![]() ![]() "Like L'Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology. This award-winning novel from a rising-star author asks: What really makes a monster, and how do you save the world from something if no one will admit it exists? Although that was one aspect of the rating, another aspect is the fact that theres a lot of. The book includes a child that had been abused by an adult, so it is recommended for grades 7 and up. ![]() 8th grade Date reviewed: March 26th, 2020. No one has encountered monsters in years, though, and Jam's quest to protect her best friend and uncover the truth is met with doubt and disbelief. Title: Pet Author: Akwaeke Emezi Genre: Sci-Fi Reviewer Name and Grade: Karan S. Pet has emerged from one of her mother's paintings to hunt a true monster - and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature who some might call monstrous but, in reality, is anything but, she must reconsider what she's been told. ![]() Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with the lesson that the city is safe for everyone. There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. ![]() The award-winning, genre-defying novel by the New York Times best-selling author of The Death of Vivek Oji that explores themes of identity and justice and asks: How do you share the truth when the world around you is in denial? Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." ( The New York Times ) ![]()
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