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Different Kinds of Fruit
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  • Published: 18 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593111208
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $21.00

Different Kinds of Fruit

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Paperback
18 July 2023
EBook
12 Apr 2022
Audiobook
12 Apr 2022
Hardback
26 Apr 2022
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In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from a National Book Award finalist, a sixth-grader's life is turned upside down when she learns her dad is trans

In this funny and hugely heartfelt novel from an award-winning author, a sixth-grader's life is turned upside down when she learns her dad is trans

Annabelle Blake fully expects this school year to be the same as every other: same teachers, same classmates, same, same, same. So she’s elated to discover there’s a new kid in town. To Annabelle, Bailey is a breath of fresh air. She loves hearing about their life in Seattle, meeting their loquacious (and kinda corny) parents, and hanging out at their massive house. And it doesn’t hurt that Bailey has a cute smile, nice hands (how can someone even have nice hands?), and smells really good.

Suddenly sixth grade is anything but the same. And when her irascible father shares that he and Bailey have something big—and surprising—in common, Annabelle begins to see herself, and her family, in a whole new light. At the same time she starts to realize that her community, which she always thought of as home, might not be as welcoming as she had thought. Together Annabelle, Bailey, and their families discover how these categories that seem to mean so much—boy, girl, gay, straight, fruit, vegetable—aren’t so clear-cut after all.
  • Published: 18 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593111208
  • Imprint: Dial
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $21.00
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About the author

Kyle Lukoff

Kyle Lukoff is the author of many books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel, Too Bright To See, received a Newbery honor, the Stonewall award, and was a National Book Award finalist. His picture book When Aidan Became A Brother also won the Stonewall. He has forthcoming books about mermaids, babies, apologies, and lots of other topics. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years, and then nine more years as a school librarian.
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Also by Kyle Lukoff

Too Bright to See
My Little Golden Book About Pride
A World Worth Saving
I'm Sorry You Got Mad
Just What to Do
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Praise for Different Kinds of Fruit

FIVE STARRED REVIEWS
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
A Best Book of the Year: NPR, Bookpage, Kirkus, Booklist, Boston Globe

*“Kyle Lukoff’s remarkable Different Kinds of Fruit will be as meaningful to young readers today as Judy Blume’s Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret was for generations of readers before them.” – BookPage, starred review

*“This one belongs in every library serving grade-school kids.” – School Library Journal, starred review

*“This is a valuable, informative, entertaining, and realistic read for middle school students.” – School Library Connection, starred review

*“Annabelle’s first-person narration snaps with vivacious personality and humor… Inquisitive, engaged, and action-seeking.” –Kirkus, starred review

*“Lukoff offers a story with vivid, well-rounded characters that never talks down to kids…" – Booklist, starred review

“A brave title for a time when we need brave books for kids more than ever." – Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production

FIVE STARRED REVIEWS
LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST
A Best Book of the Year: NPR, Bookpage, Kirkus, Booklist, Boston Globe

*“Kyle Lukoff’s remarkable Different Kinds of Fruit will be as meaningful to young readers today as Judy Blume’s Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret was for generations of readers before them.” – BookPage, starred review

*“This one belongs in every library serving grade-school kids.” – School Library Journal, starred review

*“This is a valuable, informative, entertaining, and realistic read for middle school students.” – School Library Connection, starred review

*“Annabelle’s first-person narration snaps with vivacious personality and humor… Inquisitive, engaged, and action-seeking.” –Kirkus, starred review

*“Lukoff offers a story with vivid, well-rounded characters that never talks down to kids…" – Booklist, starred review

“A brave title for a time when we need brave books for kids more than ever." – Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production