Parrotfish
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781442406216
Pages
294 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Grady, a transgendered high school student, yearns for acceptance by his classmates and family as he struggles to adjust to his new identity as a male.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Transgender; transgender boy; girl to boy
Main Character
transgender boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
male/male female/female
Awards
YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2012
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2008
Choices, 2008
Middle and Junior High Schoool Library Catalog, Ninth Edition Supplement 2008, 2008
Rainbow List, 2008
Senior High Core Collection Supplement to the Seventeenth Edition 2008, 2008
Volunteer State Book Award, 2009-2010
Nominee
Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature, 2017, Young Adult
Lambda Literary Award, 2008, Finalist, Children's (Young Adult)
Keywords
dysfuntional family; family problems; identity; school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Wittlinger, Ellen, "Parrotfish" (2010). Diverse Families. 908.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/908