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Xiomara

This character is the protagonist of the verse novel. When the novel opens, this character is 15 years old. She feels as if her voice is not heard by members of her family and she is confused by her male classmates' new interest in her due to physical changes in her body. This character embraces the craft of writing over the course of the verse novel and by the end, she has fully embodied the qualities of the entity she calls the Poet X.

Mami

This character is the mother of the verse novel's protagonist. This character had planned to devote her life to religious service in her home country of the Dominican Republic, but when she meets the protagonist's father, she agrees to marry him and they soon emigrate to the United States. This person is very strict with her children and when she goes too far on...

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