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Pet

Written by Akwaeke Emezi
Book #1 in the Pet Series
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12 - 18
Reading age
208
Page count
220
Words per page
820L
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Sep 10, 2019
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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

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780525647072
    Publication Date
    September 10, 2019
    Publisher
    Make Me a World
    Page Count
    208
    Words Per Page
    220
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    12 - 18 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2018054934
    Lexile® Level
    820L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~S
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.7
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    7
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    503967
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG+

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