Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
In the utopian city of Lucille, monsters—people who committed crimes, including... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Area
- African American
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2019
Word Count 45,814
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 503967
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Transgender people
- Young Adult Fiction | LGBT
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - General
- Angels--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Art
- Selective mutism
- Families
- Angels
- Artists--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Monsters
- Family life
- Artists
- Family life--Fiction
- Transgender people--Fiction
- Monsters--Fiction
- Selective mutism--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Best Children's Books of 2019
- Global Read Aloud 2020
- We Are Kid Lit
- This List is Anti-Racist
- Anti-Racist Novels for Teens
- Trans Voices
- CPS Culturally Relevant 2021
- CPL Best Teen Fiction of 2019
- Diverse Lit Kits, 7-8
- Tails and Tales! CSLP YA
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Child
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Teen
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
- Project Lit Community 2020-2021
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Awards & Distinctions 10

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2020
Honor, 2020

Rainbow List: Top Ten GLBTQ Books for Children and Teens, 2011-2020
Commended, 2020

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

Lambda Literary Award, 1992-2020
Finalist, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Honor, 2020

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2019
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