Pet

A genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as "like [Madeline] LEngle...glorious." A singular book that explores themes of identity and justice. 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 mothers paintings and a drop of Jams blood, she must reconsider what shes been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemptions 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?

A riveting and timely young adult debut novel that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.

[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut -The New York Times

The word hype was invented to describe books like this. -Refinery29

Author: Akwaeke Emezi

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 208

Publisher: Make Me a World

Publication Date: 2019-09-10