![]() ![]() Refinery29 proclaims, "The word hype was invented to describe books like this. 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 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. There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Pet explores a world which may look peaceful and perfect on the outside, but is in fact full of monsters. ![]() T he highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi is set in a utopian city, Lucille, where evil people, also called monsters no longer exist, but have been replaced by angels, good people who try to establish justice and peace. ![]()
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