Pet
Book description
Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher, and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping…
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1 author picked Pet as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Pet is so cunningly written, the plot so enticing, the insight into the power a charismatic teacher can wield over young students so strong that I was hooked from the first page.
It’s “beautifully written,” but there’s nothing highfalutin about it. It’s a true psychological thriller, as suspenseful as they come, featuring children manipulated into twisted, dangerous relationships with each other. It’s also “literary,” and I put that in quotes because “literary” is a word that makes my heart sink. To me, it suggests a book that is somehow fancy, chilly, too oblique to draw the reader in. Pet may…
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