Backwards Day
Illustrator
KD Diamond
Publisher
Flamingo Rampant
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780987976314
Pages
34 pages
Genre
science fiction
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
For one day every year on the planet Tenalp, everything is backwards. Everything. So why didn't Andrea turn into a boy on Backwards Day this year? And why did she turn into a boy the very next day?
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Transgender; Gender nonconformity; girl to boy; transgender child; gender identity
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Alien
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
transgender male
Keywords
backwards day; reverse; change; foreign planet; doctor; self-acceptance
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Berman, S. Bear, "Backwards Day" (2012). Diverse Families. 48.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/48