Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi makes their young adult debut with Pet. An honoree for the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 List, a longlist nominee for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence, and a shortlist nominee for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, Akwaeke continues to receive accolades and rave reviews for their adult debut Freshwater and their second adult novel, The Death of Vivek Oji. Born in Umuahia and raised in Aba, Nigeria, Akwaeke currently resides in liminal spaces.
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Pet

How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?
There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been told. 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.

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Akwaeke Emezi

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Pet