Refinery29 proclaims, 'The word hype was invented to describe books like this. Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Pet was also a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Trigger Warnings Blood Eye mutilation Child abuse (physical/sexual, past, implied) Pedophilia (past, implied) Sexual assault (past, implied) Violence Representation An asterisk () indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity. Akwaeke Emezi’s Pet, published in 2019, is a Speculative Fiction/Fantasy novel intended for Young Adult readers. 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?Īcclaimed 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. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi is a young adult fantasy novel, originally published on September 10, 2019. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emeziaward-winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji, and Dear Senthuranimagines a new depth of belonging. 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. There is a lot to like here though Im still sorting out how I feel about this book. 55-page comprehensive study guideChapter-by-chapter summaries and multiple sections of expert analysis Featured in our Diverse Voices (High School) A Black Lives Matter Reading List African Literature collections. This is a book about protest, mental health, art as activism, and violent versus non-violent resistance. Its also quite a different book, both thematically and stylistically. There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Bitter is a prequel to Pet, though you dont need to have read Pet to pick this one up. T he highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice.

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