![]() ![]() 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. Jam, a 15-year-old Black transgender girl, lives with her family in the town of Lucille sometime in the future. ![]() Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house. 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. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. ![]() ![]() No one has encountered monsters in years, though, and Jams quest to protect her best friend and uncover the truth is met with doubt and disbelief. There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Pet has emerged from one of her mothers paintings to hunt a true monster - and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemptions house. Well, little girl, it replied, I suppose you can call me Pet. Well, she said, her hands only a little shaky, at least tell me what I should call you. She stumbled backwards, her eyes wide, as the figure started coming out of the canvas How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist? ![]()
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