Door by Door
How Sarah McBride Became America's First Openly Transgender Senator
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Publisher Description
A nonfiction picture book about Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride, who dreamed of making a difference as a kid and grew up to become the highest-ranking openly transgender political official in America.
As a kid, Sarah McBride dreamed of running for office so she could help people in her community. When her friends asked for bicycles for Christmas, Sarah asked for a podium. Her friends and family encouraged her to follow this path, but there was one problem: they saw Sarah as a boy, and Sarah knew she was a girl. Every night, she’d replay the day in her head, watching how it would have played out if she was able to live as the girl she knew herself to be.
In college, she finally came out as Sarah, and in 2020 she won her election to become a Delaware State Senator, making her the highest-ranking trans political official in the country and a hero to kids everywhere who want to live their dreams and be themselves!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
From a very young age, Sarah McBride (b. 1990) knew both that "she wanted to change the world" and "who she was inside." Interested in U.S. presidents early on, she soon got involved in state government as a youth volunteer, and later ran for—and became—her college's student body president. Along the way, "she didn't understand why her body didn't match her brain and heart," but after beginning to better comprehend her experience, and seeing other trans people coming out, she eventually did so herself: "I am transgender. I am a woman. I am Sarah." Starting with her Delaware childhood and moving through her election as the first openly transgender state senator, this light biography by Pincus plots out key parallels in McBride's formative years, centering a real-life figure both following her heart and "opening the doors of opportunity for all." McKean Gimbel's muted color palette of pinks, greens, and purples tends toward portraiture; background figures are portrayed with varying skin tones. Back matter includes a note from Sarah McBride and an author's note. Ages 4–8.
