Pet

by Akwaeke Emezi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525647074
• ISBN13: 9780525647072
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Make Me a World
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Unexpected scenario

Important Book Trigger warnings to be aware of: Blood, eye mutilation, child abuse (physical/SA past, implied), Ped0philia (past, implied), and SA. This book is wonderfully written and very descriptive. It really helps paint a picture in your head for each scene that is being described. I liked that the book is diverse and that the main character is a transgender, black girl. I like that both her family and her best friend's family are very accepting of that. I liked reading about their dialect and getting to learn about the unique food that they eat as well. I wish there was a picture of Pet in this book or on the cover somewhere so that I could match an image with the character. It's a great read overall.