The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Элизабет Асеведо
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First published in USA 2018 by HarperCollins Children’s Books
First published in Great Britain 2018
by Egmont UK Limited
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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
PART 1: In the Beginning Was the Word
“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
Caridad and I Shouldn’t Be Friends
Night before First Day of School
Rough Draft of Assignment 1—Write about the most impactful day of your life.
Final Draft of Assignment 1 (What I Actually Turn In)
It’s Only the First Week of Tenth Grade