{"product_id":"pet-akwaeke-emezi-9781432877484","title":"Pet","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Pet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a nesting doll of creative possibilities.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice. Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere 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\u003ci\u003e--How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like  Madeleine] L'Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology.\" -\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akwaeke Emezi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1432877488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432877484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Striving Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e503967 \/ Pet\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akwaeke Emezi","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":43990813409535,"sku":"9781432877484","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93c50f97-190b-471d-8b30-0fbc9bc12854.jpg?v=1683306837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pet-akwaeke-emezi-9781432877484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}