Pet Pre-Owned Paperback 0593175441 9780593175446 Akwaeke Emezi

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This is a Pre-Owned book. All our books are in Good or better condition. Format: Paperback Author: Akwaeke Emezi ISBN10: 0593175441 ISBN13: 9780593175446 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINES 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME 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] 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