2024 Finalist Ngaio Marsh Award Best Fiction
Ockham 2024 Longlist Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction
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鈥檚 sense that something isn’t quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Young as she is, Justine must decide where her loyalties lie.
Set in New Zealand in 1984 and 2014, and probing themes of racism and misogyny, Pet is an elegant and chilling psychological thriller by the bestselling author of The Wish Child, Remote Sympathy and The Axeman鈥檚 Carnival.
ISBN: 9781776920747
Publication date: 08/06/2023
Price: $38.00
RRP: $38.00
Format: Paperback
Available stock: 3
Publishing status: Active
Author: Chidgey, Catherine
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press (V
