Eight-year-old Jane, an ordinary English girl from an ordinary English town, is taken to the planet Mars by Zog, a representative of the King of Mars. She is needed there to teach the king's children the backwards alphabet that will be presented in honor of the queen's birthday. Hopefully Jane's efforts will help alleviate the queen's sadness, since she is lonely after her sister moved far way from Mars. The queen and her sister used to recite the backwards alphabet together when they were younger. Will Jane's efforts make the Queen of Mars happy?This imaginative fantasy tells how one little girl can make a difference helping others, even after crossing space to experience other cultures.

Barbara Henderson wrote her second book, Jane's Trip to Mars, for her youngest niece, Jane. Her first book, Down in Mr Brown's Garden, was published in 2009. She was brought up in Middlesbrough, England, and now lives in Sheffield, after having lived in many parts of the UK and in Ghana, West Africa.