Bitter
- Subject
- Social Themes - General (see also headings under Family)
- Age
- Teen
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Size
- 14.7 cm × 21.3 cm
- ISBN
- 9780593309032
From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution--and how youth lead the way.
After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille.
Bitter’s instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . . . but her friends aren’t willing to settle for a world that’s so far away from what they deserve. Pulled between old friendships, her artistic passion, and a new romance, Bitter isn’t sure where she belongs—in the 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: at what cost?
This timely and riveting novel—a companion to the National Book Award finalist Pet—explores the power of youth, protest, and art.
After a childhood in foster care, Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille.
Bitter’s instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . . . but her friends aren’t willing to settle for a world that’s so far away from what they deserve. Pulled between old friendships, her artistic passion, and a new romance, Bitter isn’t sure where she belongs—in the 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: at what cost?
This timely and riveting novel—a companion to the National Book Award finalist Pet—explores the power of youth, protest, and art.
Data provided by BiblioShare.
$26.99In stock at our supplier — delivered within 5–9 days.
What reviewers said
"A compact, urgent, and divine novel."
"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."
"[A] timely... story with vivacious queer characters of color who have the agency to define the future for themselves and their city."
"Accomplished in its use of uneasily dreamy language."
"Mesmerizing from start to finish."
More like this
Bitter
Akwaeke Emezi
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Jen Ferguson
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore
Bitterblue
Kristin Cashore, Ian Schoenherr
Better with Butter
Victoria Piontek
