Opposites

Opposites

Fifteen-year-old Mike Hollander is drifting in his life. He doesn€t feel strongly about anything; he doesn€t really feel anything much. Not like his best friend Mark Thompson, who perhaps feels things too strongly. But Mike considers himself just a regular guy; nothing special. <br /> <br />Then their high school announces an Opposite Day, where students can come dressed as the opposite of what they are€"nerds can be jocks, jocks can be nerds, and so on. Mark has an idea: Since he and Mike are just regular guys, they should do the opposite and show up as regular girls. Nothing special. <br /> <br />Mike is reluctant but with the help of two girls, Mark and Mike get the clothes to become two regular girls€"and it would just be for Opposite Day, right? And then everything would go back to the way it was, right? <br /> <br />Mark sails through happily but Mike is troubled, tied up in knots. The whole €˜regular girl€ thing€"why did it feel almost €¦ normal? But his definition of €˜normal€ is rocked as his own normal world comes apart. His father seems to be somebody completely different from the man Mike had known. And then Mike learns that his parents€ marriage is disintegrating. And then Mark isn€t spending time with Mike anymore. <br /> <br />And now everything seems so opposite to the way it was €¦ <br /> <br />A Transgender Young Adult book by Karin Bishop.