Book Overview
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 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] L'Engle...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 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--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
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0525647074
ISBN13:9780525647072
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:Make Me a World
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"
Age Range:13 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 8 to 12
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Unexpected scenario
Published by Kay , 2 years ago
Important Book Trigger warnings to be aware of: Blood, eye mutilation, child abuse (physical/SA past, implied), Ped0philia (past, implied), and SA.
This book is wonderfully written and very descriptive. It really helps paint a picture in your head for each scene that is being described. I liked that the book is diverse and that the main character is a transgender, black girl. I like that both her family and her best friend's family are very accepting of that. I liked reading about their dialect and getting to learn about the unique food that they eat as well. I wish there was a picture of Pet in this book or on the cover somewhere so that I could match an image with the character. It's a great read overall.
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