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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593175441
• ISBN13: 9780593175446
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

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.