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Gr 8 Up—In this companion to Pet, Emezi once again deftly conjures an ethereal world in which hope is a practice, teen voice and choice are uplifted, and art is validated and lauded as a form of resistance. Before the angels banished the monsters from the city of Lucille, before Pet, before Jam, there was Bitter. Yet this book imagines so much more than the backstories of Bitter (Jam's mother and Pet's creator) and Aloe (Jam's father). This prequel tells the complicated yet sweet story of their fledgling love while intima...Log In or Sign Up to Read More