She doesn't think Pet will find anything, but she's goes along with it anyway, more to appease it than anything else. It isn't wrong and Jam begrudgingly agrees to help it with its hunt. She knows his whole family there are no monsters there! How can this be? There are no monsters left and Jam knows Redemption. Its name is Pet and it says it is here to hunt a monster in the House of Redemption. Jam begins communicating with this new being. This mess is certainly going to require a bit more explaining then a few drops of blood on a page. It's big, it has horns, it has claws Jam can't believe her eyes!! Okay, no big deal, right? Her Mom won't get that mad.īut then the painting starts to come to life!Ī being is literally crawling out of the canvas like being birthed into the world. That is until one night, alone in her Mom's art studio, Jam accidentally cuts her hand and drips blood on one of Bitter's paintings. They are so loving and supportive of Jam. Jam lives with her parents, Bitter and Aloe. There are no monsters left, or so they say. In this futuristic-feeling city, the angels have gotten rid of the all the monsters. Pet is a wildly creative story following, Jam, a black transgirl, living in a sort of metaphorical Utopian city called, Lucille. It is HEAVY, leaving the Reader with so much to process. In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.Īngels can look like many things. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also uncover the truth, and the answer to the question How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist? Pet has come to hunt a monster-and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house.

But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors 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. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught.

Perfect for fans of Akata Witch and Shadowshaper. A thought-provoking and haunting novel about a creature that escapes from an artist's canvas, whose talent is sniffing out monsters in a world that claims they don't exist anymore.

Pet akwaeke emezi