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Pet
Reader Score
75%
75% of readers
recommend this book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New York Times - Time - Buzzfeed - NPR - New York Public Library - Publishers Weekly - School Library Journal
A genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as "like [Madeline] L'Engle...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 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?
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
Book Details
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: Jan 19th, 2021
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 0.60in - 0.40lb
- EAN: 9780593175446
- Recommended age: 12-UP
- Categories: • Places - United States• LGBTQ+ - General• Fantasy - General
About the Author
More books by Akwaeke Emezi
What people are saying
"As someone who loves identifying genres, I am delightfully baffled by…Pet for defying my every attempt at classification... In Pet, Emezi deftly wields the conventions of genre to interrogate who is dangerous and who is safe, and how monsters are both made and enabled."
Alex Brown is a book critic.
@Sheenakgraham The one that pops to the front of my mind with a trans girl MC written by an author who is someone on the gender expansive spectrum is PET by Akwaeke Emezi. Also IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo. And there's another older book I can't remember written by a white cis woman.
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Praise for this book
"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." -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
What people are saying
"As someone who loves identifying genres, I am delightfully baffled by…Pet for defying my every attempt at classification... In Pet, Emezi deftly wields the conventions of genre to interrogate who is dangerous and who is safe, and how monsters are both made and enabled."
Alex Brown is a book critic.
@Sheenakgraham The one that pops to the front of my mind with a trans girl MC written by an author who is someone on the gender expansive spectrum is PET by Akwaeke Emezi. Also IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo. And there's another older book I can't remember written by a white cis woman.