Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. In her Harlem neighbourhood, her fists and her fierceness do the talking.

But X has secrets. Her feelings for a boy in het bio class, the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed - and a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight.

Because in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay slilent.