A review by medupre
Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff

I won’t be rating this book because I wasn’t it’s intended audience. But if I did, it’d probably get 2.5 stars. The main character’s voice was not believable for her age—she went from sounding to extremely mature to extremely childish on the same page and never found a happy medium. After getting past that, I found some of the text extremely repetitive (how many times can you talk about sharing in a circle or how palm oil is bad). And then the antagonist of the story is a perfect textbook xenophobe who is the only one who holds those beliefs even though others in the community have left presumably because of the discrimination?? I think some of the main points of the book, exposure and learning about various LGBTQ+ identities, is extremely important so if middle school children can enjoy this book and relate to it, then wonderful!