{"product_id":"pet-hardcover-3","title":"Pet - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAkwaeke Emezi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER - ONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Time - Buzzfeed - \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Public Library\u003ci\u003e - Publishers Weekly - School Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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? \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\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut\" \u003ci\u003e-The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The word hype was invented to describe books like this.\u003ci\u003e\" -Refinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkwaeke Emezi makes their young adult debut with \u003ci\u003ePet\u003c\/i\u003e on the inaugural Make Me a World list. An honoree on the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 list, a long-list nominee for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, and a short-list nominee for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, Akwaeke continues to receive accolades for their adult debut, \u003ci\u003eFreshwater.\u003c\/i\u003e The autobiographical novel also received rave reviews from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, as well as starred reviews from \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e. Their sophomore adult novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji, \u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming in 2020 from Riverhead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLearn more about Akwaeke at Akwaeke.com or on Twitter at @azemezi.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stonewall Book Award (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pet\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395011461369,"sku":"9780525647072","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZnJSQkI0aTFYMC9aRzhZS01XSkZIQT09_adc38cb2-da17-488f-a3aa-e3f3557299b5.webp?v=1770264855","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/pet-hardcover-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}