Pet

To save the world from monsters, Jam must confront the truth and fight to protect her best friend, even if no one will admit they exist.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 07 November 2019
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Jam is a young girl living in the city of Lucille,where the children are taught that there are no more monsters. She has grown up with this belief, thanks to her doting parents and her best friend, Redemption. However, everything changes when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns, colors, and claws that emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of her blood. 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.

In their captivating and thought-provoking young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi delves into profound inquiries about the choices a young individual can make when the adults surrounding them are in denial.

Exquisite, genre-defying, The New York Times praises it as "compelling... a wonderful mix of fantasy, dystopian drama, political commentary, and a coming-of-age tale that is sure to grip any reader." The Scotsman further adds, "The word 'hype' was invented to describe books like this." Refinery29 also raves, "Jam is a young girl living in the city of Lucille, where the children are taught that there are no more monsters. She has grown up with this belief, thanks to her doting parents and her best friend, Redemption. However, everything changes when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns, colors, and claws that emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of her blood. 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."

Weight: 170g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571355112
Edition number: Main