{"product_id":"bitter-9780593309063","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkwaeke Emezi made their young adult debut with \u003ci\u003ePet\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a National Book Award Finalist, a Walter Award Honor Book, a Stonewall Honor Book and received numerous other accolades. An honoree on the National Book Foundation's \"5 Under 35\" list, Akwaeke is the author of two acclaimed novels for adults, \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLearn more about Akwaeke at Akwaeke.com or on Twitter at @azemezi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50602992828690,"sku":"9780593309063","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0149f03-042e-4b44-8bfc-906a7f1c72d1.jpg?v=1768914210","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bitter-9780593309063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}