Charlie Hall

and the lasting marks they leave behind

The Poet X Format:Paperback Through a series of lettersNational Book Award and Golden Kite Award Honor Winner! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times bestselling novel in verse by an award winning slam poet, about an Afro Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her