{"product_id":"bitter","title":"Bitter","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution--and how youth lead the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBitter is an aspiring artist who has been invited to cultivate her talents at a special school in the town of Lucille. Surrounded by other creative teens, she can focus on her painting--though she hides a secret from everyone around her. Meanwhile, the streets of Lucille are filled with social unrest. This is Lucille \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e the Revolution. A place of darkness and injustice. A place where a few ruling elites control the fates of the many. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe young people of Lucille know they deserve better--they aren't willing to settle for this world that the adults say is \"just the way things are.\" They are protesting, leading a much-needed push for social change. But Bitter isn't sure where she belongs--in the art studio or in the streets. And if she does find a way to help the Revolution while being true to who she is, she must also ask: what are the costs? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi looks at the power of youth, protest, and art in this timely and provocative novel, a companion to National Book Award Finalist \u003ci\u003ePet.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for PET: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The word hype was invented to describe books like this.\" --Refinery29\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like [Madeleine] L'Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology.\" --NPR\r","brand":"Akwaeke Emezi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440539889900,"sku":"9780593309063","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44440539922668,"sku":"9780593309032","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":44440539955436,"sku":"9780593309049","price":31.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593309063.jpg?v=1708831992","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/bitter","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}