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Jan 19, 2021 | ISBN 9780593175446 | Young Adult Buy
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780525647072 | Young Adult Buy
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780525647089 | Young Adult Buy
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780525647096 | Young Adult Buy
Sep 10, 2019 | 330 Minutes | Young Adult Buy
Sep 10, 2019 | 334 Minutes | Young Adult Buy
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Jan 19, 2021 | ISBN 9780593175446 | Young Adult
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780525647072 | Young Adult
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780525647089 | Young Adult
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780525647096 | Young Adult
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780593153994 | Young Adult
330 Minutes
Sep 10, 2019 | ISBN 9780593104934 | Young Adult
334 Minutes
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTSTONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER“[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities.” –The New York TimesThe award-winning, genre-defying novel by the New York Times bestselling author of THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI that explores themes of identity and justice and asks: How do you share the truth when the world around you is in denial?Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with the lesson that the city is safe for everyone. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature who some might call monstrous but, in reality, is anything but, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has emerged from one of her mother’s paintings to hunt a true monster–and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house. No one has encountered monsters in years, though, and Jam’s quest to protect her best friend and uncover the truth is met with doubt and disbelief. This award-winning novel from a rising-star author asks: What really makes a monster, and how do you save the world from something if no one will admit it exists?NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTSTONEWALL HONOR BOOKWALTER DEAN MYERS HONOR BOOK“[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities.” -The New York Times“Like [Madeleine] L’Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology.” -NPR
Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question–How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.
Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of The Death of Vivek Oji, a New York Times bestseller; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book… More about Akwaeke Emezi
A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearAn NPR Favorite Book of the YearA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA New York Public Library Best Book of the YearA BuzzFeed Best YA Book of the YearStonewall Book Award Winner “The word hype was invented to describe books like this.” –Refinery29“A unique science fiction tale.” –Essence“With great tenderness, Pet questions a society silenced by denial.” –Observer“Brilliant.” –The Washington Post“By far the most striking of the [National Book Award] finalists is PET, a sinister morality tale by Akwaeke Emezi.” –The Wall Street Journal “A riveting and timely work answering the questions about how you go about the world when the world around you is in denial.” –Out Magazine“This soaring novel shoots for the stars and explodes the sky with its bold brilliance.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review“A compelling, nuanced tale that fans of speculative horror will quickly devour.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review“A riveting and important read that couldn’t be more well timed to our society’s struggles with its own monsters.“ —School Library Journal, Starred Review“Jam is also notable as a Black, trans protagonist in this important narrative that teens will want to read to gain some perspective on the modern political environment.” —The Bulletin, Starred Review“Emezi’s characters are diverse in race, physical ability and especially gender…. Readers might see in Jam’s surroundings a version of a world that they, like Jam, might choose to fight for.” —BookPage, Starred Review“A haunting and poetic work of speculative fiction.” —The Horn Book
Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award HONOR 2020
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