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?Acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi makes their riveting and timely young adult debut with a book that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial. Essence 'Brilliant.' The Washington Post 'With great tenderness, Pet questions a society silenced by denial.' Observer By far the most striking of the National Book Award finalists is PET, a sinister morality tale by Akwaeke Emezi. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. 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. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. Are you brave enough to look?There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." - The New York TimesThe highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER" beautiful, genre-expanding debut.
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