10,000 Dresses
Encyclopedia
10,000 Dresses is a 2008
children's
novel by Marcus Ewert.
and so she shouldn't think about wearing dresses
. Her older brother calls her "gross" and threatens to hurt her. Bailey meets an older woman across the street who seems more open-minded about her love of dresses. The lady has a sewing machine
and wishes to make dresses, but lacks any ideas. So with each others help they create a dress with mirror
s on it.
2008 in literature
The year 2008 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*January 1 - In the 2008 New Year Honours, Hanif Kureishi , Jenny Uglow , Peter Vansittart and Debjani Chatterjee are all rewarded for "services to literature".*June 15 - Gore Vidal, asked in a New York Times...
children's
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
novel by Marcus Ewert.
Plot summary
The novel is told from the view point of Bailey, a transsexual child. Every night Bailey dreams of dresses but when she tells her parents of her wishes to wear dresses they yell at her, saying she's a boySex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
and so she shouldn't think about wearing dresses
Gender role
Gender roles refer to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific culture, which differ widely between cultures and over time...
. Her older brother calls her "gross" and threatens to hurt her. Bailey meets an older woman across the street who seems more open-minded about her love of dresses. The lady has a sewing machine
Sewing machine
A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies...
and wishes to make dresses, but lacks any ideas. So with each others help they create a dress with mirror
Mirror
A mirror is an object that reflects light or sound in a way that preserves much of its original quality prior to its contact with the mirror. Some mirrors also filter out some wavelengths, while preserving other wavelengths in the reflection...
s on it.
Awards and nominations
- A finalist in the 21st Lambda Literary AwardLambda Literary AwardLambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...
.
- Dubbed a Stonewall Honor Book.