Pet

<b>How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?</b><br><i></i><br><i>She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas</i><br><i>...</i><br><i>She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you.</i><br><i>...</i><br><i>Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet.</i><br><i></i> <br>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.<br><br>In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial.<br><br><b>'Beautiful, genre-expanding' </b><i>The New York Times</i><br><br><b>'Compelling... a wonderful mix of fantasy, dystopian drama, political commentary and a coming of age tale that is sure to grip any reader' </b><i>The Scotsman</i><br><br><b>'The word hype was invented to describe books like this'</b><i> Refinery29</i> <b>How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?</b><br><i></i><br><i>She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas</i><br><i>...</i><br><i>She tried to be brave. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you.</i><br><i>...</i><br><i>Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet.</i><br><i></i> <br>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.<br><br>In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial.<br><br><b>'Beautiful, genre-expanding' </b><i>The New York Times</i><br><br><b>'Compelling... a wonderful mix of fantasy, dystopian drama, political commentary and a coming of age tale that is sure to grip any reader' </b><i>The Scotsman</i><br><br><b>'The word hype was invented to describe books like this'</b><i> Refinery29</i>