| Record Number |
20243 |
| ISBN |
9780571355112 (paperback) |
| 0571355110 (pbk.) |
| Location |
F EME |
| Author |
Emezi, Akwaeke, (author). |
| Title |
Pet / Akwaeke Emezi. |
| Published |
London : Faber & Faber, 2019. |
| ©2019. |
| Collation |
203 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
First published in 2019 in the US by Make Me a World. |
| Collection: LGBTIQA+ Young Adults |
| Summary Note |
There are no more monsters any more, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours 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. In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial. |
| Target Audience |
14-18 years. |
| Awards Note |
Rainbow Book List, 2020. https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1331. |
| Subject |
Paranormal fiction |
| Lesbians -- Juvenile fiction |
| Monsters -- Fiction |
| Angels -- Fiction |
| Families -- Fiction |
| Artists -- Fiction |
| Selective mutism -- Fiction |
| Transgender people Fiction. |
| Best friends |
| Sign language |
| Transgender children |
| Young adult fiction |
| Selective mutism -- Juvenile fiction |
| Angels -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families Juvenile fiction. |
| Artists Juvenile fiction. |
| Best friends -- Juvenile fiction |
| Sign language -- Juvenile fiction |
| Transgender children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Monsters -- Juvenile fiction |
