Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
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"Angels have rid the city of Lucille of monsters. Jam has no reason to doubt this until a creature crawls out of one of her mother’s paintings, intent on hunting down a monster. Pet is a shiny gem of a book, more novella than novel, more middle grade than young adult in feel, even as it tackles very adult questions about society’s evils and the best way to combat them when everyone seems intent on looking away. Pet doesn’t concern itself with intended audience – it is for the readers who will let its fire burn bright in their hearts."
NPR Books We Love — 2019 · apps.npr.org