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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 FINALISTSTONEWALL HONOR BOOKWALTER 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 Product details Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (January 19, 2021) Language : English Paperback : 208 pages ISBN-10 : 0593175441 ISBN-13 : 978-0593175446 Reading age : 12 - 17 years Lexile measure : 820L Grade level : 7 - 9 Item Weight : 6.4 ounces Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.43 x 8.25 inches Show more