Bright Red Fruit
Category: Poetry
Author: Safia Elhillo
Genres: Multicultural, Persephone, Poetry, Teens, Young Adult
Publishers: Make Me a World, Random House Children's
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
384 Pages
Publisher: Random House Children’s, Make Me a World
Release Date: February 6, 2024
Poetry, Teens, Young Adult, Multicultural, Persephone
The poetry in this book is amazing. It is written as a sixteen-year-old girl at a crossroad in her life. She has a reputation of being bad but the incidents are not what they seem. She wants more than she has but when she gets it, it’s more than she expected. There is an underlying theme of Persephone throughout. She uses Samira’s life and compares her trials with Persephone. It really made me look at the descent myth differently. The author is very talented and I look forward to reading more from her in the future.
