Awards

• Commended for Stonewall Book Award (Children/Young Adult) 2020

Overview

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER [A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities. -The New York Times The award-winning, genre-defying novel by the New York Times bestselling 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 here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look? There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with the lesson that the city is safe for everyone. 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. 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. 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. 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? NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST STONEWALL HONOR BOOK WALTER DEAN MYERS HONOR BOOK [A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities. -The New York Times Like [Madeleine] L'Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology. -NPR

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A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year An NPR Favorite Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A BuzzFeed Best YA Book of the Year Stonewall Book Award Winner The word hype was invented to describe books like this. -Refinery29 A unique science fiction tale. -Essence With great tenderness, Pet questions a society silenced by denial. -Observer Brilliant. -The Washington Post By far the most striking of the [National Book Award] finalists is PET, a sinister morality tale by Akwaeke Emezi. -The Wall Street Journal A riveting and timely work answering the questions about how you go about the world when the world around you is in denial. -Out Magazine This soaring novel shoots for the stars and explodes the sky with its bold brilliance. -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review A compelling, nuanced tale that fans of speculative horror will quickly devour. -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review A riveting and important read that couldn't be more well timed to our society's struggles with its own monsters. -School Library Journal, Starred Review Jam is also notable as a Black, trans protagonist in this important narrative that teens will want to read to gain some perspective on the modern political environment. -The Bulletin, Starred Review Emezi's characters are diverse in race, physical ability and especially gender.... Readers might see in Jam's surroundings a version of a world that they, like Jam, might choose to fight for. -BookPage, Starred Review A haunting and poetic work of speculative fiction. -The Horn Book

Emezi's direct but tacit story of injustice, unconditional acceptance, and the evil perpetuated by humankind forms a compelling, nuanced tale that fans of speculative horror will quickly devour. --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Author Information

Akwaeke Emezi makes their young adult debut with Pet 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, Freshwater. The autobiographical novel also received rave reviews from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times, among others, as well as starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist. Their sophomore adult novel, The Death of Vivek Oji, is forthcoming in 2020 from Riverhead. Learn more about Akwaeke at Akwaeke.com or on Twitter at @azemezi.

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